Do bas eat tadpoles?

[Missouribassman95]

I am thinking about buying the Yum Dancin Tadpoles, and I was just wondering if bass even eat tadpoles.

[MattinOK]

I am thinking about buying the Yum Dancin Tadpoles, and I was just wondering if bass even eat tadpoles.

When was the last time you saw a spinnerbait swimming along? How about a natural buzzbait? Fish will hit just about any lure regardless if it looks like something they normally eat or not.

[Jake.]

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[D4u2s0t]

bass will eat anything that can fit in their mouth.

[Missouribassman95]

bass will eat anything that can fit in their mouth.

Ya you're right...

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

Haha ya they do.Pretty much eat anything that moves

[boneil]

yes.  they'll strike at something  that doesn't fit in their mouth.

[L a r r y]

If its in the water, and will fit in their mouths, they will eat it. Do a search on "shoestring" lures posted by PAUL. .....that pretty much justifies they will eat anything

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[bilgerat]

In my experience...NO

I don't know the scientific reasons, but I think the tadpoles secrete something that the bass don't like. Years ago we caught a bunch and tried them as live bait and got zip.

[Raul]

I met many years ago a gentleman from the local "old guard" bassfishermen, he was named Guillermo and known by all the locals as "Don Memo", hardly ever touched artificial baits, his number 1 bass bait ---> tadpoles.

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

In my experience...NO

I don't know the scientific reasons, but I think the tadpoles secrete something that the bass don't like. Years ago we caught a bunch and tried them as live bait and got zip.

Ive had some pet bass and one time i caught some tadpoles and brought them home and right when i threw them in they were gobbled up with no hesitation

[Jake.]

Ive had some pet bass and one time i caught some tadpoles and brought them home and right when i threw them in they were gobbled up with no hesitation

That might have been due to the fact that they were your "pets" and were in a glass tank without much choice.

[Jake.]

Originally posted by Paul Roberts:

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) learn to avoid feeding on toad (Bufo) tadpoles

Kipp C. Krusea and Bradford M. Stonea

aDepartment of Zoology, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois 61920, USA

Received 14 July 1983;

revised 30 November 1983.

MS. number: a4130.

Available online 3 June 2006.

Abstract

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), when starved for 1 day, almost totally abstain from eating toad (Bufo americanus and Bufo woodhousei) tadpoles. However, there is a positive relationship between bass hunger levels and the acceptability of Bufo larvae as food items. With experience, there is a decrease in the number of toad tadpoles engulfed (taken into the mouth), and that actually consumed by the bass, while the number of larvae expelled (spat out) increases. Bass strongly prefer Hyla crucifer tadpoles to B. americanus larvae, and learn to distinguish between the two species. These results agree with the hypothesis that the schooling behaviour found in B. americanus tadpoles functions, at least in part, as a deterrent to predation.

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

Ive had some pet bass and one time i caught some tadpoles and brought them home and right when i threw them in they were gobbled up with no hesitation

That might have been due to the fact that they were your "pets" and were in a glass tank without much choice.

They were in a pond thank u  . And i dont think the yum dancin eel is supposed to actually resemble a tadpole. Ive had 3 of them and they all looked very yummy to me. I caught probably 3 on them, never used them that much.went down with my tacklebox

[Team9nine]

Unfortunately, the answer is yes and no. Literature is mixed on the subject when scientifically studied, and several articles can be cited on either side of the argument saying they do and they don't. Same with observational evidence as other readers have already posted. This one comes down to just testing on your local waters to determine an outcome.

-T9

[Scorcher214]

I am thinking about buying the Yum Dancin Tadpoles, and I was just wondering if bass even eat tadpoles.

When was the last time you saw a spinnerbait swimming along? How about a natural buzzbait? Fish will hit just about any lure regardless if it looks like something they normally eat or not.

Or a pink worm?

[kb55]

Some of the lures that have caught bass in the past do not resemble anything naturally found in the water (spinnerbaits, ect.).

This would lead me to believe that bass are opportunistic feeders.  They'll try it if it fits,it and spit it out if they don't like it.

I say go for it and let us know your results.

Kb

[Five-Alive]

have to agree with the post about bass eating about anything .......... just yesterday saw a bass attacking the weight on my drop shot but paid no mind to the robo worm just a short distance above the weight.

[tennsopher]

Earlier this year,my fishing partner caught a three pounder with something sticking out of its gullet.I pulled it out and it was a partially digested baby alligator! Pretty much anything can be fair game.