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Need a little advice #521658 05/26/20 02:30 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas RC51 OP Ambassador Lunker
OP RC51 Ambassador Lunker Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas	Hey everyone check out this bass I caught this weekend. Not a bad bass but and there is always a but... lol He was 22 inches long and only 5 pounds. Quite a bit under weight for your average 22 inch bass. So I want some opinions please. It would appear after I get up to about 19 to 20 inches my bass start to decline. So my question is this. Should I just keep these guys that look like this when I catch them? Let my smaller bass thrive and live and become chunky 3 pounders? I seem to be missing that 5 to 7 inch BG a guy like this needs to flourish. What do you all think? What's my best avenue? I don't have to have 6 to 8 pound bass to have fun on my pond. thx for any input on this, RC Attached Images Last edited by RC51; 05/26/20 02:31 PM. The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!

Re: Need a little advice RC51 #521660 05/26/20 02:45 PM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 3,954 Likes: 184 Oakwood,Texas P Pat Williamson
Pat Williamson P Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 3,954 Likes: 184 Oakwood,Texas	Hey RC Sounds like the food for that size is lacking. Mine are just reversed,small are thinish bid ones are plump. Check your sizes of BG

Re: Need a little advice RC51 #521662 05/26/20 02:58 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,762 Likes: 302 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,762 Likes: 302 Somerset, PA	My 2 cents would be to cull LMB like this. Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Need a little advice RC51 #521665 05/26/20 03:51 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas RC51 OP Ambassador Lunker
OP RC51 Ambassador Lunker Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas	Oh yean I know I do not have the correct size BG for sure! Sunil I think that is what I am going to do. The kids enjoy catching the smaller bass also and I would just as soon let them have more fun and let them bass grow up to healthy 3 to 4 pounders... The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!

Re: Need a little advice RC51 #521667 05/26/20 04:59 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,762 Likes: 302 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,762 Likes: 302 Somerset, PA	If you weren't going to eat him, I'd want to relocate him to new waters...... Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Need a little advice Sunil #523272 07/06/20 05:25 AM
Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 67 Likes: 13 WALDEN, N.Y. S SENKOSAM
SENKOSAM S Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 67 Likes: 13 WALDEN, N.Y.	Originally Posted by Sunil If you weren't going to eat him, I'd want to relocate him to new waters...... Agree !

Re: Need a little advice RC51 #523337 07/07/20 09:52 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,985 Likes: 280 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,985 Likes: 280 Central Ohio	Forget new waters ... hot peanut oil. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: Need a little advice Theo Gallus #523346 07/07/20 01:46 PM
Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 1,138 Likes: 276 Boone County Missouri A Augie
Augie A Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 1,138 Likes: 276 Boone County Missouri	Catch and release... to the grease!

Re: Need a little advice RC51 #523359 07/08/20 12:33 AM
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,864 Likes: 298 East Texas, USA A anthropic
anthropic A Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,864 Likes: 298 East Texas, USA	RC, do you feed your BG? If not, that might help you grow forage big enough to nourish large bass. 7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160

Re: Need a little advice RC51 #523361 07/08/20 12:55 AM
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Snipe S Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 2,254 Likes: 550 NW Kansas	I'd like to have that girl in my pond for some help with craw removal..we'll shape her right up! www.aquaticspecialties.info I Subscribe!

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