Super User GaryH Posted October 11, 2021 Super User Posted October 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, moguy1973 said: Ain’t that the truth… Quote
Super User MickD Posted October 11, 2021 Super User Posted October 11, 2021 7 hours ago, WRB said: Google How Fast Can Bass Swim, paper on bass behavior that states 2.5 X body length per second =20” bass can swim 12 mph. Tom I respectfully submit my BS detector just went off. I admit I cannot prove it is not wrong. Quote
Super User WRB Posted October 11, 2021 Super User Posted October 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, MickD said: I respectfully submit my BS detector just went off. I admit I cannot prove it is not wrong. Largemouth Bass Biology and Life History https://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu> Several sources confirm this. BS, who knows? Tom Quote
Super User MickD Posted October 12, 2021 Super User Posted October 12, 2021 12 hours ago, WRB said: https://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu I don't see the answer here. But no need to go further. Based on my own experience any fish can swim faster than I can reel. Quote
moguy1973 Posted October 12, 2021 Posted October 12, 2021 I subscribe to this guy's Youtube channel because for one he's a really smart guy, and two he likes to find out how things work mechanically and scientifically. In this video he looks at how fish eat. It has slow-mo footage of several fish species eating, and how fast it actually happens. It really doesn't go into how fast they can swim, but it does show how fast fish can do things. 2 Quote
Super User Bankc Posted October 12, 2021 Super User Posted October 12, 2021 If a bass is anything like me, it's not a matter of how fast you CAN move. It's a matter of how fast you're willing to move. A cheeseburger running by me at 5mph is too fast to catch. There are other cheeseburgers out there, and most don't run. A thick stack of $100 bills running by me at 20mph is going to see an old man pull a hamstring and then become the fasted one-legged creature on the face of the earth. 1 Quote
cyclops2 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Posted October 12, 2021 I believe there is no comparison between SMB & a Large mouth bass when speed & duration are compared in their feeding attacks. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted October 12, 2021 Super User Posted October 12, 2021 Neither black bass are as fast as a king salmon or a steelhead. 2 Quote
PressuredFishing Posted October 12, 2021 Posted October 12, 2021 never had a bass run towards me so fast I could not keep up, even with a slower 6:4:1 gear ratio or something. Salmon is a different story, and this is true with them running towards you even on the fly without a barb, teaches you to keep pressure on the fish because if you loose tension the hook comes out. I remember throwing small hula poppers for schooling bass in 20+foot clarity... the results are well.... disgustingly overpowered. Quote
cyclops2 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Posted October 12, 2021 Agree TOTALLY with a fish comming straight at the boat. It has been caught & released BEFORE & Many times. Knows when thing Heads for a object...... AND has a thin line between itself & the object ??? Watch this guys. ??? Quote
Super User MickD Posted October 12, 2021 Super User Posted October 12, 2021 All this recollection, calculation and planning from a pea-sized brain. . . maybe not. Quote
Super User WRB Posted October 12, 2021 Super User Posted October 12, 2021 10 hours ago, MickD said: I don't see the answer here. But no need to go further. Based on my own experience any fish can swim faster than I can reel. Google search “How fast can Largemouth bass swim” The referenced site is the 1st listed. Tom Quote
cyclops2 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Posted October 12, 2021 I have been fishing the same bay for 40 ? years. Do you think I MIGHT have caught the same fishes more than 3 times ? I HAVE caught & released the same pike in the same spot several times. I have watched him grow up to a nice size. Then turn up at someone's dinner. Quote
Standard Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 I've had some pike just teleport to my lure. Always fun to see. One of my more memorable smallmouth catches was casting a ripstop into a section of shallow, clear slackwater. Saw a big smallie, at least 20 feet away, turn the rocket boosters on to grab it. The big tails on those river fish give them some serious speed. Trying to play keep away when the smaller ones are active is always fun, the speed at which they can maneuver in the water is amazing. Quote
WVU-SCPA Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 4:12 PM, J Francho said: Neither black bass are as fast as a king salmon or a steelhead. You haven't saw a fish "go" until a steelhead busts some knuckles. Have had a few fly reel knobs cause blood loss. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted October 15, 2021 Super User Posted October 15, 2021 Just now, WVU-SCPA said: You haven't saw a fish "go" until a steelhead busts some knuckles. Have had a few fly reel knobs cause blood loss. No doubt! My centrepin reels have two knobs that can get you. Quote
cyclops2 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Posted October 15, 2021 Why I converted to spin reels 70 years ago. Quote
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