potomac largemouth bass

[zooker]

yes i said potomac bass..
as a history buff i tend to read alot of old books that date prior to the 1900's..
in a book of transcripst from the "baltimore american" a dr james henshall states that prior to 1850 there was no large mouth black bass found native in the potomac river.
the largemouth bass was first brought from wheeling west virginia by four anglin enthusiasts who happened to be railroad engineeers..the quote is"engineers a.g. stabler,j.p. dukehart,forsythe and shriver brought several thousand large mouth black bass back from wheeling wv in a tanks they mounted on the tenders of their steam locomotives." dated 1854..

now i read it shook me head and read it again..i found in an in-fisherman book -go figure- that the native largemouth bass loctions were mostly on the missippi and great lakes drainages..

originally largemouth bass were only found native in 15 states and parts of 7 more they are:
sc,fl,ga,la,al,mi,ar,mo,iw,mn,tn,ky,in,oh,and michigan..parts of states: ny,tx,pa,wv,nb,ok,sd...

pretty intersting when you think about bass conservation aint it..




zooker

[Buzz Wing]

Originally Posted by zooker

originally largemouth bass were only found native in 15 states and parts of 7 more they are:
sc,fl,ga,la,al,mi,ar,mo,iw,mn,tn,ky,in,oh,and michigan..parts of states: ny,tx,pa,wv,nb,ok,sd...

pretty intersting when you think about bass conservation aint it..




zooker

You put Michigan twice?

-Buzz

[Jim80]

thats pretty interesting zooker , most likely would not have known that otherwise

[3dkicker]

That's right, they are an invasive creature like many other fish in VA.

[WTL]

Not every invasive creature is a bad thing. Look at some other examples like brown trout in Patagonia and New Zealand. Sometimes its a good thing.

[brushhog]

Originally Posted by WTL

Not every invasive creature is a bad thing. Look at some other examples like brown trout in Patagonia and New Zealand. Sometimes its a good thing.

I'm with you WTL!
I believe the White Anglo-Saxon Male is an invasive species to North America and we aren't all bad...

[bamabassman]

very interesting zooker. especialy if one was to think that our fore fathers had the foresight to think of conservation before it was as it is in todays world. nice to know something like that.

[zooker]

from what i read the conservation movement lasted 25-26 years after the cival war. by 1894 90% of the largemouth locations where they are located now..



zooker

[Kevin]

Yep... bass are not native to the Potomac River.. it is said that the Potomac was a world-class sturgeon fishery centuries ago... with European explorers reporting the sturgeon so thick you could practically catch them jumping out of the water into the boat.