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I was just directed to BigBendFishing.net today. I have to tell you, I am amazed to see the pictures of dead bass. My late father used to tell me that bass fishing was like baseball: It's hard to get up a game tomorrow if you kill all the losers today.

OB-if you look very far back in the freshwater section, you'll see that many members on this forum have encouraged others to practice catch and release when bass fishing. Encouraging such behavior and explaining why catch and release is so important to bass populations is all that can be done, as it is an individual's choice in the end (thankfully). You'll also notice that many of the bass are taken from private ponds, rather than lakes, and their taking is likely part of the management plan for those private resources.

How about you, any recent trips to share with us?

Catch and Release has ruined many bass/bream ponds.

Ok so I'll take the bait. First off who reffered you to BigBend Fishing? Maybe PETA??? I find it hard to believe you came to a site named BigBend FISHING and thought you'd see anything but fishing related pictures. Next If you look through the Freshwater fishing section I think you'll find most posts are without Bass Killing pictures. When you go to nude dot com are you suprised to see pornographic material too??? Ok So maybe you are truely suprised, and not just trying to stir the pot, if that is the case...Why? I bet most fishermen and women, on here release as many or more fish than they keep. Are you suprise when you go to a market and see all the food and goods for sale? I believe there is no shame in keeping any fish you want to eat, or even give away for someone else to eat. It's how us omnivours evolved. BTW do you have any idea how many ofspring just two bass can produce in 1 season??? they hatch over 1000 a year, and yes some are lost to preditors(weather that be an osprey, gator, or fisherman), some die becouse of low O2 levels, some get sick, some die of old age, and yes some do survive because of savey fishermen who release them. So if you "Kill the losing team" then another one will be along shortly. Last let me say although I don't post often I do read this site everyday and it is full of good folks without agendas just wanting to shoot some bull with some like minded people, even though BD and Troutjump get the worst of it!!!! Still reading since my move to Orlando, I miss Bald Point!!!

WELL SAID DTK!!!

DuctTapeKing wrote:even though BD and Troutjump get the worst of it!!!! Still reading since my move to Orlando, I miss Bald Point!!!

Thanks for seeing it my way, bud. Hope you get back this way some.

Oh the horror:

Dude , please visit all the posts by BAD BEHAVIOR. You'll forget all about the dead bass pics, I promise. Youre probably one of those guys who thinks Tofu is a great source of protein. Get a life !!!

SHOWBOAT wrote: How about you, any recent trips to share with us?

Yeah, as a matter of fact...
The water on my favorite fishing hole, Lake Monkey Business, is up
over 80 degrees. The bass have long since spawned and, I thought,
moved off to deeper water. Deeper water in this case is nine feet.

I got on the water at daylight Sunday morning and started throwing a
spinnerbait while heading for the deeper water. Within a dozen casts
I had caught a small bass in about 1 foot of water. About that time I
heard a bass busting minnows of some sort in the open water. I picked
up a spinning rod with an X-Rap, cast in the direction of the school
of minnows and picked up another bass.

I figured I would keep on fishing the banks until the sun got up and
moved the fish back into deeper water. I started casting a jerk bait,
a Redfin, and found that if I put that bait within a foot or so of the
bank the bass would jump on it.

A little further down the bank there is a small drainage ditch that
comes out several feet into the lake. Bass are often spread out
around the mouth of that drain. I cast a 1/2 ounce RatLTrap around
the area and picked up two more bass.

There is a big bass, over 8 pounds, that lives around the mouth of the
creek that was dammed to form Lake Money Business. A couple of weeks ago she hit my Redfin within about six feet of the boat and came
unhooked right at the boat. I went back looking for her. She didn't
show, but I caught a couple more bass on a Senko.

By this time I had caught nine bass on five different lures and it was
getting to be time to get back to the house. I picked up my little
ultralight rod with four pound test, rigged with a crappie jig and
began to troll down the old creek channel to see if I could find any
crappies. All of a sudden the little rod was just about jerked out of my hand by a three pound bass. That was fun on my little crappie rod.

I was back at the house by 10:30 am. I had caught ten bass on six
different lures. Life is good... darned good.

Sounds like a great day of fishing. Never heard of "lake monkey business".

Welcome Aboard OBKR !

So tell me Mr. James Richard (Dick) Durbin does your pastor at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church know about your shenanigans I must say you have a handsome family but it looks to me like the old timers where fishermen

mjsigns wrote:Sounds like a great day of fishing. Never heard of "lake monkey business".

Welcome Aboard OBKR !

It's about a 15 acre reservoir (pond) in Killearn Lakes.

Lake Monkey Business is a drainage ditch in Killearn Lakes.
Years ago,when it was the Velda Dairy farm it was a wonderful place to catch 10-12 pound bass on a regular occassion.
Catch and release is not the total answer. Property development has to be included.
In private ponds catch and release is detrimental to the stocks of the pond increasing in size.
A given body of water can maintain X pounds of fish. Do you want 2000 pounds of 1 pound bass or do you want 2000 pounds of 10 pound bass.If you are looking for quality go for the 10-12 pound fish. The stunted fish will not reproduce quality fish,if they reproduce at all. Same goes for bream or anything else in a private pond.
The more fish you remove from private ponds the better the fishing will be.

P.S. KOP

wevans wrote:So tell me Mr. James Richard (Dick) Durbin does your pastor at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church know about your shenanigans I must say you have a handsome family but it looks to me like the old timers where fishermen

We got us an Internet detective here. Father Michael doesn't know about fishing. He's from Ireland where they think carp are sportfish.

Oddly enough, noone of my family in Kentucky fished until my Dad and I took it up in the mid-1960s. Dad caught, and released, the largest bass of his life at Lake Jackson in 1990 while visiting us here.


Dad died in December.