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I agree with your summary of my position on this weight issue and will stand by it. At the risk of sounding like school kids on the playground concerning chapter and verse research""you show me yours and I'll show you mine"" And yes I have seen Dougs seasonal video that clearly shares my views on this subject.....but hey I've seen videos of shrinking glaciers, I'm still not on A> Gores mailing list.
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Well, I have mixed feelings on this one.
Going fishing this weekend, I hope the bass at Rend Lake agree with Kenneth. Here's hoping I don't have to post pics of a bunch of skinny bass. Although it is fall now, so maybe the debate will rage on.
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My opinion is that Bass have brains the size of a pea, and memories to match, purely instinctual creatures, that only do what they do because of the environment around them. If they are feeding, it's because forage is there, no other reason. The "notion" that they have some inate knowledge of seasonal change, and prepare for it, is bogus.
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Doesn’t the abundance or lack of food also come into play. I think many animals gorge themselves because as I said earlier there are no super markets. That being said you also need to look at the metabolism of the fish. Ok we know bass don’t hibernate but they are cold blooded so they do kind go into a suspended state. I would like to know what makes one bass eat shad dying and sinking to the bottom and another bass not be interested . I think fall pattern groups shad in a more consolidated area which is good for bass……which is good for most anglers….me I love the fall but I still prefer fishing offshore
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Ya know I was just thinking, if anyone has ever had aquarium freshwater fish, thier environment (size of tank) plays a bigger part in thier growth ability irregardless of how much they eat. I've actually seen some eat themselves to death (kids over feeding).
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I am not very scientific nor a big debater but here are my thoughts:
Fall usually produces larger fish, perhaps because they feed on a larger food source instead of smaller prey or fry like in the spring. In Springtime the bass have spawn on their mind or lets say its"instinct" because as nofear suggests and I believe as well that bass are not smart at all. I think everything they do is instinctive and/or conditioning. Conditioned by us, our lures, our presentations and fishing pressure. They instinctively eat in the springtime to prepare for the spawn so therefore reproduction is to them like all animals "the reason they are alive". Look at salmon, they basically live only to reproduce. Post spawn the water temperatures have risen and most go deeper but they still eat but on more of a maintenance level. In the Fall the bass are gorging again because of water temperatures falling thus natures way of telling them to prepare just as a squirrel gathers nuts. No they don't hibernate but they do slow down a great deal and become much more lethargic and even though they do eat much less I believe that they still have to eat. On another note no matter how much we discuss the matter we still will never know exactly how many bites are caused by hunger vs reaction..... My simple 2 cents.
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I think, as several of you have pointed out, that the perception is a "fattening up process". As the water temps cool down and the shad make thier annual migration into the shallow zones one more time. The fish inherently and without thinking, gorge themselves on the easy feed. Right now on my local lake (Allatoona) down here in North Georgia that process is in full process. The calmer days with lots of sunshine has the plankton moving and the shad are bunched up everywhere! The fish are running them clean out onto the bank in places. Personally, I feel that it's just a natural cycle, not hibernation or anything of the sort. Nature just has a way of ensuring the next generation of baitfish by allowing one last shad spawn and the bass just gang up on the feast when it's available. When the water temps cool then the whole process just slows down.
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Isn't that the color-c-lector guy?
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Yes it was. He passed away back in 2008.
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Fixed that for you.....
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I believe they are just reacting to the availibility of forage. Being cold blooded they eat what they need in different temps. One exception I entertain is females needing more food to promote the production of eggs.
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Good thing you're from Mississippi, or I might have taken your comment seriously.
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Well..how'd you do? Slayed um dent ya? Fat hogs too I bet WR's in the 130's!!
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Sadly, I did not get to put our theories to the test.
I fished wind blown rip-rap for hours, thinking it would be the ticket for bass. And it was...just the wrong kind of bass. We caught a bunch of White Bass, but no Largemouth. Oh well, at least the Bandit 200 was slaughtering them, and the Terrova worked flawlessly at keeping me one cast from the rocks. I got a quite striking sunburn.
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Oh well White Bass are fun and spunky..............looks like your avatar could've used a little spf40 as well.
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I don't want to keep picking at a dried up old booger but...............these cold water winter fish came from the same fertile lake with abundant forage and could be as fat as they wanted to be.......they are healthy but fat is the last adjective I would use to describe them. I understand this evidence is localized and anecdotal...just saying?
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I should have looked at the OP dates a little closer before "opening my mouth."
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in my observations of bass fishing for close to 50 years, bass do go on a fall feeding spree, but it has more to do with opportunity than need to fatten up for winter. why not take advantage of an endless smorgasboard, and you have temps in their optimum range. in lakes here in the ozarks, shad will gather up in big schools. actually white bass are a big factor in gathering the shad schools up into big schools. black bass will follow as the eating is easy. all fish have to have those natural instincts of survival and know when to take full advantage of easy eating opportunities.
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