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keithr

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bass late spawning?
« on: June 17, 2011, 12:52:17 PM »
The bass I've been catching from St Mary Lake still have roe in them, and it looks to me like it is still some way from being ready for spawning . . . I thought they were supposed to have spawned sometime between April 15th and now. 
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Re: bass late spawning?
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2011, 08:32:33 PM »
I'm assuming you're referring to smallmouth bass, in which case they tend to spawn a little later than largemouth bass ( at least in their native ranges).  Spawn timing is more of a water temp thing and smallmouth enter that phase when water temp hits 15 C, again, at least in their native ranges.
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Re: bass late spawning?
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2011, 04:47:12 PM »
They are small mouth.  If the bass really are very late spawning this year, I wonder what that means for coming years.  Fatter perch?
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