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#108704 02/20/08 04:10 PM
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Can Morone mississippiensis live and reproduce in small ponds?

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The yellow bass inhabits large rivers and their backwaters, lakes, and quiet pools (Clay 1975; Douglas 1974; Eddy and Underhill 1974; Etnier and Starnes 1993; Pflieger 1997; Phillips et. al. 1982; Robison and Buchanan 1988;). It is a schooling fish characteristic of sluggish waters, but may be found in rapids or gravel-bottomed open water when it spawns (Clay 1975; Etnier and Starnes 1993; Phillips et. al. 1982). It tolerates varying turbidity, but prefers clearer water with vegetation (Etnier and Starnes 1993; Robison and Buchanan 1988). In Iowa, it inhabits clear to slightly turbid waters over a firm bottom of sand, gravel, rubble and mud (Harlan et al. 1987).


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Spawning habitat: Gravelly bottoms in waters 0.6-0.9m deep (Burgess 1980; Pflieger 1997). Phytolithophils; nonobligatory plant spawner that deposit eggs on submerged items (Simon 1999; Balon 1981).

Reproductive strategy: While spawning, the female lies partly on her right side and ejects eggs toward the male, who remains upright over her and fertilizes the eggs as they are released; females do not release their entire egg complement in a single spawning (Burnham 1909). The eggs hatch in 4 to 6 days at a temperature of 21 degrees C, and yolk sac is absorbed in 4 days (Burgess 1980; Pflieger 1997; Carlander 1997). Phytolithophils have late hatching larvae with cement glands in free embryos, have larvae with moderately developed respiratory structures, and have larvae that are photophobic (Simon 1999; Balon 1981).


If I had to guess based upon on-line literature, I'd say reproduction would be iffy. IIRC some Texas PMs here have pretty good knowledge of Yellow Bass.


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http://www.outdoorcentral.com/mc/pr/04/02/03c2.asp

DNR Battling Yellow Bass Problem in Southern Iowa Lakes

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Yellow bass is a small panfish that, once introduced to a lake, can completely take over the fish population within a few years. These fish are able to reproduce when they reach five to six inches and aggressively feed on the eggs of nest laying fish, like largemouth bass and bluegills. They will also eat the newly hatched larvae of those species as well as crappies.

"I have seen a school of yellow bass follow a female crappie and feed on her eggs as she deposits them," said Chris Larson, fisheries biologist at Cold Springs, near Atlantic.

Yellow bass can get so numerous in a system that no other fish can grow. They negatively impact other species through competition or even direct predation. Yellows can get so thick, in fact, that the food in the system cannot support their own population, causing the yellow bass to become stunted, rarely getting to angler acceptable size of 8 inches.

Larson has seen first hand how yellow bass can destroy a lake. He eradicated the entire fish population at Lake Anita last fall to get rid of yellow bass. The lake has been restocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie and channel catfish. Unfortunately, it will take a few years for the fish to grow large enough before anglers will return. Before yellow bass took over Lake Anita, the lake had an estimated impact of $750,000 each year to the state and local economy.

"The only way I know how to manage yellow bass is at the bottom of a Rotenone barrel," Larson said. "And you will basically lose your fishery for a couple of years."

At Lake Icaria, largemouth bass are outnumbered 2,000 to 1. "At those numbers, largemouth bass can't protect a nest to get a spawn off. Bluegills face the same problem," Sobotka said. Sobotka has surveyed Icaria and estimates there are 392 largemouth bass, 668 walleye, 12,600 bluegill, and 784,000 yellow bass.

"Domination doesn't do justice to describe what yellow bass do to these southern Iowa lakes," Sobotka said. "It's worse than domination."

Sobotka and Larson have been talking with neighboring states to see what they are trying to address the yellow bass problem. Nebraska tried over-stocking largemouth bass in affected lakes and all they found was skinny largemouth bass and no impact on yellow bass.

Larson and Sobotka have studied predator species - largemouth bass, walleye, channel catfish - and although these fish are eating a few yellow bass, they are looking elsewhere for the primary food sources. A stomach analysis of more than 200 largemouth bass at Viking Lake this past summer reveled that largemouth bass do not feed effectively on yellow bass. In fact no, yellow bass were consumed by largemouth bass even though they are the dominant prey species in the lake.

Part of the problem may be that yellow bass and these predators do not frequent the same habitats in a lake. Another may be the spiny make up of the yellows. Or another may be the fish simply don't like the taste of them. Whatever the reason is, predator stockings is not the answer.

So far, there is no solution other than total renovation



From what I can tell yellow bass are very much like the dreaded white perch we have in a few public lakes in NE, you don't want them present in any body of water.



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Anyone have a picture of a yellow bass?


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http://www.agfc.com/wildlife-conservation/fish/bass-fish/black-bass-fish.aspx

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Yellow bass are found primarily in the natural lakes and large warm-water rivers of Arkansas' eastern and southern lowlands. They are popular sportfish in some states, but most Arkansas anglers consider them a small-sized nuisance, because they are aggressive bait-stealers and seldom weigh more than a quarter pound.

The yellow bass most closely resembles the white bass, but there are not teeth on the tongue, and the golden-yellow sides have dark stripes sharply broken and offset above the front of the anal fin.




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"The only way I know how to manage yellow bass is at the bottom of a Rotenone barrel," Larson said.

Gnarly.


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No other fish strikes as much fear in the heart of biologists as white perch and yellow bass. Unlike other invasives, they are highly reproductive, and seem to find their way into waterways quite effectively. I'd never consider stocking one or the other without consulting the local biologists. These fish can be very bad news.


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Here in NC white perch have decimated white bass fisheries.

White perch are native to the coastal rivers but they have found their way into lakes and the white bass suffer.

If yellow bass stunt like white perch, all they are good for is flathead catfish food.



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I'd take "slabs" (white perch) over White Bass anyday...especially when it comes to dropping filets in hot grease.

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How big are those slabs, Eric?

I've eaten them too, and they're really good in hot grease I agree. Our only problem is that they end up as a population of hundreds of millions of four inch fish. Not very good for eating. \:\(


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The ones I've been catching average well over 10 inches. I have only caught 1 white crappie under 5 inches in the pond so far. Sunk some more trees today in hopes of attracting more "slabs"...they didn't bite today...which was strange since they were biting real good yesterday. Oh well maybe next time!


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