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male or female

#1 Post by robbiekennedy »

hello.can anyone tell me is there any way of telling a bass is male or female. i love eating bass but would have no bother putting back the girls to do their business.?thanks
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Re: male or female

#2 Post by immunecfg »

Female bass tend to be larger and would have a soft belly when spawning keep an eye out for the soft belly around this time of year ;)
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#3 Post by robbiekennedy »

sound.now its just the small matter of catching.ha
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#4 Post by immunecfg »

indeed, im also waiting to get one myself, but ive been trying to gleem as much info from this site and site members to increase chances.

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#5 Post by kieran »

http://genimpact.imr.no/__data/page/765 ... a_bass.pdf

everything you were afraid to ask, including why they want to use female sex hormones in treating captive male fish to increase production on farms... omg! :?

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#6 Post by KERRY1 »

Great link there Kieran, very interesting.
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