Livewell feeding

Recon8541 · 04-06-07, 06:16 AM

I have never seen this happen before, but yesterday it did.

I had a few in the box, and then my son came to fish. We stopped at the dock, and after a few casts of breadballs, caught a 5-6 inch shiner, for him to drift while I was casting worms.

I didnt have a bait bucket with me, so I tossed it in the livewell. 5 minutes later, I opend the box to retrieve the shiner, and bait him up. The shiner was gone, and there where scales floating everywhere. The larger of the 2 bass had a nice little tail sticking out of his mouth lol....he ate the shiner in the livewell.

I have seen thousands of bass hack stuff up, but dont think I have ever seen one eat in the box!

K-Driz · 04-06-07, 08:45 AM

Cool man, that bass must've been really pissed!

Rebbasser · 04-06-07, 03:35 PM

I've never heard or seen that either, Recon. Yacking up stuff, sure-but never actively feeding!

zooker · 04-06-07, 03:52 PM

i have heard of it happening before with crappie but not bass..it don't really suprise me any..

zooker

betursweetbass · 04-06-07, 04:04 PM

That bass must have felt pretty darn comfortable in there then.....

JB · 04-06-07, 05:20 PM

maybe ya caughta convict bass and he thought the warden was giving him his "last meal" before excution rofl

Recon8541 · 04-06-07, 05:28 PM

LOL Ive been trying to force feed fish for over 30 years....I too have never seen anything like that....

lizardsrule · 04-06-07, 06:33 PM

Somewhere I believe, that someone talked about someone fishing in a tourney. That had caught a couple of bass, one being 16", and the other one 24" or bigger(I don't recall the exact details). The end of the story was that he went to check on the fish in the livewell, and the 16" bass was gone. After further review the 16" tail was found sticking out of the bigger bass's throat. Now this was just a story I heard, I have no verification/proof of it. But as zooker said it doesn't surprise me at all. Actually I was gonna post a question several times, but keep forgetting it. Here's the question for tourney fishing folks.

Can you keep shiners in your livewell while fishing in a tourney? Is it legal or not, or more to the point is it ehtical or not? Just wondering if you can at least give the bass lunch while hanging out in your well, and heck any weight it added wouldn't hurt at the weigh in. Mind you "I am not talking about force feeding the bass or anything close to that". Just having some shiners in the livewell in case one of the bass got hungry, or any food really. I know livebait is illegal to fish with, but is it illegal to feed the fish after being caught?

Lizards

flfireman · 04-06-07, 10:30 PM

Im guessing that would probably be illegal for a tourney. If you pull up at the scales w/ a tail in it's mouth they would probably DQ you for fishing w/ live bait.

bassinbob · 04-07-07, 03:04 AM

Naw Lizzy, go ahead and do it. lol

Rebbasser · 04-09-07, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flfireman

Im guessing that would probably be illegal for a tourney. If you pull up at the scales w/ a tail in it's mouth they would probably DQ you for fishing w/ live bait.

Be interesting to see the ruling, that's for sure

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senko · 04-09-07, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flfireman

Im guessing that would probably be illegal for a tourney. If you pull up at the scales w/ a tail in it's mouth they would probably DQ you for fishing w/ live bait.

nah u just have to poke the tail back in thats all lol

Patrick Krueger, Jr. · 04-09-07, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flfireman

Im guessing that would probably be illegal for a tourney. If you pull up at the scales w/ a tail in it's mouth they would probably DQ you for fishing w/ live bait.

A buddy of mine caught a bass on a senko that had a huge bluegill in it's belly. It ahould have been a two pound fish but weighed almost three.

04-06-07, 06:16 AM	#1
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	Livewell feeding I have never seen this happen before, but yesterday it did. I had a few in the box, and then my son came to fish. We stopped at the dock, and after a few casts of breadballs, caught a 5-6 inch shiner, for him to drift while I was casting worms. I didnt have a bait bucket with me, so I tossed it in the livewell. 5 minutes later, I opend the box to retrieve the shiner, and bait him up. The shiner was gone, and there where scales floating everywhere. The larger of the 2 bass had a nice little tail sticking out of his mouth lol....he ate the shiner in the livewell. I have seen thousands of bass hack stuff up, but dont think I have ever seen one eat in the box! __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

04-06-07, 03:35 PM	#3
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	I've never heard or seen that either, Recon. Yacking up stuff, sure-but never actively feeding! __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

04-06-07, 03:52 PM	#4
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	i have heard of it happening before with crappie but not bass..it don't really suprise me any.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

04-06-07, 05:28 PM	#7
Recon8541 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 144	LOL Ive been trying to force feed fish for over 30 years....I too have never seen anything like that.... __________________ My wife says "I swear what would you rather do fish or make love"....I said "well....depends on how the fish are biting!"

04-06-07, 06:33 PM	#8
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Somewhere I believe, that someone talked about someone fishing in a tourney. That had caught a couple of bass, one being 16", and the other one 24" or bigger(I don't recall the exact details). The end of the story was that he went to check on the fish in the livewell, and the 16" bass was gone. After further review the 16" tail was found sticking out of the bigger bass's throat. Now this was just a story I heard, I have no verification/proof of it. But as zooker said it doesn't surprise me at all. Actually I was gonna post a question several times, but keep forgetting it. Here's the question for tourney fishing folks. Can you keep shiners in your livewell while fishing in a tourney? Is it legal or not, or more to the point is it ehtical or not? Just wondering if you can at least give the bass lunch while hanging out in your well, and heck any weight it added wouldn't hurt at the weigh in. Mind you "I am not talking about force feeding the bass or anything close to that". Just having some shiners in the livewell in case one of the bass got hungry, or any food really. I know livebait is illegal to fish with, but is it illegal to feed the fish after being caught? Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

04-06-07, 08:45 AM	#2
K-Driz BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Murray or Smithfield, KY Posts: 209	Cool man, that bass must've been really pissed!

04-06-07, 04:04 PM	#5
betursweetbass BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 646	That bass must have felt pretty darn comfortable in there then.....

04-06-07, 05:20 PM	#6
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	maybe ya caughta convict bass and he thought the warden was giving him his "last meal" before excution rofl

04-06-07, 10:30 PM	#9
flfireman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Palm Bay, Fl Posts: 2,751	Im guessing that would probably be illegal for a tourney. If you pull up at the scales w/ a tail in it's mouth they would probably DQ you for fishing w/ live bait. __________________ In the Lord all things are possible.

04-07-07, 03:04 AM	#10
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Naw Lizzy, go ahead and do it. lol __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

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