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Keeping bass

yeah i was thinking they probably accumalate more because a keeper 15" bass takes 4-5 years to grow where as a crappie or fiddler catfish is probably half that time.

the only advisory around here for crappie is springville/west sandy area. must be a bunch of mercury in the water and dirt up there.
 
I believe in hook and cook. I release 90 percent of the fish I catch mainly because I am an adrenaline junkie and like to hook and release them quickly. I will keep and eat all legal trout I catch. I would love to eat more bass but the contaminants have me concerned. I also use the scale and filet method, even for bluegill.
 
FLTENNHUNTER1":1qee0x5b said:
I believe in hook and cook. I release 90 percent of the fish I catch mainly because I am an adrenaline junkie and like to hook and release them quickly. I will keep and eat all legal trout I catch. I would love to eat more bass but the contaminants have me concerned. I also use the scale and filet method, even for bluegill.
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RUGER":373lzyof said:
I tried largemouth several years ago, out of a small pond, and didn't really care for them.

This year my buddy wanted to try them so I caught a few out of a TWRA lake and cleaned them.
I was actually surprised how good they were.
I assume due to them coming from a larger body of water.

These were in the 1 1/2# range.
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small ponds tend to get stagnated, even bluegill taste off.

when i was a teenager we ate them all the time out of the old quarry lake and dr blackburns lake. to me they taste about like white bass.

i probably wouldnt eat any out of the tn river because LMB tend to hold higher levels of contaminants more than other fish for some reason.
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my pond is 1 acre, muddy bottom, spring fed. Water is a muddy green/brown color all summer. But for some reason, the catfish and bass in there are some of the best I've eaten. No muddy taste at all.


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