3 minutes ago, moguy1973 said:

Ain’t that the truth…

7 hours ago, WRB said:

Google How Fast Can Bass Swim, paper on bass behavior that states 2.5 X body length per second =20” bass can swim 12 mph.

Tom

I respectfully submit my BS detector just went off.   I admit I cannot prove it is not wrong.

6 minutes ago, MickD said:

I respectfully submit my BS detector just went off.   I admit I cannot prove it is not wrong.

Largemouth Bass Biology and Life History

https://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu>

Several sources confirm this.

BS, who knows?

Tom

12 hours ago, WRB said:

https://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu

I don't see the answer here.  But no need to go further.  Based on my own experience any fish can swim faster than I can reel.  

I subscribe to this guy's Youtube channel because for one he's a really smart guy, and two he likes to find out how things work mechanically and scientifically.  In this video he looks at how fish eat.  It has slow-mo footage of several fish species eating, and how fast it actually happens.  It really doesn't go into how fast they can swim, but it does show how fast fish can do things.

 

 

If a bass is anything like me, it's not a matter of how fast you CAN move.  It's a matter of how fast you're willing to move.  

 

A cheeseburger running by me at 5mph is too fast to catch.  There are other cheeseburgers out there, and most don't run.  A thick stack of $100 bills running by me at 20mph is going to see an old man pull a hamstring and then become the fasted one-legged creature on the face of the earth.  

I believe there is no comparison between SMB & a Large mouth bass when speed & duration are compared in their feeding attacks. 

Neither black bass are as fast as a king salmon or a steelhead.

never had a bass run towards me so fast I could not keep up, even with a slower 6:4:1 gear ratio or something. Salmon is a different story, and this is true with them running towards you even on the fly without a barb, teaches you to keep pressure on the fish because if you loose tension the hook comes out. I remember throwing small hula poppers for schooling bass in 20+foot clarity... the results are well.... disgustingly overpowered.

Agree TOTALLY with a fish comming straight at the boat.  It has been caught & released BEFORE & Many times. Knows when thing Heads for a object...... AND has a thin line between itself & the object ???

 

  Watch this guys.  ???

All this recollection, calculation and planning from a pea-sized brain. . . maybe not.  

Catch & release DOES WORK.  

10 hours ago, MickD said:

I don't see the answer here.  But no need to go further.  Based on my own experience any fish can swim faster than I can reel.  

Google search “How fast can Largemouth bass swim”

The referenced site is the 1st listed.

Tom

I have been fishing the same bay for 40 ? years.  Do you think I MIGHT have caught the same fishes more than 3 times ?   I HAVE caught & released the same pike in the same spot several times.  I have watched him grow up to a nice size. Then turn up at someone's dinner.  

I've had some pike just teleport to my lure.  Always fun to see.

 

One of my more memorable smallmouth catches was casting a ripstop into a section of shallow, clear slackwater.  Saw a big smallie, at least 20 feet away, turn the rocket boosters on to grab it.  The big tails on those river fish give them some serious speed.  Trying to play keep away when the smaller ones are active is always fun, the speed at which they can maneuver in the water is amazing. 

On 10/12/2021 at 4:12 PM, J Francho said:

Neither black bass are as fast as a king salmon or a steelhead.

You haven't saw a fish "go" until a steelhead busts some knuckles.  Have had a few fly reel knobs cause blood loss.

Just now, WVU-SCPA said:

You haven't saw a fish "go" until a steelhead busts some knuckles.  Have had a few fly reel knobs cause blood loss.

No doubt!  My centrepin reels have two knobs that can get you.

Why I converted to spin reels 70 years ago.