Finally got back out!

[REDBULLCUBAN]

Ok so its been a while Bassfishin buddies but i was able to get out and do a couple casts! landed this lil fella but hey 1 is better than none! haha hope to get out more frequent



My buddy caught this record breaker here lol

[Jim80]

at least ya got out right , and i'm sure the fish will be scared for life after the tonging

[bamabassman]

hahahaha, i agree with jim on dis one pal. welcome back. and you did know that was a MALE right? hahahahahahahahahahaa.

[Fishnngolfn]

How can you tell the difference between a female bass and a male bass?

[JB]

you cant but almost all the bigger ones are female

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by JB

you cant but almost all the bigger ones are female

Well then how do the male fish know which fish to court during the spring?

[bamabassman]

f&g, i wuz messing with him buddy. get it? hahahahahaha. and the fish know who's who, lmao.

[cassidyta]

Originally Posted by JB

you cant but almost all the bigger ones are female

Sounds like some of the bars I have drank in

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

f&g, i wuz messing with him buddy. get it? hahahahahaha. and the fish know who's who, lmao.

I know that the fish know who is who. I was just wondering if there was a way for me to tell if I was catching a boy or a girl bass.

[kennsandy]

Originally Posted by JB
you cant but almost all the bigger ones are female

Sounds like some of the bars I have drank in

lol cass, glad i am not the only one who has been to those bars.

maybe you can tell the difference between male and female bass by the positioning of their bass holes, lol.

ken

[Fishnngolfn]

Originally Posted by kennsandy

maybe you can tell the difference between male and female bass by the positioning of their bass holes, lol.

ken

Maybe not the positioning but the shape?

I found this out through a search -

http://www.in-fisherman.com/interact...s/science_doc/

As a general rule the vent or scaleless urogenital opening in a male largemouth bass tends to be more circular in appearance while the opening in a female largemouth tends to be more elliptical. Having said this, however, I should hasten to note that few biologists or fisheries managers rely on this method of determining the sex of a fish, because even to the well trained eye it results too often in mis-identification.

Instead, at least during the spawning season, a much more reliable method of determining the sex of mature fish is to gently push on the fish's belly, back toward the tail. When you do this properly, you will often see a white milky substance (milt) flow from a male bass while a few eggs will be evident from a female fish.

Beyond this very seasonal method, however, it is extremely difficult to distinguish between male and female largemouth bass. The only possible exception is when you catch a particularly large fish. As a general rule, largemouth bass bigger than eight or nine pounds are nearly always females.