Eating Bass-is it good now?

[Slyster]

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Any fish that is so plentiful that you can catch 15 or 20 in an hr.

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Catching 15-20 bass in EIGHT hours would be an AMAZING DAY! No way can you catch 15-20 bass per hour. I'd say my overall average (for 7 hours) would be 12 bass... with some days getting 6 and some days getting 20+ but no way could someone nab 105-140 bass in 7 hours.

I would guess that no one could even catch sunfish at that rate!

[ocf]

when i go out i catch a good 10 per hour... maybe more you just have to know where the fish are gonna be

[Fishin4Life]

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when i go out i catch a good 10 per hour... maybe more you just have to know where the fish are gonna be

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You do this consistantly are year long?

[Slyster]

Fiahin4life.. your FIRED!

So..... OCF.. I hear ya need a partner for the tourneys next year.....

OCF are you serious? The best day I've ever had was MAYBE around 30-32 bass on a good long day pehaps 8+ hours.

[genegodawa]

Just reading comments posted makes it difficult to judge the sincerity/tone of the poster, but I'm much more inclined to accept my opinion being given to me when it is done in a more light-hearted manner than with a preachy/self-righteous attitude.

Now, here's something a friend recently told me after I felt guilty about keeping a half limit of bass on our trip in June:

Ray Scott, founder of B.A.S.S. and an early pioneer in promoting C&R has been interviewed recently, and I'm paraphrasing now, and he said "...nobody will go to HE** for fileting a bass" and also "...in some lakes it is good for the population to keep some bass".

Personally, I have released many, many more than I have eaten so I sleep pretty good at night and even better with a tummy full of fish - no matter what kind it is.

[Fishin4Life]

I'm fired, dang! Looks like I will just have to show ya up next tourney! HE HE

[Wayne Ek]

Slyster, 15 to 20 bass per hour is pretty common in the Alex area. Now a major percentage of those fish will be in the 10" to 14" class. With a jig-worm on Ida you can easily do 15 bass per hour per person. Now for fish over that 3 pound range... that's another story

[BillP]

My fishing friend is a bass fisherman. We fish togeather, him fishing for Bass while I fish for sunfish. He won't keep a bass but dosen't get TOO upset if I keep a couple of small ones that can't leave my sunfish bait alone

Earlier this year we were out with orders to be home for supper at a spesific time. I figured it was about time to head in and set my rod down and moved to the helm. Joe wasn't ready to quit and said "give me 10 more minutes". OK, I said and looked at my watch, "I'll time you". In that ten minutes he cought 8 bass and lost 3 others. On a nearby lake, I watched him catch 63 bass in about 3 hours. We went home and ate bluegills. Sure, there are days you get darn few but 15-20 an hr. is not at all uncommon on a lot of lakes around here. I know that if everyone keeps a limit of big bass, that kind of fishing won't last long. On the other hand, eating fish is part of the sport for many of us, there is a middle ground.