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Posted: February 14th, 2002, 1:53 pm
by Cranfield
I see a lot of pictures of Anglers posing with big Largemouth Bass.
Can you eat these fish?
Are there size and quantity limits?
Posted: February 14th, 2002, 2:19 pm
by dewyafish
Welcome Back !
Largemouth bass actually makes pretty good tablefare epecially 12-14" filets.
Size limits vary by state and body of water.
In Georgia size limit is 12" and daily creel limit is 10 unless otherwise specified.
Posted: February 14th, 2002, 2:27 pm
by dewyafish
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.
Posted: February 14th, 2002, 3:18 pm
by Brad
Right you are...it came from Montgomery Lake.
This is actually just a part of the Ocmulgee river. It's about 22 miles from where I live.
Had to have been a most awsome fish!
B
Posted: February 14th, 2002, 4:05 pm
by dewyafish
Hey Brad,
You be catchin' them red-bellies?
MMM_MMM Good.
Posted: February 14th, 2002, 4:47 pm
by Cranfield
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.
Posted: February 14th, 2002, 4:55 pm
by dewyafish
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.
Posted: February 15th, 2002, 2:21 pm
by Brad
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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Posted: February 15th, 2002, 3:15 pm
by dewyafish
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.