Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Bullfrogs and bass

Frogs are very palatable to bass, but tadpoles since they swim slowly have a mild distaste to fish. However bass when hungry will eat tadpoles since they are such easy prey. Tadpoles since they are very vulnerable need a survival advantage and poor flavor is it.

If you have lots & lots of tadpoles and frogs this indicates to me that you either have loads of weeds (shoreline & underwater) and cover or very few bass. Lots of weeds and cover allow frogs and tadpoles to hide and bass cannot find them easily. The other option would be if lots of easy prey forage fish are available and bass are busy eating fish and tend to prey less on frogs & tadpoles. Rarely do I see lots of frogs & tadpoles in a clean type pond with lots of medium to larger bass.