Does anyone know? Who sells all female bass? When one buys all female bass what method is used to select those fish?
Snipe - Cecil sent me a sample of a plastic cath tube. Do these work as well as glass tubes?
Here is a link to our PBoss thread that discussed back in 2014 using all female bass. In the thread it was mentioned that American Sportfish grows all female bass using a chemical modification on eggs / fry.
https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=387220#Post387220Pond Boss article Mar –Apr 2021 p:30-33. All - Female Bass. Lusk provides the ideas from Greg Grimes, Troy Goldsby and himself from their experiences of using all female bass. Some important points were:
"Finding all female bass is uncertain, almost impossible".
" Get one male from any source and you messed up the whole concept".
"All females demand a very strong forage base ... building it for two to three years before bass".
"Think a mature 4 - 5 year pond worth of forage before any bass at 20 - 50 bass lbs /ac". These numbers could amount to 10-16 bass at 2 - 3 lb each per acre.
"Expect double $$ for females".
"Need intense management - cull ones at 100-110 RW when others are 130-140 RW".
"6lb bass needs 6" BG, 8 " trout or big shad as main foods".
"Plan on at least twice a year stocking supplemental big sizes of forage to suit biggest bass sizes to stay ahead of them so they continue to grow" -
"open the check book".
"You need unnatural management to make it work".
