Quote Originally Posted by Rip-Plugger View Post
I don't know if anyone has noticed but I have.
last season I noted in my log that some fish I caught had eggs oozing out,these fish were not monsters,some of them were only 11 pounds@ 30 inches,1 in particular was just 27 inches and she had eggs falling out.

It appears that bass are mauturing younger and at smaller sizes,,,perhaps to naturally compenstate for loss on the large mother fish??
R-P
Interesting point. I have wondered about this, and also the ideal water temperatures for them to spawn. Several times I have caught fish after the spawn with eggs in them, and wondered why they didn't spawn. Maybe the temperatures were not just right, or they were on therir way, and never made it?