NE Mason - Since you live in NH, expect at least some of your northern female bass to live 15-20 yrs. However, expect some to die before the 15 yr mark similar to other animals in various populations including humans. Not everyone lives the full life expectancy for various reasons. It all depends.
It will be very interesting to watch these female bass grow over the next 10 yrs. Please keep good notes for us and occassionally report to us about how they are doing as far as growth rate (fastest and slowest), body condition Rw, tendency to become hook smart, deaths, etc. If your bass are fed pellets their growth may slow down quite a bit when they reach 3-4 lbs. You have the ability to give us some good information about LMB. We will also see how well or accurately the hatchery was able to sex your fish. I assume the females are the only bass in the pond. It won't take very long to find out about the sexing accuracy.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 09/12/07 09:43 PM.
