If Cody says it you can take it to the bank.
Good catch, I meant to say 100% and have corrected it.
One often quoted statistic is that a bass needs to eat 10 pounds of forage to gain one pound. What looks like a LOT of BG doesn't last long when those murderers get started.
Josh Flowers is also right when he says use a relative weight chart to do your culling. If you see what looks like an over performer relative to the others, keep it. After the 2nd year, eliminate everything 13 or 14 inches and under unless it looks like a football. Those will be your jumpers, string stretchers, and/or hog outs.
It is said that the most successful rancher is a grass farmer. I believe the most successful bass farmer is a bluegill grower who doesn't keep too many predators for the forage base. Some of those bluegills will have to be 6 to 8 inches to feed the bigger bass that you want to grow.
Cody Note: My advice above is for a goal of growing good numbers of big trophy bass not necessarily numerous 2 to 5 lb bass. Don't take everything I say to the bank; often they won't cash it.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/16/15 09:21 AM.
