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Topic subjectRE: Best food for bass growth
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5370, RE: Best food for bass growth
Posted by jigndoublewide, Wed Mar-20-13 09:37 PM
>First off, I bet there are some other fish in the lake that
>you may not know about. Probobly related to carps minnows or
>suckers. And these are the fish that will be the main food
>source for a predator like bass. They are spineless which is
>really important, and they are typically found in more open
>water environments making them more vulnerable than say,
>bluegill, whose body shape and size is ideal for escaping big
>predators in brush, rocks and weeds.
>
>Are you near sacramento? I thought for some reason you were.
>If so look for sacramento blackfish, sacramento suckers, split
>tail, pike minnows and dace.

Do you know a rough or estimated nutrition breakdown for each species? I think that catfish/bullhead would be best from a calorie perspective but I do not anything about this, other than guessing, and observing the meat of some of these fish.

The spine question is intriguing. If a small catfish is better than what ever other species is in the body from a nutrition stand point, then if you caught caught catfish and de-spine, then they are clearly the top choice.

So could the spines of a sub 2 or 1 pound catfish hurt a bass, or hinder it. I do not think it matters, but if they do hurt or hinder, is it reasonable to de-spine catfish you catch, possibly fishing for cats to specifically de spine them? Will this cause anything bad other than a bunch of bass devouring catfish?

I would assume the bass are headshotting these catfish and the spines never "engage" but this is all guessing.