How old is the average bass your fish'N for!!!

[Lilmoosecountry]

I was watch'n ol Bill Dance. He said the oldest bass live in the North. They have an average max. life of 11-17 yrs. While the average age of a southern bass was 9-11years. What yall think about that.

[Jim80]

i always thought it was the other way around because the fish are usually bigger down south unless that is only related to climate and not age .

[bothomas]

Don't know about life expectancy but bass grow bigger faster in the south because of better climate producing better forage conditions. Here in the south they probably don't live as long because we still have so many that catch em and eat em! lol...

[JRL]

The oldest recorded bass in Florida was 16 years old.

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by Jim80

i always thought it was the other way around because the fish are usually bigger down south unless that is only related to climate and not age .

i think that is genetics not age..... there are florida strain largemouth and northern largemouth. the florida strain is what you find a lot down south and they are eating and growing machines. the northern largemouths are a little different in that they don't grow as big or as fast as the florida strain.

[BigBassin144]

Their size doesn't have too much to do with age. of course a 2 year old bass isn't gonna weigh ten pounds, but it mostly depends on how long their growing season is and how much food they can get.

BB

[Buzz Wing]

That is strange, Lil Moose. It seems like a bass in Florida or Mississippi or Texas would live longer. They get more food, generally more room to grow, more opportunities to feed, less cold periods, etc...

-Buzz

[Raul]

Originally Posted by Buzz Wing

That is strange, Lil Moose. It seems like a bass in Florida or Mississippi or Texas would live longer. They get more food, generally more room to grow, more opportunities to feed, less cold periods, etc...

-Buzz

Reason why they die younger of old age.

It´s a matter of methabolic rate.

[Lilmoosecountry]

Colder water slows down there metabolic rate. Then fish don't work as hard. Size play's no role in age. Remembor that 80lb 2 year old. Well he ate like a pig. What happened he got bigger. His age played no role in that. I am not a betting man. But i put money down on this one. Bass are just like humans. That the bigger they get. The shorter there lives get.

[Raul]

Not really the bigger they get but how fast they live, a bass in warm water lives his life in 5th gear all the time, never needs to shift gears.