LM full of spawn

[beagle dad]

was on rice lake on weekend

caught lots of bass

thing is 14 of 1st 16 fish where small females full of eggs running out of them

all where caught in 8 ft + of water

whats going on??????

[BillM]

They are still spawning... Are you really surprised with the weather we've had?

[beagle dad]

these fish were not near nesting area that's the surprise

[BillM]

Maybe they were sick of waiting for the weather, lol.

[hirk]

im surprised because i fished the same water on the other side of the dam 6-10 fow and out of 40ish 1-2 lb largies never saw a single egg???????? the small fish do generally spawn last though, a survival of the fittest mechanisim

[beagle dad]

went shallow to see if any fish nesting......no bass

but tons of sunfish and perch actually sitting on beds

[206]

On Scugog river for opener and witness a big large mouth go under the knife....Full of eggs!

[kickingfrog]

The females don't stay on the reds. Not all the eggs are released during a spawn. And smaller fish do not always spawn, although that is more likely to be males.

[beagle dad]

when you lip a bass and eggs run out its not a male

[kickingfrog]

Hence the although.

[kickingfrog]

Were these saggy bellied fish? Or were they bursting with eggs?

[beagle dad]

fish in 8-10ft off shore...off spawning bays saggy yes and busting with eggs

[kickingfrog]

Sounds like they may have already spawned.

Edited June 18, 2013 by kickingfrog

[Old Ironmaker]

Not all female bass of all strains spawn. Depends on age, disease and numbers of males available to them for a date. I am quoting from what I have been told over the years. You won't ever see a female on a bed once they have spawned. Males make the nest, milt the eggs and then once the coffee ground size fry has hatched the males guard the nest of fry..

[Pigeontroller]

It was a bad year for the early opener...Now last year...

[Big Cliff]

Bass eggs = good cavier

[gaspumper]

After all they are only bass,not a real fish.

[beagle dad]

Bass eggs = good cavier

 

 

cavier??? yuk....ask when you go east for some...lol not sure you like what you get

[chris.brock]

seems like the MNR has the King Midas touch, but everything they touch turns to pooh,

 

"yeah, lets bump up the bass opener, at least for the sake of actually doing something and justifying our jobs"

 

bass recruitment will be poor for 2013, at least we got to go out a week earlier, whoa!

[chris.brock]

there's plenty of fishing opportunities in the spring/ early summer, err on the side of caution, southern and central Ontario bass don't need anymore pressure, we're going the wrong way

[Angler management]

there's plenty of fishing opportunities in the spring/ early summer, err on the side of caution, southern and central Ontario bass don't need anymore pressure, we're going the wrong way

I get what youre saying, but lets be realistic... Our waters are jammed full of bass, and maybe 1% of anglers keep them for the plate. There is no danger even if we fished them all year. Many places in the states do, and they have no issues.

[BillM]

I get what youre saying, but lets be realistic... Our waters are jammed full of bass, and maybe 1% of anglers keep them for the plate. There is no danger even if we fished them all year. Many places in the states do, and they have no issues.

 

How many places in the US have spawning bass in June? I bet not many if any at all... There's a reason why the season is closed until late June up here.

 

Some years I've caught bass off deep weed edges during the pike opener, some years (like this year) it's a late season and the fish are still doing their thing in the shallows.

Edited June 20, 2013 by BillM

[Angler management]

 

How many places in the US have spawning bass in June? I bet not many if any at all... There's a reason why the season is closed until late June up here.

 

Some years I've caught bass off deep weed edges during the pike opener, some years (like this year) it's a late season and the fish are still doing their thing in the shallows.

Regardless of when they are spawning, they are being fished year round. And its not affecting their population because they still over-run lakes and nobody keeps them so the population stays plentiful. However u wonna look at it, theyre over-populated and are affecting other fish species population. I dont think we would have any issues if the season was open all year.

[chris.brock]

I get what youre saying, but lets be realistic... Our waters are jammed full of bass, and maybe 1% of anglers keep them for the plate. There is no danger even if we fished them all year. Many places in the states do, and they have no issues.

I agree, bass are pretty prolific

 

I don't agree with 1% keeping them, in Haliburton, the rednecks and the not so serious cottage fishing crowd keep plenty, the serious bass guys let them go

 

my cottage neighbor kept 2- 5lbs LM and some decent smaller fish out of a small back lake last summer, it was a pretty ugly stringer picture that he was proud to show me

Edited June 20, 2013 by chris.brock

[Angler management]

I agree, bass are pretty prolific

 

I don't agree with 1% keeping them, in Haliburton, the rednecks and the not so serious cottage fishing crowd keep plenty, the serious bass guys let them go

 

my cottage neighbor kept 2- 5lbs LM and some decent smaller fish out of a small back lake last summer, it was a pretty ugly stringer picture that he was proud to show me

I definetly underestimated when i said 1%... But what im trying to say is, not enough anglers keep them to affect the population. People who are hardcore anglers dont tend to keep them, because they would target other species for a fish-fry. Its the people that dont fish often that generally tend to keep bass for eating. Either way, not many of them wind up on the dinner table.