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Baby bass for fish tank.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:51 am
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:51 am
So looking to find some baby bass for my small aquarium. I was thinking about going to some known bass spots and throwing the cast net. Anyone ever done this? Is this a good time of year for them? Any specific techniques?
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Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:57 am to VanRIch
Had a few in a 75 gallon aquarium in college.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:04 am to VanRIch
just get a dipnet and scoop around the submerged grass. all sorts of stuff in there.
i'd want a choupique for an aquarium.
i'd want a choupique for an aquarium.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:07 am to VanRIch
Had several through the years. Some did well, some died within a few days. If you have bream in there, they'll beat the crap out of the bass. One bass I had would hit a tube jig every time. It was fun sitting across the living room and pitching through the 4" hole in the tank on beer nights. Was a fun time for a single man.
The best method for catching small bass is to go pay silly high prices for shiners in hopes of catching sacalait. I always catch every 6" bass in a pond when doing so.
The best method for catching small bass is to go pay silly high prices for shiners in hopes of catching sacalait. I always catch every 6" bass in a pond when doing so.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:07 am to VanRIch
I had one for years in high school. Caught him with a dip net and transplanted him. He got as large as his tank would allow. He loved crickets. Rip, Bassey.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:10 am to VanRIch
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was thinking about going to some known bass spots and throwing the cast net. Anyone ever done this?
Just be gentle with him. Cast-netting a fish is pretty traumatic for them and can be rough on them. I would much rather catch one one rod/reel for an aquarium than cast net one.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:11 am to VanRIch
very fun watching them feed. You can drop food opposite side of tank and within a second the bass darts to gobble it up.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:15 am to VanRIch
fwiw, I had to clear some grass off a boat launch at tickfaw this past weekend
tons of baby critters came up tangled in the grass, lots of 2-in bream, sacalait, and even a few chain pickerels, but not one single bass
tons of baby critters came up tangled in the grass, lots of 2-in bream, sacalait, and even a few chain pickerels, but not one single bass
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:22 am to VanRIch
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:24 am to VanRIch
When I was in college we caught some in the spillway in plaquemine, I was living at southgate towers and we turned them loose in the coy pond. Those bass had killed every golf fish in that thing in a few days. I wonder if those bass are still dominating that coy pond....
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:26 am to KingRanch
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coy pond
???
I think you mean koi pond...
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:33 am to Clyde Tipton
Damn Asians
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:44 am to Clyde Tipton
I had one in a 75 gallon and it killed everything else I put in there with except for a huge crawfish I had caught. They fought but that big female crawfish kicked his arse. I know it was a female because a few months later she actually had a bunch of eggs under her tail and hatched them out. The bass ate most of them as soon as they got big enough for him to see them. The bass also ate a lot. I would go buy a bunch of shiners and if it had been a couple days since he had fed he would eat 15 or so. Would still be trying even though he had eaten so many that they were hanging out of his mouth.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:02 pm to VanRIch
Go to the nearest large drainage ditch that holds water and fish with a small beetle spin. You should be able to catch a baby bass in no time.
They are fun as hell. Sometimes at the wal marks they would have a few grass shrimp that our bass loved to eat. But the bass couldn't see the shrimp (since they're clear) unless the aquarium light was on. We'd wait till he nosed right up to the shrimp, ready to eat, and we'd turn the light off. He would look around confused like the shrimp had just disappeared and then swim off.
They are fun as hell. Sometimes at the wal marks they would have a few grass shrimp that our bass loved to eat. But the bass couldn't see the shrimp (since they're clear) unless the aquarium light was on. We'd wait till he nosed right up to the shrimp, ready to eat, and we'd turn the light off. He would look around confused like the shrimp had just disappeared and then swim off.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:08 pm to VanRIch
BTW, a game warden told me this was illegal. 
I guess it would be a big deal if you had 100's of bass.
I guess it would be a big deal if you had 100's of bass.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:04 pm to gorillacoco
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Go to the nearest large drainage ditch that holds water and fish with a small beetle spin. You should be able to catch a baby bass in no time.
I've had a few that I caught on small Rooster Tails.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:10 pm to Shexter
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a game warden told me this was illegal
that was not the question.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:14 pm to VanRIch
caught like 6 fingerlings in 5 minutes a couple weeks ago
cast net in neighborhood pond
cast net in neighborhood pond
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:36 pm to Odinson
Cast netting bass may not be legal
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:37 pm to VanRIch
had a bass and warmouth in my 120 gallon tank.. all the neighborhood kids would come over for the feeding sessions.
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