I've searched the web and couldn't find a definitive answer. So how long have largemouth bass been in existance? Where did the originate from? How long ago? Or even "bass" in general?
How Long Have Largemouth Bass Existed?
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, Mar 09 2012 09:10 PM
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Posted March 09 2012 - 09:10 PM
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Posted March 09 2012 - 10:37 PM
I think it may have been on the 7th day...
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Posted March 09 2012 - 11:14 PM
Roughly 3.5 million years ago, though the entire Micropterus lineage goes back about 7-8 million years.
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Posted March 10 2012 - 06:49 PM
As a sport bass fishing dates back to Dr Henshaw's book of Black Bass in 1881. As a species black bass date back to a period when the north American continent ecosystem could support thier existence; team9nine estimate sounds about in right.
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Posted March 10 2012 - 07:03 PM
God wasn't resting when He made these babiesI think it may have been on the 7th day...
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Posted March 10 2012 - 08:17 PM
A bazillion years. Maybe more.
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Posted March 10 2012 - 09:31 PM
It was on the third day, in other words between 7-10 thousand years
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Posted March 10 2012 - 09:58 PM
My great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great , great, grandad wrote on his stone tablet about routinely catching 20 pound LMB.
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Posted March 11 2012 - 12:03 AM
How long bass have been in existence is immaterial. Only after George Perry caught his world record twenty-two pound plus bass in 1932, did bass fishermen look up and take notice. It's been a contest ever since.
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Posted March 11 2012 - 11:43 AM
It was on the third day, in other words between 7-10 thousand years
It was on the third day, in other words between 7-10 thousand years
Youre kidding right? You dont really think the earth is that old do you?
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Posted March 11 2012 - 01:19 PM
just before marriage councilors were created..
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Posted March 11 2012 - 02:24 PM
just before marriage councilors were created..
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Posted March 11 2012 - 04:16 PM
Thanks for a good and reasonable answer Team9nine. I dont believe in god so all the "on this day" stuff is rediculous. lol
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Posted March 11 2012 - 04:25 PM
Thanks for a good and reasonable answer Team9nine. I dont believe in god so all the "on this day" stuff is rediculous. lol
They've been around longer than any of us on this board has been alive. Which pretty much proves they aren't going anywhere soon. Definitely a good question,but i don't think anybody has the exact answer for that one.
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Posted March 11 2012 - 07:29 PM
I've known T9 (not personally) for about 10 years and when he talks, I listen. When he says 3.5 million years you can be confident that that's based on the best scientific information available.
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