How do you figure the spawning phase?

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Permalink Reply by Jake Anderson on April 19, 2013 at 11:44am

Lets be careful on this thread. Lots of meat guys looking.
all you can do is look for em.

Permalink Reply by Zack B on April 19, 2013 at 4:32pm

To anyone who would like to eat bass, they taste weird, kind of gray and funky meat.  Trout, perch, and bluegill taste better, and they withstand harvesting better.  Or just get the special at Safeway :D

Permalink Reply by Zack B on April 19, 2013 at 4:53pm

I want people to believe I am not a "meat guy", but I did eat a bass that I accidentally killed when it swallowed my lure.  I feel this fish's memory should be shared.  I want its death not to be in vain.  http://www.wafish.com/photo/albums/bass-i-ate-1

Zack B said:

To anyone who would like to eat bass, they taste weird, kind of gray and funky meat.  Trout, perch, and bluegill taste better, and they withstand harvesting better.  Or just get the special at Safeway :D

Permalink Reply by Chris Hollick. on April 19, 2013 at 6:31pm

Its better to take it home and eat it Zack, some times a bass will take a bait deep and if its just a hook leave it in and cut the line leaving a tail, the hook will rust out and the line tail will help pull the hook remainder out of its mouth. If its a lure, top water, crank bait or a jig and its deep and has caused heavy bleeding then its better to take the fish home if it dies and eat it rather than throwing it back to die, that's a waste of the resource.

Permalink Reply by Sparkles on April 19, 2013 at 8:34pm

I always eat my senko fish that eat it deep! I'm usually fishing barbless hooks but I don't like putting my hand in its mouth. I would rather it sit in the drywell and bleed out than choke it.

Permalink Reply by Zack B on April 20, 2013 at 1:51am

I felt guilt.  A noble animal died in my arms.  I felt sad.  But that animal taught me something. I praise it
Chris Hollick. said:

Its better to take it home and eat it Zack, some times a bass will take a bait deep and if its just a hook leave it in and cut the line leaving a tail, the hook will rust out and the line tail will help pull the hook remainder out of its mouth. If its a lure, top water, crank bait or a jig and its deep and has caused heavy bleeding then its better to take the fish home if it dies and eat it rather than throwing it back to die, that's a waste of the resource.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on April 20, 2013 at 3:34pm

Thaaaat's a discussion killer.....
 
Zack B said:

I want people to believe I am not a "meat guy", but I did eat a bass that I accidentally killed when it swallowed my lure.  I feel this fish's memory should be shared.  I want its death not to be in vain.  http://www.wafish.com/photo/albums/bass-i-ate-1

Zack B said:

To anyone who would like to eat bass, they taste weird, kind of gray and funky meat.  Trout, perch, and bluegill taste better, and they withstand harvesting better.  Or just get the special at Safeway :D

Permalink Reply by Jeff Grimes on April 22, 2013 at 8:57pm

Mike Bess said:

Thaaaat's a discussion killer.....
 
I remember the days when discussions lasted for a long long long time.  

Seems like it is always the meat eaters that end them though.

Jeff

Permalink Reply by Jake Anderson on April 23, 2013 at 10:03am

I don't think Zach B is a meat guy...he just deep hooked one.  I've eaten a couple out of the columbia due to this.  It happens especially on a slow day when your guard is down. 

I still hate spawning fish threads, and I hate it when articles get published on them.  they are the definition of irresponsible if you ask me.  Whats worse than eating a bunch of big spawning fish?   Educating hundreds or thousands of meat guys to do just that!  

I am happy to say that recruitment on the yakima river this year could be epic. Some pretty rare conditions have spawners past the gauntlet already.