Bass Biology
August 14 2007
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Written By - Dan Kimmel - 08/14/2007 |
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I have spent over
20 years as a student of bass and bass fishing. My goals have always been to
be a good citizen and a successful bass angler. I truly believe that to do
this, one must be intimately knowledgeable of the bass and all the factors
that affect the bass. The good citizen part is simple" if I expect to enjoy
my chosen sport to its fullest, I must work to maintain and even improve the conditions for
bass to succeed. Which means I need to understand what it takes to produce
good bass populations - things like clean water, good habitat and plenty of
forage. The desire is of course to have plenty of good bass fishing
opportunities now and in the future, and to be able to enjoy
pursuing bass
as much as the bass population can provide. Since I always consider myself a
student, I use a combination of knowledge gained from reading the available
science and talking to the fisheries professionals who have published that
science, and of course, knowledge Ive gained firsthand from over 20 years of
hardcore bass fishing and tournament competition. Ive spent a bunch
of hours (just ask my wife) staring into the water, and then figuring out
what I see, often with the help of others.
