Dumb Question Sorry But I Gots To Ask

[bigbill]

Tom I wish everyone could experience this feeding phenomenon. It's unbelievable. Every cast is fish on. My youngest son experienced it with me twice. He talks about it sometimes. Big bass, little bass, wall to wall bass, my lure is a amusement ride and there all lined up for a turn.

I need to keep data in the springtime. Weather, temps, barometer, water temps, moon phases etc all data and stay fishing every day. Something triggers this.

[bigbill]

I just sent Bill Dance this question about this feeding frenzy phenomenon. I talked with him before about Dr. Loren Hill's test data. He did get back to me.

[RoLo]

Reproduction rates typically hinge on the health of the environment.
For example, doe deer normally give birth to two fawns, but triplets are not uncommon in a luxurious ecosystem.

By the same token, a doe living in a marginal environment may only produce one fawn or might even fail to conceive.

Like most game fish, bass are programmed to spawn once per year, but may lay two clutches in a lush environment.

Bass living in mild climates such as Florida and California have a long spawning season that may extend up to a half-year.

All the same, the number of clutches per year will still hinge on the health of the ecosystem

rather than the length of the spawning season (i.e. Duration of favorable water temps).

 

Roger

[bigbill]

I understand the multiple spawns. I want to learn what triggers the feeding frenzy phenomenon. Funny when it's on at one place every place is turned on.

I caught 19 bass at one spot on the way home at another spot I caught two 3lb smallies which I never seen before and one 3lb large mouth. Then the heavy rain came I left. This was three casts three fish in a few minutes. I just wanted to see if the frenzy was there too.

[Western-Mass-Bass]

Doesn't the spawn generally depend on water temperature?

[bigbill]

I believe at 55/57 degrees they move on the beds and spawn at 60 degrees on average.

[WRB]

Multiple choice topics.

Bass spawn about 12 months after they spawned last year. The majority of LMB start the spawn as the cold water warms to 62 to 67 degrees at the depth the bass are located,close but not the surface temps.

I have no proof other than catching some big bass at the same exact spot, depending on the lakes water level, for several years. My original thinking was that bass don't go to the same bed area, it was a random choice.

However after watching the same big bass show up at the same spot year after year I now believe this is normal behavior.

The depth bass spawn varies greatly, some nest are at the edge of visible light at 15' or deeper, some are in 18" of water. Bass beds can be clean bottom depression other can be on the top of a rock, a stump, an old tire, you name it!

Tom

[bigbill]

At a Freinds place they had a low water situation. The pond was maybe 3 acres. The beach section was exposed with many little craters in the sand they were bass nests. I found it to be very interesting. I think the water was about 4' low.