any one have a guess if commercial bass fisherman will go out of buisness any time soon or do  u think that bass can hold out even know so many people are fishing them now a days??? any feedback?

As long as there are regulations that govern the catch and harvest of bass, yes, bass fishing will live on for a long time....probably long after my time on this Earth is done with, etc.

Those few select people who feel that breaking the law when it comes to bass fishing and harvest are among a small minority, as most bass fisherman do care more about the little green fish than they do their own health, their marriage, or their job.   ;D

With all the length limits placed and the strict enforcement of them I don't think it will die down.  Some places probabley have their best days behind them but take for example I lake I fish very often; the minimum length to keep a bass is 15".  Sure I catch a lot of 12"-14" fish but the 15"+ fish are much harder to come by.  Within a few years, all those shorter fish will have grown bigger and will cause a lot more legal sized fish to be caught.  I think the right steps have been taken to make sure quality bass fishing will be around for a long time to come.

Bass Killer,

I never heard of a Commerical Bass Fishermen. I know here in Texas there have been some individuals prosecuted for selling game fish to resturants. Maybe there are commerical bass fishermen out there but I haven't hear or seen any here. Except the Mexicans on Amisted and Falcon.

Commercial Bass Fisherman???  never heard of it here either.  commercial crappie fishing yes, but not bass fishing.

For what I know commercial harvesting of gamefish is illegal in the US. As for the case that Texasbass1 coments, commercial fishing of gamefish is not illegal in Mexico as long as they are 12" long or more, since Amistad and Falcon are border reservoirs one "half" of them belongs to Mexico, but don 't expect bass to be on the US side to avoid being captured by commercial fisherman on the mexican side.

whut about those guys who run there shows on sunday mornings and catch bass you think they will evr get shut down?

You mean pro anglers. I think that the rescent spike in growth of bass fishing as a sport has been great. I don't think it will go down anytime soon, but I think in might level out to a point in a few years. As long as we continue to introduce people into the sport and stay willing to share what we know. It will always be around.

The pro-angler tournament popularity may slow down among the general public, but amatuer bass fishing will get stronger +stronger with the sheer amount of data and information on the internet and TV. As long as the waters are managed right, we'll never run out of bass. Trout and other high-maintenance fish might be screwed with global warming, but bass adapt to almost everything.

the bass fishin will die down here in NEPA when the snow starts fallin and ice forms on my favorite lake.I dont do the ice fishin thing then its couch time!

It takes a lot of help from the general public to keep fishing well, and unfortunately that doesn't happen in my town.  The lake here, although its not a very good one, has been severely mistreated and abused and its not even 15 years old.  Theres not a soul anywhere around it to monitor what people are keeping, and sadly this has led to many, many people taking fish below the limit without having a care about it.  I don't know how it is where you guys are from but we desperately need someone watching over the catches of fisherman to get the bass population back to "healthy".  Its so bad now that the lake almost seems dead to fish.  I haven't seen anyone catch a thing from a boat or the shore in all the times I've been there this year.

moral is...take care of your waters and they will take care of you.  Sorry for the rant..but this has been irritating me tonight.

people just dont get it its prob only the age 10 to 25 doing it cuz they just dont care about the inviroment sorry if u guys are that age wich u prob are but u have to decide help the enviromment or let others do it but then the other just dont wanna do it no more when theyve been abused to much like theres a lake i no but all the teens and early 20 go and drink there so there stuff floating in the watter and muck and lots of garbage its kinda sad what were doing to this world

Are you kidding me?

only places i know of where bass could be affected by commercial fisherman would be Minnesota and Wisconsin, and maybe the dakotas or UP Michigan. d**n gill nets!!!  i always practice CPR on all species, except in tourneys and for the occasional walleye shore lunch mmmmmmmm!

Bass Killer is that english???  lol

Kendammit, if this seems to be a problem, I would try to contact your local angency.  There just is not enough man power out there to stop this.  I'm sure this happens at alot of lakes just in a small quantity.  If you want it stopped go and talk to some one so that they know there is a problem.  We as responsible fisherman are the ones who have to take action.

Not as long as it continues to be a multi-billion dollar industry.    

Bass Killer is that english??? lol

Kendammit, if this seems to be a problem, I would try to contact your local angency. There just is not enough man power out there to stop this. I'm sure this happens at alot of lakes just in a small quantity. If you want it stopped go and talk to some one so that they know there is a problem. We as responsible fisherman are the ones who have to take action.

Well see...the job is supposed to be done b y the Park security, but all that guy ever does is sleep in his car and drive to McDonalds.  I've written to the city about the problem, and they told me they had corrected it, but did not.  I wrote them again and they never responded.  

KDFWR has reported that there are a "few 19 inch bass" in the lake, and that is good enough for them.  The Bluegill are less than 6in. long, and thats also "healthy".  I've tried talking to them about more supervision of the water, but as of yet, I have not seen anyone there except during the spring when people have an issue with licenses.

Raul,

There is a real problem on the Texas/Mexico border lakes right now. The commerical fisherman are stringing nets across the coves on the US side and fishing there as well(it was reported a couple of times in BASS times as well as some of the Texas sporting mags). I guess whichever side they happen to be on is their side. Fortunately, the water has come up maybe it will ease the netting.

the main problem that occurs and continues to grow is the difficulty in catchin bass.  big bass especially.  

bill murphy's theory is that the survival skills that the big bass learned is sent down to their spawn.  and that batch of bass are now a little more tougher to catch.

detailed presentations become much more necessary... entering a fishing spot needs to be more quieter and stealth is more needed in approaching a spot.

not that bass know "fisherman are here and trying to catch us"...  but its instincts passed on from big bass to the spawned bass.  when the environment isn't "right", they shut off.  

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aside from that, the lakes around me are shallow and smaller in size than the bigger lakes known around the nation.  no limits have been created, and anyone can keep anything they catch.

I wish they would do something about it.  as of now, they just kinda "let it do its thing", without much effort to help it on their part.

Bowjunkie35, harsh words, yes; necessary, yes too, truth can be uncomfrotable sometimes and it 's a nasty job to point out but somebody has to do it ;D. I don 't know about you but when I begin reading a post witten like that the only thing I see are those missing punctation marks, lack of capital letters, badly written sentences, miss use of the proper verbs so in the final run end up not reading it at all, it gives me a terrible headache.

I know Raul, and I am not trying to be a jerk about it either, as I am a forum veteran and a moderator on many other forums. It's just that, if English is the universal language, and the only excuse for posting badly is being in a hurry, then, I say, take your time and slow down!

Once again, if English is not your primary language, you pretty much are given a pass.

No, this is not English class, and we get the general idea of your post basskiller. We are not really specifically picking on you because it is a common occurence amongst other posters also.

But you would probably have to admit that you could post better. That is all anyone can ask for. Post to the best of your abilities and we will all be able to understand and HELP with your questions a bit better.

Again, I reiterate. If you are speaking a foreign language and trying to post in English, then all of the credit in the world is due to you for making the attempt. However, the use of "u" instead of "you" shows a chatroom verbage rather than a language barrier. It doesn't take that much more time to add a couple of more letters and capitalize where necessary.

Rant over and sorry again if I ruffled any feathers. But if I make the next guy stop and double check his post (it only takes a few seconds more) than I have accomplished a lot and will make those that are hesitant to give constructive criticism online (that's what this is) be able to read your posts that much easier.

Mexico is the only place I know bass are being commercially gill netted.  As for the Texas border lakes, the only thing that has appeared to hurt them has been the lack of rain for years.  Mother nature has given us some relief  last year.  As for the pressure, Fayettville lake in La Grange Tx is hit hard by Houston, San Antonio, and Austin,  it is a 2400 acre power plant lake,  I don't think you can put more pressure on bass as it is done on that little lake.  We still have 20+ fish days with 4.5 lb average or better.  The boats are still lineing up after years of being open.  Bass fishing is thriving in Texas.  

what is their secret?   ;D

seriously...  limits?

Things are BIGGER in TEXAS ( Note the use of capital letters  ;D )  Bassackwards  .

Matt is right about the lack of rain, it 's been tough years in that part of the country and what does more damage is that preciselly when bass are spawning is when they draw water from the lakes leaving the nests high and dry and part of the spawn is lost. Fortunately that doesn 't happen in the lakes near the city where I live, they were built with the purpose of irrigation and flood control, but now that the land they used to irrigate has been urbanized they no longer draw down the lake during the critical time when bass are spawning, they draw down the lake around June before the rainy season starts so by October the lakes are at maximum pool again.

what a cliche that is.   where have you heard that before?  lol