Largest Largemouth Bass Ever!!

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In the freshwater streams and lakes of our country, the bass is among the top tier predators. That means, that the population of bass can only grow to the level that can be supported by the forage in the lake or stream. If for some reason, the population of bass gets larger than the forage bass can support, then the whole population of bass will remain small and "stunted" fish. If the overpopulation problem persists, then some disease will get started in the population and cause many fish to die-off. Also, any number of environmental factors as calamities such as high run-off, drought and dramatic drops in water levels, sudden changes in temperature or pH, long periods of cloudy days causing vegetation to die-off and remove oxygen from the water, etc. work to keep the fish populations under control. Its all a balancing act that Mother Nature has played for millions of years. Even in the best of times, a little bass that is hatched in a native bass bed in one of our lakes only stands a 1 in 100,000 chance of successfully growing up to be 20" long. Not good odds.

Regards & Good Fishin'
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