I see a lot of pictures of Anglers posing with big Largemouth Bass.
Can you eat these fish?
Are there size and quantity limits?
Large mouth Bass
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Cranfield,
Check out http://www.gon.com for some good pics of BIG largemouth bass.
By the way, the world record came from Georgia in 1922.
Check out http://www.gon.com for some good pics of BIG largemouth bass.
By the way, the world record came from Georgia in 1922.
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Thanks for the website Dewey, I have added it to "My Favourites".
I asked the question as a lot of the fish I had seen were obviously dead.
I have seen televised bass tournaments (on satellite) where they keep the fish alive for the weigh-in and then return them.
As I believe I have already mentioned, we don,t eat freshwater fish over here , except trout.
So I wondered what the Anglers were going to do with them. Now I know.
I asked the question as a lot of the fish I had seen were obviously dead.
I have seen televised bass tournaments (on satellite) where they keep the fish alive for the weigh-in and then return them.
As I believe I have already mentioned, we don,t eat freshwater fish over here , except trout.
So I wondered what the Anglers were going to do with them. Now I know.
The "BIG" dead ones are probably not going onthe table they are headed to the wall.
Big ones are very fishy tasting but can be tolerated if cut into smaller pieces and fried to a golden brown.
Most people don't keep largemouth unless they are injured to the point of not going to survive. Catch and release is most common among bass fishermen.
Big ones are very fishy tasting but can be tolerated if cut into smaller pieces and fried to a golden brown.
Most people don't keep largemouth unless they are injured to the point of not going to survive. Catch and release is most common among bass fishermen.
It's a small world, unless you had to paint it.
Dewya,
Redbellies are getting scarce. The flatheads are eating them out of the river. It's hard to catch big ones anymore. The river has also been quite low (too low for my 16 ft. Tracker) for quite some time now.
I used to love to take my boys camping on a sandbar. We'd set limb lines and hook up some huge catfish, and (Cranfield) the occasional 8 or 10 pound bass.
B
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Redbellies are getting scarce. The flatheads are eating them out of the river. It's hard to catch big ones anymore. The river has also been quite low (too low for my 16 ft. Tracker) for quite some time now.
I used to love to take my boys camping on a sandbar. We'd set limb lines and hook up some huge catfish, and (Cranfield) the occasional 8 or 10 pound bass.
B
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Brad,
I've heard that the flatheads have been desimating the red belly and buttercat population over there.
Have you ever tried the Altamaha for the BIG flatheads? We have them in the Flint, but they are targeted by anglers on regular tackle, trot-lines, limb-lines and a few outlaws that have those "electric reels" if you know what I mean.
I've heard that the flatheads have been desimating the red belly and buttercat population over there.
Have you ever tried the Altamaha for the BIG flatheads? We have them in the Flint, but they are targeted by anglers on regular tackle, trot-lines, limb-lines and a few outlaws that have those "electric reels" if you know what I mean.
It's a small world, unless you had to paint it.