Originally Posted by Jason D
Originally Posted by FishinRod
Originally Posted by Jason D
A week later something very similar happened. One heavy fish, one light fish but their body composition was very similar

Any idea why or how this could be ?

Bass are basically hunters for their meals.

Whoever is the "better" hunter will get more food.

Any chance you caught the heavier fish first on both occasions? Being the most aggressive is only a benefit when you are at the top of the food chain. However, once humans are fishing in a pond, the bass are no longer at the top - so now aggression does have a penalty.

I totally understand what you are saying

I guess my question was , How can 2 fish have the same body composition (look the same) and be the same length but weigh so much different ?
Also I caught the lighter fish first last night, Do not remember which one was first on the previous occasion

Jason, because fish are neutral buoyancy with water, I think the heavier fish of the same length displaced more water. It's volume was larger. So try this. Going forward ... in addition to the length measurement ... also take a girth measurement. Do this at the same relative location and see if this can explain the difference in weight. The fish with the greatest girth should be the heavier fish.

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