Slough Crew | Mon Mar-18-13 11:47 AM |
Member since Jan 22nd 2006
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#5367, "Best food for bass growth"
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Excluding trout and crawfish, what is the best baitfish for bass growth? The lake in the development where I live has Crappie, Bluegill, and some Sculpin. Do catfish have a lot of protein in them? Jake J
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jigndoublewide | Tue Mar-19-13 06:17 PM |
Member since Sep 03rd 2012
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#5368, "RE: Best food for bass growth"
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I fish a small mud hole, that has some big bass in it(8-11bs). No trout and a very limited crawfish population from what I have seen/looked for. There is bluegill, crappie, and bullheads, along with bass.
Pretty sure the bass get big from eating bullhead catfish. Not that the bluegill and crappie do not help but these bulls are always small but heavier/bigger than the gills and crappie. Plus the spines are not that pronounced, so they seem very easy to eat, while having much more mass than a crappie or bluegill.
Would really like to see some sort of calorie/protein/fat count for similar size bluegill, crappie, bullheads, pikeminnows, shiners, chubs etc.
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jigndoublewide | Wed Mar-20-13 09:37 PM |
Member since Sep 03rd 2012
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#5370, "RE: Best food for bass growth"
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>First off, I bet there are some other fish in the lake that >you may not know about. Probobly related to carps minnows or >suckers. And these are the fish that will be the main food >source for a predator like bass. They are spineless which is >really important, and they are typically found in more open >water environments making them more vulnerable than say, >bluegill, whose body shape and size is ideal for escaping big >predators in brush, rocks and weeds. > >Are you near sacramento? I thought for some reason you were. >If so look for sacramento blackfish, sacramento suckers, split >tail, pike minnows and dace.
Do you know a rough or estimated nutrition breakdown for each species? I think that catfish/bullhead would be best from a calorie perspective but I do not anything about this, other than guessing, and observing the meat of some of these fish.
The spine question is intriguing. If a small catfish is better than what ever other species is in the body from a nutrition stand point, then if you caught caught catfish and de-spine, then they are clearly the top choice.
So could the spines of a sub 2 or 1 pound catfish hurt a bass, or hinder it. I do not think it matters, but if they do hurt or hinder, is it reasonable to de-spine catfish you catch, possibly fishing for cats to specifically de spine them? Will this cause anything bad other than a bunch of bass devouring catfish?
I would assume the bass are headshotting these catfish and the spines never "engage" but this is all guessing.
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Slough Crew | Thu Mar-28-13 06:06 AM |
Member since Jan 22nd 2006
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#5375, "RE: Best food for bass growth"
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Thanks for all of the info fellas. The lake I'm talking about is in Clovis. The pump water into it and during the summer they pipe ditch water into and I don't think any fish can get into the lake from the ditch. The only other fish I've seen in the lake other than the ones I mentioned are Koi. I see them from time to time but I don't think there are enough of them to put together a good spawn. I do think there are a few channel cats in the lake but I'm not sure if they have had a successful spawn yet. I need to get the HOA to put on a kids trout derby during the winter. Jake J
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