RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?,
jesse,
Jul 21st 2003, #1
RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?,
hooksetter,
Jul 22nd 2003, #2
RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?,
CJ,
Jul 22nd 2003, #3
RE: Hey CJ.......,
Fish Chris,
Jul 24th 2003, #7
RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?,
jesse,
Jul 22nd 2003, #4
RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?,
hooksetter,
Jul 22nd 2003, #5
RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?,
jesse,
Jul 23rd 2003, #6
RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?,
calicokid,
Jul 24th 2003, #8
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hooksetter | Tue Jul-22-03 10:13 AM |
Member since Feb 27th 2003
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#2989, "RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?"
In response to Reply # 0
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If you've ever gotten poked by one of those pecteral fin gafts you might wonder if a bass would enjoy that poisonous sting. I know I wouldn't which is why they spend summer preying on sunfish and others from the perch family which aren't so fast and don't come with a wicked stab. In reality though, anything smaller than the fish behind that big mouth is up for dinner if caught not paying attention.
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CJ | Tue Jul-22-03 02:30 PM |
Member since Nov 02nd 2001
335 posts
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#2990, "RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?"
In response to Reply # 2
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We had an eight inch catfish in our tank for quite a while, and he would stay low under the rocks during the day, and then venture out a little at night. Well he must of been in there for four months or so, when one day I opened the shop and saw the head of that little cat sticking out of the mouth of our six pound bass. The only reason the bass didn't swallow him was because his barbel(spine or whatever) was sticking through the bass' gill cover. It had impaled the bass through the inside of the bass' mouth and out the side of his face. It took a few more hours for the bass to dislodge the cat, but when he did, the bass sucked him back down head first.
I can imagine that catfish stockings can benefit bag bass during the summer, and could probably improve a nighttime topwater bite as those little cats roam the surface after dark. BMC, that swimbait you bought today might be the right one to test this theory. Although it seems to me that a day bite for catfish-seeking bass might be better explored with cranks, sinking swimbaits or other bottom bouncing baits. I know one thing, bass will eat anything that fits in their mouth, and spines, bones, hard shells or whatever possible prey has to protect themselves, nothing seems to work as a defense against a hungry bass.
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Fish Chris | Thu Jul-24-03 04:44 AM |
Member since Jul 07th 2002
700 posts
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#2994, "RE: Hey CJ......."
In response to Reply # 3
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Your post brings another point to mind; Obviously fish do not feel pain the way that we do....... Because if you bit into a Big Mac and a sharp metal object pierced completely through your cheek (ouch !!!) would you go on and eat it anyway ? PETA gets mad when we stick sharp objects into a fishes mouth, but is it okay then, if the fish does this to itself ? Hmmm.
Anyway, I know that Bass will eat catfish, but I think they are way down on the list of choices, while trout are on the top of the list. BTW, big catfish, especially Flatheads, will hammer smaller catfish, which is why they hate to get one in the farm ponds in the Southern US. I guess the bottom line is, "big fish eat little fish" and the species of either is probably not too critical.
Peace, Fish
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hooksetter | Tue Jul-22-03 05:34 PM |
Member since Feb 27th 2003
103 posts
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#2992, "RE: trout plants vs. catfish plants?"
In response to Reply # 4
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They only stock Perris with Jet Skiers.
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