large mouth bass sexing - 03/26/16 12:53 PM
I have been looking to find out how to determine LMB sex when the spawn is over. Looking to pull out the males. Here is what I found and hope this is helpful to others.
How to distinguish a female bass.
#1 - A dead giveaway is to look at the gill plate. If they have lace around the edges, they are female.
#2 - Lift up the tail and take a look.
#3 - it's all about the money...female love expensive baits, if you catch one on an H&H spinner, strike King spinner bait, Bandit or Bomber crank bait, then most likely it is a male.
#4 - The males are the most likely the ones you are going to catch, you will notice the genitalia has been deleted after being associated with the female for an extended period of time.
#5 - The females are not going to put any thing in their mouth that doesn't belong there, so good luck catching one.
#6 - If a fish is skinny, probably a male. If they look like the "People in Walmart"... Female
#7 - If you catch them on spinner baits or jigs, most likely a female... they like skirts
#8 - Most bass caught are female... they can't keep their mouth shut.
#9 - If they have a bad attitude when in the boat... it's a female
I may not get any good answers after this but really, how does one determine the sex of a bass after the spawn or during the summer months? Any one have pictures?
Tracy
How to distinguish a female bass.
#1 - A dead giveaway is to look at the gill plate. If they have lace around the edges, they are female.
#2 - Lift up the tail and take a look.
#3 - it's all about the money...female love expensive baits, if you catch one on an H&H spinner, strike King spinner bait, Bandit or Bomber crank bait, then most likely it is a male.
#4 - The males are the most likely the ones you are going to catch, you will notice the genitalia has been deleted after being associated with the female for an extended period of time.
#5 - The females are not going to put any thing in their mouth that doesn't belong there, so good luck catching one.
#6 - If a fish is skinny, probably a male. If they look like the "People in Walmart"... Female
#7 - If you catch them on spinner baits or jigs, most likely a female... they like skirts
#8 - Most bass caught are female... they can't keep their mouth shut.
#9 - If they have a bad attitude when in the boat... it's a female
I may not get any good answers after this but really, how does one determine the sex of a bass after the spawn or during the summer months? Any one have pictures?
Tracy