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For those of you that feed your feed trained bass what is the biggest largemouth you've produced that way?
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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I have a few pushing 3#'s in about 3 years.
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Originally posted by h20fwlkillr:
I have a few pushing 3#'s in about 3 years. That's pretty good! Do they have small heads and fins for their body due to the rapid growth? I have been growing mine to about 3 + to 4 lbs for my market, but haven't tried to push too many to five or six or more. I am seriously consdering growing out less bass to larger size for higher prices. But the ones that have reached over 5 lbs. are incredibly heavy for their length and lots of fatty tissue internally. I took one bass out of the pond that was close to 6 lbs. and only 19 inches. I guess what I'm getting at is I'm wondering if these bass will top out at a certain weight with shorter lifespans. I'm hearing through the grapevine that feed trained bass that are feed exclusively pellets have short lifespans and fatty livers. I guess I will find out.
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Their heads and fins are a little smaller than their non-feed trained counterparts. I notice fewer coming to feed every year. I have wondered if they go off feed as they grow larger.
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Cecil, I put my feed trained bass in @ 1.5lbs in april of 04', I have caught them up to six. This will be the year to see if they pass that number. I just started feeding them again this week. I feed them Silver cup. Hopefully they will reach 8 lbs, that is my goal with them. I also stock Talapia every spring to give them a boost. Time will tell!
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Originally posted by h20fwlkillr:
Their heads and fins are a little smaller than their non-feed trained counterparts. I notice fewer coming to feed every year. I have wondered if they go off feed as they grow larger. I have wondered the same thing -- or that they are disappearing. Seems my largest bass have a little fungus on them come spring vs. the smaller ones that are clean.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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I have bass and redear going into the third season. Last season I added tilapia. Mine look to be hitting four pounds.
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