Spawning Bass

Grant · 08-06-2009, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kozak0085

Here's an article on those uncatchable bass,
http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/...catchable-bass
there's a couple more somewhere out there

That explains a lot. I believe there is a high concentration of these very bass surrounding our place. I knew it couldn't be me....

Grant · 08-06-2009, 09:00 AM

Was that bass study funded as part of the stimulus package?

IFish · 01-30-2010, 01:03 PM

Kozak has it right !!! As a Ma. tournament fisherman, we have discussed
fishing during the spawn many times. The Ma. F&G has done many studies
about this, and they have decided they do not have to protect the bass during the spawn.
They have found the bigger fish will spawn deeper, and will be much
harder to see. It's not impossible to catch them, but most do survive, and these are the fish that we want to repopulate the lakes.

I live next to a lake of about 200 acres, that has LM bass. There is a
community bass club that promotes catch and release. When I first moved to this area about 25 years ago, we had quite a few big LM, up to 5-6 pounds.
Now that catch and release is promoted, the big fish are almost gone. now we have a ton of LM in the 10 to 14 inch range.
There are just too many bass for the forrage thats available.

So, what I'd like to propose, is don't be afraid to eat some average sized bass a couple times a year. It won't hurt the population, and will most likely help it,
especially if you want more larger fish.

Just one man's view.....

08-06-2009, 09:00 AM	#2
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 385 Thanked 232 Times in 126 Posts	Was that bass study funded as part of the stimulus package? __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

01-30-2010, 01:03 PM	#3
IFish Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North / Central Ma. Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Kozak has it right !!! As a Ma. tournament fisherman, we have discussed fishing during the spawn many times. The Ma. F&G has done many studies about this, and they have decided they do not have to protect the bass during the spawn. They have found the bigger fish will spawn deeper, and will be much harder to see. It's not impossible to catch them, but most do survive, and these are the fish that we want to repopulate the lakes. I live next to a lake of about 200 acres, that has LM bass. There is a community bass club that promotes catch and release. When I first moved to this area about 25 years ago, we had quite a few big LM, up to 5-6 pounds. Now that catch and release is promoted, the big fish are almost gone. now we have a ton of LM in the 10 to 14 inch range. There are just too many bass for the forrage thats available. So, what I'd like to propose, is don't be afraid to eat some average sized bass a couple times a year. It won't hurt the population, and will most likely help it, especially if you want more larger fish. Just one man's view..... __________________ IFish

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