Great largemouth bass management ideas so far for moving the LMB past the 3 lb mark toward continued annual growth. You should be able next year to determine if you have harvested enough bass by checking growth increments of the largest original stocker bass which should gain 1 to 1.3 lbs next year in Indiana (midwest). This weight gain amounts to 2 to 2.5 ounces per month (Apr-Oct). FYI an increase of an adult LMB for each added pound usually equates to close to 1.1"length increase (~4mm/month; Apr-Oct). When your bass are not getting this annual growth they are likely not getting the proper amount and size of forage.
Return to this same thread regularly to keep us updated about your bass growing project. We are interested in your progress.
I will put this thread in the LMB management archive topic
For monitoring the progress of your stocker bass toward 9 lb, here are the details of length growth per each increased pound (using standard weight).
3lb= 17.5" Lgn increase
4lb= 19.1" 1.6"
5lb= 20.5" 1.4"
6lb= 21.7" 1.2"
7lb= 22.8" 1.1"
8lb= 23.8" 1.0"
9lb= 24.7" 0.9"
Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/01/18 09:14 PM.
