Quote Originally Posted by bullmerc View Post
I sure did filet the fish. It was hooked in the gills and died in the livewell.

Fish are like people, the older they get the less they are capable of reproducing. Just because you read somewhere that bass only spawn in ideal conditions does not make it a fact in the real world. Mega bass live by their own rules. I have caught spawned out bass in the middle of March and I have caught spawning bass in the middle of July. Maybe I am a feak of nature and only catch wierd fish but I know that the spawn does not always happen when all the factors are ideal. Also I don't believe that a large bass full of eggs cannot swim correctly and drags their tails causing them to wear off 1/3 of their tail. This would be a horrible affliction placed upon them by nature. If they cannot swim correctly how are they supposed to eat? The creatures they make food of have no problem getting around and these mega bass seem to be able to retain their body weights quite nicely so I am almost 100% positive that they do catch their share of prey to feed on.

If we had all the answers bass would have gone extinct many years ago.
So because it didn't have eggs in it you concluded it had spawned... As cold as the water was in March maybe they hadn't developed yet ,or as we BOTH have agreed mabye the fish was so old it was sterile and wouldn't have laid any eggs this year anyway.

Oh well who knows or really cares just making a point that a fish can have a bloody tail and not be on the bed....