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Maximillion
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 Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:27 am Post subject: Spawning bass |
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I have a quick question. If a bass is hooked on a bed and you lose the fish after fighting it for a little bit will it go back to its bed or swim off? I hooked what I think was the largest bass I would have caught to date and I dont know if it was spawning but I did have it take the bait the spit it after a short fight then hook it again in the same spot and its spit it at the boat.
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basswacka19
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If it's a female it will go back, i'm not sure if they will be on the same bed a few days later but definitely that day. Also, if you hook a bass on a bed but it shakes the hook, just wait a few seconds and it will go back to the bed and most times bite again. I had a bass that i hooked 3 times before finally landing it on the 4th hook up off a bed last year
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Maximillion
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| Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| basswacka19 wrote: | | If it's a female it will go back, i'm not sure if they will be on the same bed a few days later but definitely that day. Also, if you hook a bass on a bed but it shakes the hook, just wait a few seconds and it will go back to the bed and most times bite again. I had a bass that i hooked 3 times before finally landing it on the 4th hook up off a bed last year |
Thats what I figured cause the first time she took it I lost her butt he second time I got her to the boat. ANyway this was yesterday so Im going back today and hoping ill get a second chance with a WAAYYYY sharper hook.
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good luck!
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unless you are fishing a tourney where you can win some money, why bother snatching a bass off a bed....
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Maximillion
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| perfect hook set wrote: | | unless you are fishing a tourney where you can win some money, why bother snatching a bass off a bed.... |
I don't actually know if it was spawning, so i didn't do it intentionally and then it got me wondering if she would still be there
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NorthEastFisherman
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| Maximillion wrote: | | perfect hook set wrote: | | unless you are fishing a tourney where you can win some money, why bother snatching a bass off a bed.... |
I don't actually know if it was spawning, so i didn't do it intentionally and then it got me wondering if she would still be there |
Most likely it was spawning. A fat bass, in shallow water, during this time of the year.. thats like 3 pretty good signs the bass is a female spawning. |
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basswacka19
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i dont think there's any harm done in catching spawning bass as long as you handle them gently and catch and release.
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Maximillion
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| basswacka19 wrote: | | i dont think there's any harm done in catching spawning bass as long as you handle them gently and catch and release. |
I didn't even catch it either hahaha it was just a question. of course I would like to but i didn't i never target spawning bass on purpose some people will get polarized sun glasses and heavy fluoro and go searching for beds. If i catch one then i do and I'm happy i caught a fish as would anyone else
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Maximillion
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| NorthEastFisherman wrote: | | Maximillion wrote: | | perfect hook set wrote: | | unless you are fishing a tourney where you can win some money, why bother snatching a bass off a bed.... |
I don't actually know if it was spawning, so i didn't do it intentionally and then it got me wondering if she would still be there |
Most likely it was spawning. A fat bass, in shallow water, during this time of the year.. thats like 3 pretty good signs the bass is a female spawning. |
The whole lake is shallow maybe 8 ft deep tops so even fish i catch in the summer are that shallow
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rmflint
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If a bass is on a bed its fair game to me! I mean I leave the little suckers alone but if its big I am catching it why would I ever pass up such an opportunity. Its not like they abandon the nest after well not under normal circumstances. To be honest many times I find myself spending much more time catching bedded bass than I do with casting and retrieving because they are so picky and usually don't bite the whole bait. I spent three hours trying to get a bass on a bed once granted I would leave every few minutes to let her rest up so I could give her something new to look at. Its not as easy getting those bedded bass to bite as one may think. Sometimes they just don't care what your throwing at em.
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When spawning, Bass become in-active for the most part. They generally don't leave the nest. About the only way to get bites is to target the beds.
If your not fishing a tourney. Please release them in the area that you caught them. The females stay on the nest to protect the eggs from predators! This means more fry to grow up to be lunkers! I don't know all the numbers, But not many actually get to be adults!
I have heard NY doesn't allow tourneys while bass are on the beds!
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Maximillion
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| Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| jjbassfishn wrote: | When spawning, Bass become in-active for the most part. They generally don't leave the nest. About the only way to get bites is to target the beds.
If your not fishing a tourney. Please release them in the area that you caught them. The females stay on the nest to protect the eggs from predators! This means more fry to grow up to be lunkers! I don't know all the numbers, But not many actually get to be adults!
I have heard NY doesn't allow tourneys while bass are on the beds! |
I always catch and release, I hate people who keep bass even for a mount just a get a fiber glass one
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jjbassfishn
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| Maximillion wrote: | | jjbassfishn wrote: | When spawning, Bass become in-active for the most part. They generally don't leave the nest. About the only way to get bites is to target the beds.
If your not fishing a tourney. Please release them in the area that you caught them. The females stay on the nest to protect the eggs from predators! This means more fry to grow up to be lunkers! I don't know all the numbers, But not many actually get to be adults!
I have heard NY doesn't allow tourneys while bass are on the beds! |
I always catch and release, I hate people who keep bass even for a mount just a get a fiber glass one |
Glass mounts these days are just as nice as a skin mount. My sons looks very real and actually was cheaper than a skin mount.
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Maximillion
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| Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| jjbassfishn wrote: | | Maximillion wrote: | | jjbassfishn wrote: | When spawning, Bass become in-active for the most part. They generally don't leave the nest. About the only way to get bites is to target the beds.
If your not fishing a tourney. Please release them in the area that you caught them. The females stay on the nest to protect the eggs from predators! This means more fry to grow up to be lunkers! I don't know all the numbers, But not many actually get to be adults!
I have heard NY doesn't allow tourneys while bass are on the beds! |
I always catch and release, I hate people who keep bass even for a mount just a get a fiber glass one |
Glass mounts these days are just as nice as a skin mount. My sons looks very real and actually was cheaper than a skin mount.
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Nice! What did that weigh?I feel like its honestly the best way cheaper, more efficient and you preserve big bass genes in that lake
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