12-11-2009, 08:14 AM
since we are talking about what is bad for bass,
lets not forget the high powed boats and pwc's. they masicar shallow swimming bass and other fish serfacing for a fly or two,
lets not for get the carp who feed on bass beds before the bass ever get a chance to hatch.
lets not forget the countless invasive species including gobies and zebra mussles and countless aquadic weeds that suck oxigen out of the water during the worm months.
I will be the first to say, if you are looking for trophy bass, michigan is not the place to come to,
aside from the tournies there are an enormous amount of people who consume bass tho you hear of any one ever admitting to it.
michigan up till a few years ago when they changed the minimum size from 12 inches to 14 inches, you seldom ever saw a LMB over 11 and 3/4 inch. The new reg has proven to be good for bass in the state of michigan.
there are a few isoluted ponds that have outstanding bass production. but these ponds are privetly managed. all the fish especialy the carp were killed off prior to the restocking of bass and feeder species.
eliminating gass motors on these waters was also incorporated.
I had the pleasure of trapping turtles from one such pond, as payment I was allowed to fish for the bass while waiting to check my traps.
I caught bass on bare hooks, no bait, no artificial lures, just a bare gold arberdeen hook under a bobber... I did that just for kicks because when casting lures I had a bass every other cast.
I had never fished where I looked forward to not catching a bass before untill then.
there is a lot we can do to improve our bass quality every where, but the frist thing to do is to get a big net or live fish trap and start harvesting carp like cattle. when we start pulling every carp bigger than a bass out of the water we will start seeing an improvement on not just the bass fishery but all our food and game species will improve as well.
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lets not forget the high powed boats and pwc's. they masicar shallow swimming bass and other fish serfacing for a fly or two,
lets not for get the carp who feed on bass beds before the bass ever get a chance to hatch.
lets not forget the countless invasive species including gobies and zebra mussles and countless aquadic weeds that suck oxigen out of the water during the worm months.
I will be the first to say, if you are looking for trophy bass, michigan is not the place to come to,
aside from the tournies there are an enormous amount of people who consume bass tho you hear of any one ever admitting to it.
michigan up till a few years ago when they changed the minimum size from 12 inches to 14 inches, you seldom ever saw a LMB over 11 and 3/4 inch. The new reg has proven to be good for bass in the state of michigan.
there are a few isoluted ponds that have outstanding bass production. but these ponds are privetly managed. all the fish especialy the carp were killed off prior to the restocking of bass and feeder species.
eliminating gass motors on these waters was also incorporated.
I had the pleasure of trapping turtles from one such pond, as payment I was allowed to fish for the bass while waiting to check my traps.
I caught bass on bare hooks, no bait, no artificial lures, just a bare gold arberdeen hook under a bobber... I did that just for kicks because when casting lures I had a bass every other cast.
I had never fished where I looked forward to not catching a bass before untill then.
there is a lot we can do to improve our bass quality every where, but the frist thing to do is to get a big net or live fish trap and start harvesting carp like cattle. when we start pulling every carp bigger than a bass out of the water we will start seeing an improvement on not just the bass fishery but all our food and game species will improve as well.
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