Caught This at a Sportsmans Show

islandbass · 02-02-12, 03:08 AM

Caught This Bass at a Sportsmans Show

Just thought I’d share this with you. I stepped into fishing seminar already in progress at a sportsmans show and one of the fish in the tank caught my immediate attention. At first I thought I was seeing things so I walked up to the tank for a closer look.

I wasn’t seeing things. One of the bass in the tank had something sticking out of its mouth. It was the tail of a fish it chowed down. From the looks of the tail, I believe it was a rainbow trout.

Right after I took a few shots with my camera people took notice and broke out their camera phones!!! Sorry that the pictures weren’t better.

keithdog · 02-02-12, 07:45 AM

Wow. He's got quite an appetite! If I was walking around the house with a chicken leg quarter sticking out of my mouth I'd get slapped up side the head. haha Very cook photo!

lilmule · 02-02-12, 09:04 AM

Exactly why I bought this 6.5 in swim bait

joedog · 02-02-12, 09:37 AM

Thanks islandbass.
I have a couple of ponds that are Rainbow stocked in my area. They start the stock every year with legal size Trout, 9 inches. Told they really can't or don't reproduce thats why they stock yearly? Very heavy pressure on these ponds, especially 2-3 weeks right after release of trout. Ponds have good panfish populations, especially sunnies.
Bass can grow big but the norm is more like 14-16 inches. Heavy bass harvest from the panfisherman, even thru the spawn.
One day last year I went to fish and next to the trash barrel were 16 short bass, DEAD, of course. All 16, 9 inches maybe 12. inches. If that desn't make your heart sink, nothing will!
Here I go on a tangent again, SORRY.

Have a great day all!

MallenManson · 02-02-12, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by keithdog

Wow. He's got quite an appetite! If I was walking around the house with a chicken leg quarter sticking out of my mouth I'd get slapped up side the head. haha Very cook photo!

I take it this has happened before?

Talk about having something stuck in your teeth!

islandbass · 02-02-12, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lilmule

Exactly why I bought this 6.5 in swim bait

You got that right! Your swimbait is about the size of that trout. Hang on to your rod on the take and post a report and pic. That is one nice looking swimbait.

Dogmatic · 02-02-12, 01:06 PM

Hmmmmm...8 in. Huddleston anyone?

gonefishin3 · 02-02-12, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogmatic

Hmmmmm...8 in. Huddleston anyone?

Thats what i use

and optimum inlines

Dogmatic · 02-02-12, 05:52 PM

Problem is, and I know a lot of swimbait fisherman will disagree, but trout stocked lakes with big bass are few and far between where I am, and I would always prefer to throw something that has the "match the hatch" quality, let's say something like this Real Prey,

9.5" Real Prey Bass, next to a 7.5" Golden shiner

Bassboss · 02-02-12, 06:16 PM

Well how bout that... looks like someone got hungry!

I'd like to get a weedless hudd for the lakes around here, which early in the season have some straggler trout in them from the river that was dammed to make the lakes.

bluebasser86 · 02-02-12, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by joedog

Thanks islandbass.
I have a couple of ponds that are Rainbow stocked in my area. They start the stock every year with legal size Trout, 9 inches. Told they really can't or don't reproduce thats why they stock yearly? Very heavy pressure on these ponds, especially 2-3 weeks right after release of trout. Ponds have good panfish populations, especially sunnies.
Bass can grow big but the norm is more like 14-16 inches. Heavy bass harvest from the panfisherman, even thru the spawn.
One day last year I went to fish and next to the trash barrel were 16 short bass, DEAD, of course. All 16, 9 inches maybe 12. inches. If that desn't make your heart sink, nothing will!
Here I go on a tangent again, SORRY.

Have a great day all!

Saw something similar a few years ago at a little pond by my parent's house. The bass are almost all 8-12 inches but I had caught one 5 pounder but it gets fished a ton an almost everything that gets caught gets kept, regardless of size. I went out there fishing and smelled dead fish coming from the trashcan so I walked over to see what it was. What I saw made me so mad I went home and haven't been back since. In the trash was a dead bass around 5lbs with a stick jammed through it's gills and thrown away, they hadn't even filleted it

I can't imagine what in the world would cause someone to do something so wasteful but I hope I never see it again. Sorry to get off the topic but had to share my story of wasteful people.

bamabassman · 02-02-12, 10:34 PM

Lol, great pic man.

02-02-12, 03:08 AM	#1
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	Caught This at a Sportsmans Show Caught This Bass at a Sportsmans Show Just thought I’d share this with you. I stepped into fishing seminar already in progress at a sportsmans show and one of the fish in the tank caught my immediate attention. At first I thought I was seeing things so I walked up to the tank for a closer look. I wasn’t seeing things. One of the bass in the tank had something sticking out of its mouth. It was the tail of a fish it chowed down. From the looks of the tail, I believe it was a rainbow trout. Right after I took a few shots with my camera people took notice and broke out their camera phones!!! Sorry that the pictures weren’t better. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog) Last edited by islandbass; 02-02-12 at 03:15 AM.

02-02-12, 07:45 AM	#2
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Wow. He's got quite an appetite! If I was walking around the house with a chicken leg quarter sticking out of my mouth I'd get slapped up side the head. haha Very cook photo! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

02-02-12, 09:37 AM	#4
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Thanks islandbass. I have a couple of ponds that are Rainbow stocked in my area. They start the stock every year with legal size Trout, 9 inches. Told they really can't or don't reproduce thats why they stock yearly? Very heavy pressure on these ponds, especially 2-3 weeks right after release of trout. Ponds have good panfish populations, especially sunnies. Bass can grow big but the norm is more like 14-16 inches. Heavy bass harvest from the panfisherman, even thru the spawn. One day last year I went to fish and next to the trash barrel were 16 short bass, DEAD, of course. All 16, 9 inches maybe 12. inches. If that desn't make your heart sink, nothing will! Here I go on a tangent again, SORRY. Have a great day all! __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

02-02-12, 01:06 PM	#7
Dogmatic BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 714	Hmmmmm...8 in. Huddleston anyone? Last edited by Dogmatic; 02-02-12 at 01:15 PM.

02-02-12, 06:16 PM	#10
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Well how bout that... looks like someone got hungry! I'd like to get a weedless hudd for the lakes around here, which early in the season have some straggler trout in them from the river that was dammed to make the lakes. __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

02-02-12, 09:04 AM	#3
lilmule BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buchanan,Tn Posts: 2,685	Exactly why I bought this 6.5 in swim bait

02-02-12, 05:52 PM	#9
Dogmatic BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 714	Problem is, and I know a lot of swimbait fisherman will disagree, but trout stocked lakes with big bass are few and far between where I am, and I would always prefer to throw something that has the "match the hatch" quality, let's say something like this Real Prey, 9.5" Real Prey Bass, next to a 7.5" Golden shiner

02-02-12, 10:34 PM	#12
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	Lol, great pic man. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

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