Identifying female bass

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MikeQ
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Identifying female bass

#1 Post by MikeQ »

Hi Lads,

Do any of you know a way to identify female bass?. I would find this very helpfull in selecting a fish to take for the pot which happens on a very rare occasion!

Cheers
Mike
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dunner
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Re: Identifying female Bass

#2 Post by dunner »

"Most fish weighing more than about 5 pounds are female.

Bass start to have their greatest appeal to sporting anglers when they reach about 10 years of age, and weigh between 4 and 7 pounds."

http://ukbass.com/seabassandfishery/sizeandage.html

dont know any other way??
Anyone?
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immunecfg
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Re: Identifying female Bass

#3 Post by immunecfg »

Another good tip a soft fat belly means a fish with eggs or would at least point towards that it would have, if there is any Bass that have to released it would have to be them!!!
Species 2011: [color=#FF0000]Bass (FINALLY), Mullet, Flounder, Mackeral, Pollock, Coal fish.[/color]


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