What is a bass season?

DE has no bass season, maybe they should have one for spawning time,
MD has a bass season for non-tidal waters, you can catch and release
then but it sure kills the Tournaments, which may be the intent..

Don't think that's the motive AJH, Maryland loves to host tournaments.
Brings huge bucks to the economy. Bass seasons are strictly to satisfy the
radical conservationists. They really serve no purpose, IMHO.

Warren

"AJH" wrote in message
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DE has no bass season, maybe they should have one for spawning time,
MD has a bass season for non-tidal waters, you can catch and release
then but it sure kills the Tournaments, which may be the intent..

Most big time tournaments in MD are held in tidal waters..like the
Potomac River...





"If you go to bed stupid, you will wake up stupid"

No doubt, but the counties involved happily pump big bucks into promoting
those tournaments.

Warren

"AJH" wrote in message
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Most big time tournaments in MD are held in tidal waters..like the
Potomac River...





"If you go to bed stupid, you will wake up stupid"

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Bass seasons are strictly to satisfy the radical conservationists. They
really serve no purpose, IMHO.

Warren


I'd like to see some expanded thoughts from you on this Warren, if you get
the time. I certainly am not going to argue with you over it as I mainly
agree. I just need more ammo for my opinions when I run across a *clueless*
treehugger.

I started thinking about this in earnest when I read or saw some info
released last year on sight fishing (aka bed fishing) and how there was
currently no proof that it affected overall bass numbers when practiced. Not
that I am a good, or even moderately good sight fisherman, but anything that
genuinely may hurt the sport/hobby/past-time, should be looked at US first,
before the radicals jump into the fray.

Anyways, you are the guy out in the field, chasing these things
professionally so I was wondering what your thoughts on this are past your
one liner zing above. I love the outdoors, fishing, bass fishing in
particular and I want to know the facts so I can be a heavily armed (with
knowledge) voice in the wilderness so to speak when the next big round of
PETA or other radical groupa tries to put the brakes on our past-time,
hobby, and in your case, profession.

Thanks.

I read or saw some info
released last year on sight fishing (aka bed fishing) and how there was
currently no proof that it affected overall bass numbers when

I wrote an article for Outdoor Frontiers with my thoughts on bed fishing. I
don't think it affects bass reproduction - here in the south, especially. But
I don't do it much - most of the lakes I fish are too stained, and I don't have
the patience.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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I read or saw some info
released last year on sight fishing (aka bed fishing) and how there was
currently no proof that it affected overall bass numbers when

I wrote an article for Outdoor Frontiers with my thoughts on bed fishing.
I
don't think it affects bass reproduction - here in the south, especially.
But
I don't do it much - most of the lakes I fish are too stained, and I don't
have
the patience.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Thanks Ronnie, I will see if I can dig it up. I just don't buy into the
theory that hunting or fishing, associated with some selected and controlled
harvestation hurts an animal population. Actually, I think it helps. Too
good in some cases: How many dead white tail dear have you seen by the road
the past few years? I've hit two in the past 5 years myself.

It just seems like the past few years I've heard more from animal activist
groups about actually stopping hunting and fishing all together, in certain
areas anyway. Given that there is an election coming up, and every Democrat
in the field could use the help of the PETAs, Greenpeaces, et al that they
can get, if one manages to get into the White House this go-round, we may
hear even more about it. They already won't let us collect our own oil in
the US, shutting down outdoor activities in the *name of the planet and its
helpless species* won't be too far off.

Sounds crazy I know, but so did the Big Tobacco thing only 20 years ago. So
did unleaded gas in the 1960s. The defense of our right* to enjoy the
outdoors will fall on us, the outdoorsmen (women too) I'm afraid, as I am
not aware of any lobby group representing us in Washington, past maybe the
NRA. Just trying to bone up so I can do my own protesting at the appropriate
time, and for my own knowledge so I can help educate people I come into
contact with.

*(It's a "right" to me since I fully equate it with my right to life,
liberty and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. No farther fetched in my feable mind
than burning the American flag being protected as "free speach".)

California has some of the best managed lakes in the country, and sight
fishing for bedding bass is done routinely...most lakes are extremely
clear. The bass population has not suffered because of this....at least
from all the comments and studies I'm aware of it hasn't. In fact there
are a couple big "sows" that have been caught off beds several times
over the past few years (some even have "nick" names, and are "living"
lake records)...and they are no worse for wear that anyone can see. Just
my two cents .
JK

"SimRacer" -spam wrote in message
news

"RGarri7470" wrote in message
...
I read or saw some info
released last year on sight fishing (aka bed fishing) and how there was
currently no proof that it affected overall bass numbers when

I wrote an article for Outdoor Frontiers with my thoughts on bed
fishing.
I
don't think it affects bass reproduction - here in the south,
especially.
But
I don't do it much - most of the lakes I fish are too stained, and I
don't
have
the patience.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Thanks Ronnie, I will see if I can dig it up. I just don't buy into the
theory that hunting or fishing, associated with some selected and
controlled
harvestation hurts an animal population. Actually, I think it helps. Too
good in some cases: How many dead white tail dear have you seen by the
road
the past few years? I've hit two in the past 5 years myself.
snip


Selective harvest is the only way. Left to themselves, deer would outnumber
NewJerseyites pretty fast. At the turn of the century (1900), whitetails
were nearly extinct in NH from market hunting (hides to England IIRC) and
the turkeys were gone.

Eric Ryder
Hunter & fisherman

While I'd say bass fishing is more my passion than my profession Sim, I'll
throw my thoughts on this at you.

A lake is either "healthy" or not. "Unhealthy" lakes can indeed be fished
out, but this is more the result of a weak ecosystem than overfishing.

In the case of healthy lakes, the ecosystem is self-sustaining. This means
that the water body is capable of supporting X number of adult bass. The
number of successful spawns can vary from year to year, but the resulting
population will be similar.

There are lots of factors, both natural & man-influenced, that can effect
the bass population in a given water. The fact remains that 95% of bass
caught just about anywhere are now released. Selective harvest is not a
problem, and it's been scientifically proven that harvesting a small
percentage of bass, even during the spawn (when most states' closed season
occurs), will not even put a dent in the resulting population of adults a
few years down the road.

Funny how states will prohibit us from fishing during the spawning months,
yet they'll allow water levels to fluctuate during the same months,
oftentimes wiping out entire year classes of bass.

Politics...

Warren
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http://www.warrenwolk.com/



"SimRacer" -spam wrote in message
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"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Bass seasons are strictly to satisfy the radical conservationists. They
really serve no purpose, IMHO.

Warren


I'd like to see some expanded thoughts from you on this Warren, if you get
the time. I certainly am not going to argue with you over it as I mainly
agree. I just need more ammo for my opinions when I run across a
*clueless*
treehugger.

I started thinking about this in earnest when I read or saw some info
released last year on sight fishing (aka bed fishing) and how there was
currently no proof that it affected overall bass numbers when practiced.
Not
that I am a good, or even moderately good sight fisherman, but anything
that
genuinely may hurt the sport/hobby/past-time, should be looked at US
first,
before the radicals jump into the fray.

Anyways, you are the guy out in the field, chasing these things
professionally so I was wondering what your thoughts on this are past your
one liner zing above. I love the outdoors, fishing, bass fishing in
particular and I want to know the facts so I can be a heavily armed (with
knowledge) voice in the wilderness so to speak when the next big round of
PETA or other radical groupa tries to put the brakes on our past-time,
hobby, and in your case, profession.

Thanks.