07-05-2005, 09:11 PM
[cool][#0000ff]As they say, love is a hurtin' thing. Bass are "insistent" for sure. Both sexes are pretty well whupped by "post spawn". That's why there is usually a lag in fishing productivity before they recover and go back on the feed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You wanna talk about "tough love", you should do some window peeking on big catfish. First, there is a major battle between the males for the best hollow log or rock crevice in which to establish a nest and to which he can attract females. Then, they have to bully and coerce females to go inside and dump their eggs. Even then, the fickle females may visit several male "dens" before being spawned completely out.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Probably some of the most serious "courting" takes place among sharkkind. The males physically "mate" with the females, rather than them laying eggs to be fertilized externally. There ain't no candlelight and flowers with sharks. The guy just grabs the lady shark by the pectoral fin, with full teeth contact, and wrestles her into submission. They got a name for that among humans and it usually carries a pretty good prison sentence. Female sharks get to looking pretty chewed up by the time the "silly season" is over.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You wanna talk about "tough love", you should do some window peeking on big catfish. First, there is a major battle between the males for the best hollow log or rock crevice in which to establish a nest and to which he can attract females. Then, they have to bully and coerce females to go inside and dump their eggs. Even then, the fickle females may visit several male "dens" before being spawned completely out.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Probably some of the most serious "courting" takes place among sharkkind. The males physically "mate" with the females, rather than them laying eggs to be fertilized externally. There ain't no candlelight and flowers with sharks. The guy just grabs the lady shark by the pectoral fin, with full teeth contact, and wrestles her into submission. They got a name for that among humans and it usually carries a pretty good prison sentence. Female sharks get to looking pretty chewed up by the time the "silly season" is over.[/#0000ff]
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