Understanding bass growth

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Our bass populations have real problems and we need real men to fix those problems- not a bunch of cry babies that can’t kill a fish

[@drbuttfungus3477]

Bass fisherman act like you can't eat or cull bass just because they like fishing em. When in reality in most cases it will help the population and increase the size of them when there's less competition, cool vid

[@X_-Dre4ms-_V]

They forget fish repopulate as well

[@skrtskrt925]

What is the answer? My private subdivision pond has big bass in it (5-10lbs, we’ve caught a few of them). But most days I go out I’m catching dinks. Like a pound or less. Are there just too many small bass? Are the turtles and catfish eating all the bass food? Am I just a bad fisherman? There’s lots of bluegill and crappie in the pond. We have a fish fry with enough fish to feed 4 men. Catching a largemouth bass around 2 pounds is the highlight of the day. Obviously we hope for bigger but we don’t complain about catching a 2 pound bass

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@skrtskrt925that’s normal for stunted bass populations. You have a bunch of small bass and a few big bass that got lucky and are feeding on the small bass. The few bigs are tricking you into thinking the pond is healthy. It’s a common misunderstanding. Check out the Sugarhill outdoors playlist, I cover a lot of pond management there

[@gmagz0647]

@@skrtskrt925sounds like my experience in SW FL fishing behind my parents house. Haven’t caught anything bigger than 2-2.25 lbs

[@noboatnate]

the size of fish that bass eat always blows my mind. I think of when the tiny ones hit my oversized crank .. they don’t know their own size and are very ambitious with their meals

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Yeah they are crazy aggressive

[@Squidaddy99]

Yeah when my friend started fishing and saw bass hooks he kept asking if it was too big. He also thought a senko was wayyy to big to catch anything. Funny af

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@Squidaddy99 I know man. There is a major disconnect on that. All we can do is tell the truth. Some dudes listen, most dudes don’t 🤷‍♂️

[@changblonk4089]

I've found the same with northern pike, they are so aggressive i can throw huge spoons and still catch tiny ones

[@ericestrada3530]

You: giving a thorough explanation The bass: 😮

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

😂 good one

[@pstain1]

Bass: thanks for the food. Do you think i can get some water so i can breathe?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Fish are food, they have been mismanaged by television fishermen for decades. Now they are starving, that’s why lakes are full of dinks that never grow. You are just embarrassing yourself with a complete lack of knowledge. Do consider yourself a sportsman with a complete lack of trying to understand the environment? Stop wasting my time with this batting practice and get an intelligent comment going

[@pstain1]

@aquaticbiologist6516 jesus, who touched your butt as a child. English is not your first language. So go stick it in a goat.

[@kpb3721]

⁠@@aquaticbiologist6516Smdh learn to read cornball!!! Don’t treat the people who are supporting your channel like shit. Tf.

[@Iminthetrenches]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 dang 😮

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Supporting my page? I don’t see a membership icon and I can tell no one on this chain even took the time to watch one video or even google pond management before making the same comments over & over. So lazy, Couldn’t even read the comments section on the post. That’s not support

[@dangkhang9479]

If you fillet and fry em up with flour bass taste very similar to talapia. Spotted bass are best if you want to choose one.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Definitely need more spots kept

[@shainedupuis2649]

Smallies through the ice are best ❄

[@Sketchyowl]

Kentucky bass

[@tlynn609]

I watch a KZbinr that has a huge flow of spotted bass that run through his creek during certain time of year & there are tons of them. They drop a line & it's hit right away. They feast of them bad boys & say how yummy they are. Makes me wanna try them sooo bad bc they look yummy!!

[@filthykallahan6399]

Bass are delicious

[@anadamantoutdoorsman]

subscribed. extremely informative and info that many "fisherman" need to hear

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Thanks very much, I appreciate the support

[@SonictheHedgedog12]

Once in our lake in the city were so much of some sort of small fish that when only one strong rain came, they floded the city canals, sewage and co it was crazy how much dead fish was every were

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

People dont understand how many fish there are. When they can see all the stunted bass when you have to drain a pond then they understand

[@FishermanKyle]

Bass are solid eating. I let mine soak in some crystals for 15 minutes, then just pan fry. Sounds crazy, but super good.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

👍

[@liamsimmers8129]

The fish gotta stay in the water and if you gonna eat sport fish please go easy

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@liamsimmers8129 I have managed bass populations for a living. What’s your experience? Television? It certainly isn’t based in scientific facts. I’m absolutely positive you are no fisheries biologist

[@_VXLS]

@tonyramirez9640awww someone’s mad

[@XtraChromiez]

@@aquaticbiologist6516I don’t think he’s trying to be and asshole I think he’s just trying to say leave some big ones for the catch and release crew

[@James-yp5dn]

Big fish eat big bait!!! I've caught a 15 in large mouth bass with a 14in tiger trout while trolling for muskie 😂

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

🤣

[@brox2098]

Cooler full of trout bass and bluegill 😃 Awesome!

[@aidenjones6076]

Trophy bluegill😂

[@NaturalEnrichment]

Love these videos. Learned that (in the northeast) the gape is a major contributor to difficulty in balancing large mouth ponds esp with winter. For ex paper shell crayfish, fathead or mosquito fish or other bait fish, sunfish (other than greens), and smallmouth are more forgiving for set and forget with trout along with them, ofc far from "perfect" but an example. From my understanding (limited), large mouth present extra difficulty and time to manage because they can unbalance pred to prey more quickly, super good at eating everything and them some. So removing those predators and actually letting stunted population be free from resource jail is crucial, don't know what's got ppl upset. Would be nice if you could encourage ppl taking some larger fish now and again- but you know that is a pipe dream and can lead to the same exact situation where 2yo bass are eating plankton because they have no predators to reduce size of the year classes.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Thanks man

[@danielstrother2494]

My son caught a 16” bass the other day on a 6” hinged rapala…perch colored. They definitely like big baits. I’ve caught 20” brown trout with 10-12” trout inside their bellies as well

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Yup large baits are a good option many guys overlook

[@_JUN3BUG]

As long as the fish didnt go to waste

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

No way. They had a good fish fry 👍

[@JonWool]

I would love to have a big pet bass

[@edwardlittle5541]

That's too cool. You must've got the Giant Eagle coupon for the 2 for 1 deal.😉🤣🤣🤣❤️

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Electrofishing boat catches a little of everything. That’s the boat in the background

[@ryanjohnson9977]

So you just killed them, nice work dueshe

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You really need an education. Transporting bass is illegal for many reasons. It spreads disease, it dillies the gene pool of the lake you stock them and you need a survey of the other body of water you stock them in or you overcrowd and starve the bass in that system. If you wonder why you can’t catch any 12 pound bass it’s because guys like you are not man enough to kill a bass and not smart enough to understand the damage you are doing to bass fisheries. I do this page combat ignorance like your comment.

[@ryanjohnson9977]

Didn't say anything bout relocating, cull the 12 to 14 inchers, 5 pounder is a breeder ​@@aquaticbiologist6516

[@chrism8180]

​@@aquaticbiologist6516not like the water table isn't connected. If you honestly believe that you're just stupid. If the body of water is relatively local you would never have that happen. I suppose migratory waterfowl are impervious to transferring any disease to other waters, or perhaps an osprey that drops his catch in a different area. You are completely ignorant. What was that you said about stocked rainbow trout? You know they're not even native to this continent(unless you count pnw steelhead) so how are the trout not spreading disease to the bass and vise versa? Arrogant, dumb, and proud is what you are

[@Sideshow42088]

Go outside.

[@ryanjohnson9977]

I have a 5 acre pond in the midwest, and I cull 12 to 14 inchers, we have good numbers of 7 to 9 pound bass....you are stupid

[@mrstackracks1189]

Bass are good eating especially spotted bass

[@goldendude5920]

insane take

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I don’t think a spotted bass population can be over harvested. In fact if every fisherman kept every spot they caught it would probably make fishing better

[@bobgoblinkingthe4thjunior989]

I keep getting told bass doesn’t taste good but I’ve never tried it and really want to but I either catch ones that are to small to keep or catch monsters that I refuse to kill and just let em go so I can catch em again 😂

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Most lakes need some 1-2 pound bass removed, they are very good if you know how to cook. I have heard every excuse in the world for not eating bass & trout. All nonsense, both are good

[@zekethefishgeek8690]

Best eating fish I've eaten.

[@bobgoblinkingthe4thjunior989]

I tear up trout, they are delicious. I just haven’t tried bass cause I’m told they are gross and I usually consider bass as like a catch and release fish but I’m itching to try one

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I was talking to an Oregon biologist on a plane earlier this year. 25 years in the field and overcrowded trout populations are a big problem there. Nobody keeps anything anymore. Also, crazy I got randomly seated next to someone like that, best conversation on a flight I have ever had. Same problems, different fishery

[@bobgoblinkingthe4thjunior989]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 I love keeping fish to eat, caught like 6 or 7 catfish the other day and had a mountain of catfish nuggets

[@Jackcrazyfish24]

There are many lakes around me in New England that have no fishing access, and all of the bass are about 4-6 pounds. How does competition play a factor here? Would the bass grow larger if there were fewer large ones or would they top out where they usually do for bass in New England?

[@Jackcrazyfish24]

The only other predator I know of in these ponds are chain pickerel

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You have larger predators like pike & Muskie that reduce bass populations and keep them growing because their numbers are reduced. Southern lakes do have those predators. You will see the same population dynamics at play up there, lots of pike = smaller pike. Fewer pike = larger pike

[@Jackcrazyfish24]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 wouldn’t the pickerel/ pike damage the sizeable bass population because they are competing for similar food? I’m very interested in this topic, I’ve been reading the comments sorry if these are repeat questions

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@Jackcrazyfish24 it’s totally fine, thanks for the respectful questions. The answer is no, once the bass get large enough to escape the predators at smaller sizes they flip the script on long narrow smaller pike and become predators on them

[@Jackcrazyfish24]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 thanks

[@lukasbiedermann707]

No prob,bass taste great,i cought bass wich had so big fish hanging out there moth that the part in the fish was nearly total digested and the other halph outside was fresh.....thats crazy!

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Thanks for sharing

[@georgemcarthur488]

A landlocked lake or pond with bass as the apex predator definitely limits the ecosystem. Throw some pike in there and then you just have a few really big pike and a bunch of small bass and bluegills. It's important to manage ponds and lakes. Seen a few lakes that were nothing but "potato chip" breem because the bass never let them grow any bigger.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Pike don’t live in the southern lakes and bass can get huge when their numbers are in the correct density. Other than that this logic is sound. When bass are crowded they eat everything and stop growing. Trying to explain this concept to most guys is almost impossible, they just don’t understand the forage base is not unlimited

[@LedGuitar1218]

I know it’s for the best, but still somehow hurts my soul to see those bass have to go

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

That’s the problem, nobody says that about a mess of crappie. Brainwashing is real

[@LedGuitar1218]

I bet crappie fisherman would. It’s due to the fact that bass fisherman are constantly thinking about bass. They love them and want them to survive and grow so they can catch more and bigger fish. What you did was necessary. You are getting unnecessary flack for it from people who only watch and don’t actually try to understand the why. Your video was educational for me and many others. Dont let the negative comments get you pissed. You can’t please everyone on YT. I’m sure you’re tired of getting negative comments. If it really keeps bugging you, turn comments off or delete. Keep doing your thing bro. Don’t let haters get you heated.

[@TaksWon]

Naw bass fisherman are constantly thinking how they can benefit from bass fishing tournaments.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@LedGuitar1218 I just answer as directly as possible. These dudes don’t bother me. This entire business model is banking on these guys who won’t listen and think typing more nonsense opinions makes them right. This is proven science not my opinion. Their comments drive the algorithm to spread this message to people who will listen like you. I’m playing chess and these dudes are playing checkers. I get paid move for every letter they type so I egg them on. A simple google search from any accredited university that studies fisheries management will bury them in research that disproves their opinions yet they don’t use google before doing all this. Plus it makes for an entertaining comment section that people sit and read. Hundreds of fisheries professionals follow me and never come at me like that because they know I’m owning these guys.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@TaksWon they have destroyed trophy bass fishing in public water. They are fishing for big fish that cannot grow due to catch & release. Where are all the 12-15 pound bass if C&R is how you grow trophy bass? Lakes produced trophies way better in the 1970’s when people kept bass. All you have to do is look at the publicly available electrofishing data to see it.

[@DTF_Outdoors24]

Killing bass for bluegill is something I’ll never understand

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

It’s a balance thing. Works like a see saw, one goes down the other goes up

[@austin27049]

Fishing specifically for bass out of all the fish out there is something I’ll never understand. 😂

[@HenryHoffer]

reach on and fold the spikes down and then you can get it out

[@tacticalbayr8363]

Idk about u boys but fried bass sounds great right now.... Going bass fishing this weekend 😂

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

👍

[@brodydouglass8042]

“Topping out at 8 pounds” doesn’t sound like a nightmare lol. I am trying to fix my parent’s pond currently. It’s about an acre and a half and there is not a single bass in it bigger than 3 pounds. I am going to leave a few of the larger bass in there hut cull everything else. Then I’m going to stock bluegill and redear. Let them spawn and see where the pond is afterwards.

[@brodydouglass8042]

Also, thank you for putting out good info on yt. Catch and release is killing fishing.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You should read the post I just put up on Instagram about bluegill spawn. It will give you some perspective on what stocking actually does. Short answer = not much. There are tricks I can show you

[@brodydouglass8042]

@@aquaticbiologist6516where’s your instagram?

[@brodydouglass8042]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 Where is the instagram link? The bream in the pond are extremely pressured and I think they are way below carrying capacity. Bass outnumber them by a long shot. I have already killed 20-25 bass

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

that’s the bass overfeeding on them. Check out the sugarhill outdoors playlist, I cover all this in depth there

[@RedneckKidd]

It’s sad to see those beautiful bass go but they are good eating.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I hear you man. After a while you get used to it. To do the job correctly you can’t get caught up in feelings

[@AustinRichards-ib5tr]

I love the taste of bass. It is so delicious and I'm going to keep eating them

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Don’t let these dudes shame you man. It is necessary to keep some for the health of the fishery

[@Christian_Edwards]

That over bluegill is crazy I would’ve preferred the bass smdh

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Buy your own lake, do what you want. It’s a free country

[@eazyshit8899]

@@aquaticbiologist6516who wants bluegill over bass smh

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@eazyshit8899 a guy who owns 1,000 acres and 3 ponds and 2 lakes. each one is managed differently

[@Jordanhann02]

Speaking bout bass my dad cooked one yesterday it was my older brother bass 4pounds not bad

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Yeah it’s a myth they are bad. Just guys making up nonsense

[@stewoh]

My pond will gladly take them tho

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

If you pond is like 90% of the rest you probably need to keep some bass out. How many pounds of bass have you harvested from it?

[@cmxvirunit9468]

What about stunted fishes?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

That’s why we harvest, to,prevent stunting. Most guys don’t understand bass stop growing when crowded. Good observation

[@Basscastingaustin]

Why not relocate them?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

It’s spread disease, dilutes the genetic pool of where you put them and you need to do an electrofishing survey on the lake you stock them in, you will stunt the other lake out with too many bass. Never relocate bass, it’s one of the biggest problems we have in bass fishing

[@GodGunsGills]

​@@aquaticbiologist6516amen

[@otroflores91]

​@@aquaticbiologist6516 Any links to how relocating can diminish the genetic pool? I can see how that happens if you dump a bunch of bass from a small body of water into another small body of water. What about larger bodies of water or if you relocate a small amount of small bass into a smaller water? This is a genuine question.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@otroflores91plenty of evidence. Where are all the 12-15 pound bass this country used to produce before catch & release stared?

[@zanegarrett1733]

What’s your biggest blue gill? I’ve caught a few the size of my hand but I’ve heard about 3-4 pound bluegill

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Getting them over 2 pounds is difficult

[@AirborneFisherman]

So you're pretty much saying that for this situation specifically, in order for all the 8.lb bass to keep growing, you have to get rid of all or a bunch of the 5 lb bass? I think I understand it..

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You are confusing the management strategy. This is a trophy bluegill pond, meaning the goal is to get huge bluegill. We can’t have 5 pound bass in there, they can eat our large bluegill so they are removed from the population. The goal here is not big bass, it can be confusing at first because everything on TV is about bass growth. Although the guys on TV don’t know what they are talking about, I never practice strict catch & release on a trophy bass pond or lake. Bass have a tendency to crowd and need to be harvested so they grow properly. The smaller bass in the cooler came from a different pond with that goal in mind

[@DavidHummel-cc4of]

Trophy bluegill pond? Where?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

It’s private, I don’t manage public water

[@Bman_leftie]

Bro, I love bass fishing, but i don't like killing them

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Our bass populations are starving because of this ideology. Literal brainwashing. If you kept your dog in the starved condition most bass are kept in these days you would go to jail. Learn to calculate relative weight, measure bass health like a biologist then come back and talk to me about humane treatment. It is my job to maintain healthy bass populations and keeping some is how it’s done.

[@Bman_leftie]

@aquaticbiologist6516 I wasn't being mean. I was just saying I don't like killing bass, and I didn't say it was wrong. I understand what you are trying to do with your pond

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@Bman_leftie I’m just stating plain scientific facts. It is this inability to kill a bass that has ruined trophy bass growth across most of the country.

[@AustinHubler]

How’s everyone’s day?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I’m doing well, thanks for asking. Just got back from iCast and social media is rolling

[@eithanlong1355]

They are just fish eat them all... But sint be talking about trophy bluegill 😂

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Yeah we keep the bluegill under 8 and put back the larger ones in that scenario

[@guyton3399]

@@aquaticbiologist6516amen 🎉

[@leothelion881]

Thank god for humans. Without them nothing would find a way to survive

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Man made environments require maintenance. Fish didn’t evolve in man made ponds and failing to recognize that is doing them an extreme disservice

[@TheWinstonDouble]

Sad they went to waste but I get it. I knew a farm pond I snuck into. Guy had monsters in there, and kept stocking it with poached bass from the public lake next door. Soon enough you couldn't catch a bass over 2lb in his pond. It wasn't even worth sneaking in at midnight anymore. Lame!

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

They had a fish fry how is that going to waste?

[@TheWinstonDouble]

@aquaticbiologist6516 Well I assumed you ate them, but they're more fun as a sport fish. Perhaps another lake could've used them.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@TheWinstonDouble never transport bass. It spreads parasites & disease, it dilutes the genetics of the fish in the body of water you stock them into and you need to do a survey of the other water body to see if it even needs any bass or you are disrupting the balance of that fishery and ruining bass growth there. It’s sad how many times I have had to answer this. If you ever wonder why bass fishing sucks and you never catch bass like the ones in this cooler it’s because someone transported bass to your lake. Absolutely unbelievable ignorance around here

[@TheWinstonDouble]

@aquaticbiologist6516 That's weird. Every time I transplant bass, bigger ones grow because it diversifies the genetics. The lakes I left neglected all eventually lowered in quality compared to the swapped fish lakes. The ones in the isolated pond became small, pale, weak, and often had genetic deformities due to repeated inbreeding. Meanwhile in the ponds with transplanted fish such as spotted bass, huge breeding crappies, and of course largemouth would be thriving many years later with substantially healthier looking fish. I'm not sure where you got your info from, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was from bass breeders.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@TheWinstonDouble you are completely screwing those ponds up. Stop transporting bass

[@stevenjenkins3882]

Because the lakes suck with bad hiding places

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You can measure bass and determine their health. I’ve drained ponds and got all the fish out. When they are off they are off

[@stevenjenkins3882]

@aquaticbiologist6516 no I mean if the fish had more brush to hide 🤔 there will be more room to grow

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@stevenjenkins3882 it doesn’t work like they when bass are over crowded. Bass are very effective ambush predators and more brush won’t help the forage when there are too many. It would be like playing call of duty with 100 snipers per acre. You are not going to make it

[@stevenjenkins3882]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 10-4

[@HCBCHEMISTRY]

You can still save a fish with the correct minerals in the water.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Salt works well. I have a video about ti

[@HCBCHEMISTRY]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 I work with all fish and corals.

[@OpBossXd]

Why whould u take then out

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

The large bass are eating the bluegill we are trying to grow. The smaller bass in the cooler came from a different pond. I have videos that break all this stuff down in great detail

[@PremiumRaizo]

Why does everybody fish for bass but you never hear about anybody ever cooking and eating one? I've not ever heard someone say they were eating bass for dinner and I'm 37yo. So why do people love to fish for them so much? Is there something about them that make them more fun to catch and release than other species of fish?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Tournaments started catch & release because they had PR issues due to poor fish handling. Since they had the largest fishing platform for the last 40 years it’s gotten out of control and is now causing our bsss populations to stop,growing

[@ryanjohnson9977]

Guy turns off comments if he can't handle it

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I came to fight for the health of our bass. I just wish guys would read the comments so I don’t have to repeat myself so much. Ignorance is redundant

[@ZenithPotentia]

I dont think people realize that most "Trophy" Ponds and lakes do exactly what this guy is doing here. When the body of water is overpopulated with bass of varying sizes, the grow rate of the bass exponentially decreases because there simply isn't enough food to go around. This means that Bass not only grow slower, but they dont grow nearly as big. If you remove the small/medium sized bass. It leaves more food for the biggest bass to grow properly. Obviously, you dont remove ALL of the smaller bass, but if you want a body of water that holds Bass 10lbs and up, this is what needs to be done.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Nice description

[@normdurkin6425]

remove large bass for large bluegill..? ..that does make sense

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Is it your pond?

[@normdurkin6425]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 ..those bass must hurt your wrists..

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@normdurkin6425 you want small bad that can’t eat the big bluegill. A stunted bass population is a trophy bluegill pond. It make perfect sense when you understand how to manage fisheries. Proven science for the past 70 years, the question is how so many guys can’t use Google and learn so our fisheries are healthy

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@normdurkin6425 they were hurting our bigger bluegill for sure

[@Agentfishing]

Keeping bass

[@blackdynamitemn3259]

Appreciate what you got son 8 lb is about our state record😂

[@curtischavez3]

Bring his ass to biggest bass factory in the world and watch the 8s turn to 16 and 10s to 18s. To think how big they would be if we managed our bass like they do in Texas there would be no competition. Not to mention world record spot coming out of California as well. Lake Isabella best lake most people haven’t heard of. 2018 there was a 50lb bag of naturally grown fish.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

👍

[@HickxiMMA]

Crazy that someone prioritizes bluegill over trophy bass

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I have seen guys who have great ponds that prioritize salt water fishing over fresh water and don’t care about the pond at all.🤷‍♂️

[@subjectcode0981]

Crazy that people have convinced themselves that bass are more special than any other fish

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@subjectcode0981 agree. I can manage a pond for a variety of species. I try and highlight that so guys can see bass can stop growing. They don’t seem to understand the concept 🤷‍♂️

[@crippledcrow2384]

If you're thinking about stocking a pond with fish, you must have a fish kill first to get rid of the bass. They will eat all your stocked fish .

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

That is correct, we treat the water with rotenone to eliminate all the fish and start completely over. You get great growth that way

[@MaximusGlootus]

Whats a 🏆 bluegill?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Bluegill over 1 pound is how I define a trophy but that’s subjective. This guy has a lot of grandkids so he wants a good bluegill fishery for them to catch fish quickly and learn how to fish

[@bobbyhempel1513]

Have anybody's got a pond or a lake that has bass that are too big and eating all the forge just let me know and I will do my best to come catch them and relocate them to my pond.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

There is no such place, many of the ponds I manage they don’t invite me to fish. You should not relocate bass to your pond, if it’s balanced it will produce big bass. If it’s not producing big bass the big bass you add will lose weight and make the growth for all the other bass worse. I’ve seen it about 1,000 times but hardly anyone ever listens

[@Sideshow42088]

Love all the keyboard warriors that have no clue what they are talking about. Probably never fished a day in there life. Keep the vids. Haters gonna hate.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

They drive the algorithm to people who will listen. That’s why I always respond, they usually come back with even more nonsense. The personality type is similar, last word freaks. Classic Dunning Kruger effect

[@Orangutan_Stella]

Wow sound so sad that they unfortunately have to go, such a cool fish, also man handles them while they slowly suffocate to death. Yeah humans, words and actions very very rarely ever match up right.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I’m going to need you to rephrase that, I don’t understand the question. Or is this shaming language for a predator that swallows its prey whole this suffocates every one of the thousands of fish they consumed ?

[@Orangutan_Stella]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 no we both know I don't need to rephrase anything I put there. And as someone who uses biologist in their title to get views I'm (not) that suprised you went to fishes level!. The Bass doesn't have any other way of consuming food as we all know. They show high levels of intelligence and learning especially for a fish species in general but they are millions of years behind what man is capable of. Good and bad. We have an advanced brain withmany many different ways to do and solve things unlike them. We have learned (it's proven) fish, like so many other living conscious organisms in out world do feel stress, pain and suffering. I understand that obviously it a man made problem those big bass got nothing to eat and the blue gills are threatened so action can/has be taken. But such a disregard of on a viral video even on this basic level ?? Really. Things gills still trying for air and you stuffing a dead trout down it throat. This ain't at sea this ain't for food that was for KZbin.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@Orangutan_Stella they went to an ice bath after coming off the elctrofishing boat and into a fryer. You were not there and are making assumptions. Your shaming language won’t work here. What you are really saying is I shouldn’t be killing bass at all and making every excuse to try and make me look bad on a viral video. I have done this many years and know how it triggers guys like you. Your nonsensical rants are what makes the video go viral in the first place. Write me another book, it drives the algorithm, spreads the message to people who will listen and pays me quite well. You want to make me the bad guy, fine I’m the bad guy. Thanks for the help.

[@Orangutan_Stella]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 there a far worse things in the world going on for sure. Not hold too much hope though is there if can't even be changed bottom let alone top. Good luck to you 👍

[@owenhalverson9119]

I like the taste of bass more than trout i would have kept the big bass

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

It was getting too warm for the trout to survive anyway. They only survive in the winter in Ga

[@ToddFrazier-v3x]

Can't believe you killed them Bass

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I have never met anyone that caught a 13 lb bass that didn’t put a filet knife to bass like that. You ever catch a 13 in a pond?

[@ninodog10309]

Why not have relocated the base rather then kill them? Unless you’re eating them I guess. I don’t eat fresh water fish and relocate bass a lot. So I am not understanding the reason for killing them. Now if they were snake heads. Oscar’s Armored catfish. Etc like we get in Florida. They are invasive and I get it. .

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I have answered this dozens of times and have a 20 minute video dedicated to this subject. How do you think the Oscar’s and snakeheads and 15 other non native species have got there? By guys relocating fish. You are ruining bass fishing by transporting any fish including bass. You are transporting disease & parasites, you are diluting the natural genetics of bass if you move pond stocked bass to natural places like rivers. You need to conduct an extensive electrofishing survey to determine if the other body of water needs bass to be stocked and what size is necessary for stocking. And you probably didn’t even know you just admitted to committing a crime online, it’s illegal for many reasons outlined here. Add to that you are completely wasting your time and fuel doing this, about half of relocated bass don’t grow after relocating them. Even when you do the survey and determine there is plenty for them to eat. My name is Shan O’Gorman, Google my name and check out the 20 + podcasts I have been invited to speak on. Start with #41 on mossy oak gamekeepers- I think this will help you. I appreciate you asking in a respectful manner, please stop relocating fish. It’s not helping

[@adrianstrickland6648]

You know fish need water right ?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You know bass need harvest just like deer right?

[@michaelaguilar5578]

Real men kill bass?

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

We have an epidemic of guys who think killing bass is ruining the fishery all the while patting guys on the back for coolers full of crappie & bluegill they harvested. It makes absolutely no sense at all. Bass need to be harvested in most places because they are living in starved conditions so I figured challenging their manhood might get them to listen. Nothing else seems to work

[@FlyingPhoenix813]

This is definitely going to affect the trout population

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

They were going to die anyway, they can’t live in ponds in Georgia year round

[@VillagransPitStop]

⁠, same here in Upstate SC, they only live past Cleveland SC where the water is cold enough anything down of Cleveland it’s 0% chance of catching a trout.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@@VillagransPitStop yeah. Very similar environment, this pond is only 1.5 hours to SC

[@VillagransPitStop]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 enjoy the cold weather with trout and fish all year round for them bass and bream

[@granvillediamond7040]

You better eat those bass since you called them. Can't stand people that kill shit and they don't eat it

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I think you are on the wrong page, I have fed thousands of people in need with the fish I have harvested for,proper pond management. You think I’m that kind of an idiot? Go away and don’t come back, you don’t come here and insult me like that

[@610Alpha]

Make it a baitfish pond first before adding in bass.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Correct. I have an example pond called Sugar hill outdoors where i go over how to do it. There is a playlist tracking bass growth in real time. We have bass over 5 pounds in 2.5 years so far

[@610Alpha]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 we got a biologist to help us get our hoa pond back in order after 2 fish die offs. Trying to maintain it isn't easy.

[@Fordkingranch969]

Why you killing them

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Because it’s absolutely necessary to harvest bass and relocating them is not an option. There are so many misinformed bass fishermen they are actually ruining bass growth. That’s why I do this page

[@dakotafrank5907]

I’d rather raise giant bass over raising 1lb bluegill 😂

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

It’s all personal preference in private waters. Buy a lake & do what you want

[@TaksWon]

Bass fisherman don’t realize they are conditioned.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Exactly. And they also don’t realize that typing a lot of nonsense drives the algorithm and makes me money 🤣

[@JusThrowitDiscGolf]

Any one killing bass is pretty lame. People like me who enjoy bass fishing do everything in my power to catch them release them. They are only a fun sport fish for me. I would only eat them if I had to survive, other than that I’m never eating a bass

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Anyone who doesn’t understand that catch & release is ruining trophy bass fishing is lame. I have a professional degree and 30 years experience growing bass for people. I have an example pond that I stocked in 2022 that has 5 pound bass in it right now. If that’s not good enough to show you how it’s done nothing will work. Our bass fisheries are in real trouble and we need real men to fix the problem. A bunch of wimps that can’t kill a fish won’t fix it. I think you need to go back to the echo chamber nonsense you are accustomed to, this page is for people who are capable of leaning

[@JusThrowitDiscGolf]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 you attack everyone who has an opinion. You’re an idiot. Try educating with love and respect. Your experience means nothing to people who just enjoy the sport of fishing. Your method sounds cruel all for a trophy? Congratulations dude, find a better purpose to serve in life

[@Icelandicfishing69]

Very large trout😂😂😂😂

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

That’s just forage

[@geraldjelks1632]

Damn

[@Wyattl.]

Did u atleast eat it

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Yes. I didn’t relocate them like a moron. fish tacos for the win

[@Texas23231]

Damn should have relocated the big bass at least.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

No they shouldn’t. For the 5 millionth time- transporting fish spreads disease, disrupts the genetics of the bass that naturally evolved there and you need to conduct an electrofishing survey before stocking any bass or you are ruining the balance of the fishery you stock them in. Never relocate bass. you are not qualified to do the job and ruining bass fishing. If you ever wondered where all the 10 lb bass went and you can’t catch any, this is why

[@Carparkingamin]

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[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Read the comments please. Your mentality is starving the bass populations. There is not an unlimited supply of forage, I cover this extensively in my Sugarhill outdoors playlist. I have bass 2.5 years old that weight 5 lbs because I understand carrying capacity

[@unclephilly2127]

lol @ trophy bluegill.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

The man owns 5 ponds and manages each on differently

[@gregorywade9681]

Bass are very overpopulated people just keep throwing them back every time I catch one I eat it

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

👊

[@OliveGardenAndArchie]

Sunfish, bass are sunfish

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Correct, and they put off massive spawns like all sunfish. Which requires some harvesting in man made environments

[@zebo1221]

Ok you don’t have to kill them tho there bass just move them not kill them

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Never move bass, read the comments

[@chrism8180]

That's fine and all, but atleast relocate them to other bodies of water where people bass fish. I know in this day and age nobody gaf about thinking of other people. Lmao trophy bluegill, how dumb, they top out at like 2 lbs

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

No you never relocate bass. You transport disease, dilute the gene pool and you need to do a electrofishing survey on the body of water you stock them into or you are completely screwing it up too. Look how many times I’ve had to answer this statement down the feed. The fact this many guys are completely clueless shows why public water fishing sucks most places. You are messing up bass fishing for everyone if you relocate bass. STOP moving them around, that’s why you are not catching 12 pounders anymore. You are messing everything up

[@chrism8180]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 OK, but we routinely stock non native species into freshwater systems all across the country. Now if you want to make fish farms specifically for sport fishing(which is basically what you are doing) then that's fine. But let's not pretend like you're an ecologist who cares about longevity or biodiversity, you care about growing big fish. On its face it's not natural or sustainable to have numbers of 12 pounders in every pond. The amount of food they'd need would ravage any bait fish. Bait fish numbers would eventually dwindle unless they were being replenished. You can call it habitat management, but it's really jist a fish farm

[@colburndudoit7367]

Bs, no fish need to be removed unless they are invasive, this is stupid

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You should try Google before making a complete fool of yourself in public. Go argue with every college that ever taught fisheries management. It’s not my opinion

[@graywolf7648]

To keep it simple a lot of ponds are going through essentially over population. There’s not enough food going around for all the fish meaning they can’t grow and I mean who doesn’t love to catch a big bass. I’d rather catch two or three big ones than 6 dinks in an hour personally anyway. There are also places within the United States where bass is invasive we just overlook it cause oh they’re fun to catch

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

Agree. Nice observations there

[@brianpierson7708]

@@graywolf7648 Glad to see people are finally understanding bass pond management. Mother Nature takes care of the natural lakes and rivers. With storms fish kills floods and natural predators. To keep numbers to size to food&forage. But man has to help it when we dig a hole and put fish in it.

[@brianpierson7708]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 We need people to start standing up for the fishermen. These kids and know it all’s who size and numbers shaming also eating bass.

[@cortlandcurgus2458]

I see 3 people and almost no matter the state y’all all smashed the limits. Please fish responsibly. A license isn’t responsible respecting all laws of fishing in your state plus having a license is.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

It’s private water there are no limits. I set the limits, that’s my job

[@badchad8011]

Dame send me then now

[@chrismargarum6863]

So you just killed 5 pound bass, instead of putting them in a lake for them to get bigger and letting someone catch a trophy bass, or a pb. Because trophy blue gill are so much fun to catch lol… smh

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

This batting practice is what you bring me. You and everyone breaking the law moving bass is the problem. I’ll answer this for the 10th time since reading is a challenge for you. Transporting bass moves parasites and disease around, that’s bad. Transpiring bass dilutes the genetics of the bass that naturally evolved in rivers and natural lakes destroying thousands of,years of evolution. And you need to conduct an electrofishing survey on the lake you stock them in to make sure that lake needs bass otherwise you are crowding the bass population and ruining the bass growth in that lake permanently. the fact you think you can put predators like bass anywhere shows you know very litttle about the actual nature of bass and nothing about lake management. Go,shake your head someplace else, you are smart enough to be here. Want me to delete this comment? I would after getting owned like that bud. That’s just embarrassing

[@ricsriches]

Bass sucks, why are you eating the sport fish??

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

No they don’t, they are pretty good. I think you should educate yourself on proper lake and pond management. You are about 100 years behind like most so called sportsmen. Our bass populations are starving due to catch & release and instead of listening you are making comments like this. Educate yourself for the good of the bass populations. The ignorance around bass harvesting is staggering. The bass deserve better than this

[@ryanjohnson9977]

Cause he a super dushe

[@ricsriches]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 interesting, it only increases the chance of certain things like brood abandonment and brood predation but, taking hogs like that out, ruins the ability for broods to breed in the first place.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@ricsriches this is a trophy bluegill pond. I have a bass pond called Sugarhill outdoors that I stocked in 2022 and the bass are 3-5 pounds currently. I have never observed what you are describing in the field over a 30 year career. Do you have any data on a pond you manage to back that up or are you just making assumptions? I’m backing everything I say here up in the field, in real time.

[@ricsriches]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 you’re disrupting the ecosystem more than catch and release by actually removing the fish. Increasing the chances of that fish no longer having a brood by 100%. Going back to my original point though, if you have a bluegill pond, why don’t you just eat the bluegill? Much better tasting.

[@johnf6967]

Bro making shit up to fish peoples nice ass trophy bass ponds

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I manage trophy bass ponds and have one I’m managing Live right now. Bass 3-5 pounds in 25 months with over 35k followers witnessed the whole thing. I have a playlist documenting the entire process in real time. Better go back to the land of make believe, I back up everything I said in real time. You think Mossy Oak Game keepers invited my on their podcast because I can’t back it all up. Check podcast #41 - in fact my name is Shan OGorman. Drop that into a google search and watch what happens big boy

[@johnf6967]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 I’m just messing, I totally understand

[@jacobparr7080]

The fact you try and say practicing catch and release does not help grow big bass, and that you should throw anything 11”-14” on the bank to die rather than releasing to continue to grow, tells me just how little of a biologist you really are…. If I catch a 14” bass in a pond or lake, best believe it will continue to grow if I release it. You wanna kill the healthy fish that are growing, but release the

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

You option doesn’t change facts. My name is Shan OGorman. Drop that into a google search and see what happens. You should start with the mossy oak gamekeeper podcast #41. Then let mossy oak know I’m not a real biologist. Watch what happens 🤣

[@Mae45306]

🤮 bass taste gross just catch and release

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

False narrative. Bass is really good if you can cook. Catch & release is ruining bass growth in this country. Bass stop growing when over crowded, I don’t know why that fact is so hard to learn.

[@Mae45306]

@@aquaticbiologist6516 the fact that you said catch and release is ruining bass means your narrative is false 😂

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

@Mae45306 where are all the 20 pound bass then? I tell you where in Japan where they kill every bass they catch. Just because there are a lot of dumb guys who don’t listen doesn’t make you right. No groupthink allowed here

[@teddobol]

SMH.

[@aquaticbiologist6516]

I’ve been invited on over 30 podcasts and have a few hundred videos explaining how you have been brainwashed by television fishermen. I do this because bass can and do stop growing when crowded. You catch & release guys have ruined trophy bass fishing. Shake your head all you want, it won’t change the facts