Low_Budget_Hooker

A house tank simulates a summer setting for a bass. 72 degrees, avg. In these temps, a bass will eat 2/3rds of it's body weight per day. This makes for one messy, cloudy tank and an empty wallet. I'm not saying it can't be done but a bass is just a bad choice of specie. If you want a big fish, try an Oscar or Pacu.

Another point is that folks have it in their mind that having a bass in a tank will allow them to study the bass and it's behaviors. A bass taken from the wild and placed in an extremely limited environment will not accurately reflect the daily behaviors of one in the wild. Think of the lion in the zoo, by watching him are you really learning about the behaviors of one in the wild? Not even close. I've never seen a National Geographic show where the lions pace back and forth in a 12 foot square out on the plains.

I could be wrong, I don't follow many sports closely but these guys salaries also depend on what numbers they put up. There will be game where they play great but it's a 3-0 game. Does that score accurately reflect the effort when it comes salary time and they review the numbers? Probably not. When they capitalize on a game like this one ( and my deepest sympathies redskin fans )it merely balances the numbers and greats a more realistic avg. Again, I could be waaay off base, there are probably lots of factors involved but I would have to agree that the "mercy" stuff does have it's place but that place is pop warner, not pro ball.

Congrats Pete!!

No issues here Cart. Quick as can be.

I'm w/ Thomas and jig man on this one. Good luck!

I do, I do!!! Carl Yastrzemski was also a great fisherman!!

It's good for you to come and ask BEFORE taking one home. IMO-(raised lots of different fish in tanks, including bass) Not a good idea. a bass is not a good tank fish if you want to be ethical about it. Growth rates, food requirements, disease and the fact that it is illegal to release it back to the wild after captivity are all arguments against this. To do it right you A. will go broke feeding it. B. will have a very cloudy tank if you are feeding it properly C. For a 12-15in bass, you'll need about a 1000 gallon tank. (min) This is if you do it ethically Sure, you can starve and stunt it but do you really want to do that?

Well, I guess "playing the piano" is out

5lb- his pb SMALLEST bass (other side of the scale ) Sounds like an excellent weekend to me! I bet it was great for dad too, losing is still winning when you are spending time with your son who is growing up all too fast

Mahalo Brudda 2 questions What are you using for a tagging system?-link if possible what is the state record for LM in Ha?

[move] :)WAY TO GO JAYCE!! [/move] Look out dad,....competition is growing fast!! Great job guys!

Ever been sucker punched? Tap tap on the shoulder, turn around and WHAM! That's what you should be doing,...tap tap on the lips and WHAM with a hook in the jaw. The tap tap is an alarm system to tell you to set the hook

This case was dismissed, Brooklyn style, early this morning,.........all witnesses seem to have gone "missing".....

I agree on all counts Eddie. What I don't understand is "Sixwire" has an album on Amazon! WT....heck?

These are my concerns exactly.

Anyone see Zona using one of these today on "Worlds Greatest Fishing Show"? Awesome. He was fishing a small place called............. HEAVEN! lol Shout out to my Bay State neighbors!! RI in the house.

ok, strike one. We caught LM but no smallies but now I know where they "can" be I'll be back.. Mike hit a 4 and a 5 lbr there yesterday. That's no joke for RI/Conn

I have fished Chappy but that's it. I swear. I don't drink, my family has 0 millions of dollars from running booze and my dad was never President (except in my eyes) I HAVE dated a few Marilyns If the "scotch on the rocks" don't fit, you must aquit

Heading out this morning with Tin2win to go beat my PB smallie of .7 lbs ;D He was on them real good yesterday in a place he had to all but land haul his boat to get to. We are making our way up into a river that is off a small lake. This is the lake I met Mike at about a yr ago when I was the "adult" in his boat when he competed for the state champs. I remember when he was fishing the mouth of this river and to think we are going waaaay up the river makes me think,...hmmmmm This is going to be interesting. It's 60 degrees, raining and the fog is so thick, it's like being in the middle of a cloud. Like Zona said on WGFS this morning,...could this be heaven?? Report to follow

I KNEW Avid would dig up the proof I needed to clear my name,....I don't DRINK!!

That's great Cart I smell a new thread! Muddy, I have nothing to do with this, I am merely the messenger, the picture was in my mailbox with a note of intention. It explained that there are "fakes" and holographic bouncies that look just like the real thing. Don't be fooled,they are clones, SPIES no less. I can only suggest you remove those but be careful we don't know if they have a self destruct virus in them if deleted,...careful my friend.

Original floating Rapala

The band "Sixwire" just performed, wow. I hate most country but this had just enough push in it to rock (second song, the original). I'm impressed. These 2 bands stuck out waaaaay more than the other 10,..BY FAR,..question is, why aren't these 2 bands signed already?????

Anyone see The Next Great American Band? The band "Franklin Bridge"- Holy Crap!! Tight