Lake Toho Trophy Largemouth Bass
If you would like a chance to get your personal trophy largemouth bass; Lake Tohopekaliga in the Orlando Kissimmee is the lake to try and achieve your success. There are many different types of structures for the bass to hold hydrilla, lily pads, and Kissimmee grass.
There are also several man-made brush piles along with the state created public brush piles with buoys that show their location. There is a program with the State of Florida that you are able to submit your prized bass and receive recognition for it.
Trophy Catch Largemouth Bass
TrophyCatch is an incentive-based conservation program designed for anglers who catch-and-release largemouth bass heavier than eight pounds, in Florida. Their goals are: Collect valid information through citizen-science about trophy bass to help the FWC better enhance, conserve and promote trophy bass fishing.
This program began to help FWC better enhance, conserve and promote the bigger largemouth bass. There have been more thank 9000 trophy bass submitted so far.
Catch and Release Largemouth Bass
The purpose of catching bass is one thing, but it’s how you treat them between the catch and the release that has the biggest impact on our fishing. Pretty much out of habit they catch bass and release them. That’s not a bad thing.
Catch-and-release fishing has played a major role in sustaining and enhancing countless fisheries. Catching and releasing these bass will also help local charter businesses and also help our local economy.
Even if you release a female largemouth bass the controlled studies have shown that most fish released after hook-and-line capture, survive. Removing the fishing hook and making sure that you dispose of your artificial baits, and used fishing line will insure the largemouth bass’s survival. This also allows other anglers their chance in catching their personal best bass.
Largemouth bass preferred baits
The larger bass typically come from using the live golden shiners as bait. When you use this type of bait are the closed bait to how they normally feed. If you intend on using live bait using a circle hook will also give the female bass a better survival rate rather than using a live bait hook. It is also good to stay away from using stainless steel hooks because they tend to rust in the largemouth bass’s stomach.
Recommended Bait Options Largemouth Bass
Even if you release a female bass the controlled studies have shown that most fish released after hook-and-line capture, survive. Removing the fishing hook and making sure that you dispose of your artificial baits, and used fishing line will insure the largemouth bass’s survival. This also allows other anglers their chance in catching their personal best bass.
Growth Rate of Largemouth Bass
When it comes to how food is related to bass growth, there is more to it than just the amount of prey available. The size and location of the bait fish affect a bass’s ability to capture them. Also, the energy required to catch a bait fish, digestion rates, and the rate the fish burns the energy all influence bass growth rates.
Diet studies demonstrate that big bass eat large prey items, so availability of prey such as large-sized golden shiners, baby ducks, chubsuckers, shads, sunfish, and tilapia may have an effect on the size a bass can attain. Anglers that choose the correct live baits will have more success in achieving their goal. Trophy bass are predators that chase like to chase easy prey.
Horizon Fishing Charters Largemouth Bass
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