First tagged bass ;)

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G'day everyone, headed down to the Bremer today for a quick flick. It was a slow arvo, managing 3 bass, up to 46cm which was also tagged!
I lodged the info on Suntag, turns out he was captured in the Brisbane river at 43cm on 14/01/12. Released him ofcourse so hopefully somebody can capture him again in the future and see where he is at!
All the bass fell to a surface fizzer, which made them all that much better  

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Good stuff Benny

heading there tomoz

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Shame I have the kids or I would be there again

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3cm in 12 months for a bass that big, ? reckon the bloke who caught it originally might need to learn how to measure a fish !

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Yep I thought it odd, what is a usual growth rate for that size fish mate?

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Yep I thought it odd, what is a usual growth rate for that size fish mate?

it varies between fish, but usually around 20-25mm per year. i captured a tagged bass recently that was out for 6090days. it was apparently 345mm when tagged but i caught it at 420mm 16.5 years later. i am guessing he was no where near 345mm when tagged or each drop over a dam wall it smashed its nose a few cms shorter each drop lol  or stressed it or injured it ..
nice bremer sesh by the way 

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That growth is not unusual, Bass tend to do a spurt or 2 on the way from fingerling size to around 300mm (usually attaining that size in a couple of seasons in a river), then depending on where they reside the growth is gradual as you indicate at about 25mm a year.
Of course that will also depend on a good tucker box and whether the water currents are nice or nasty. If the waters got some flow and all there is to eat is gambusia, then growth wont be a fast as a slow pool full of boneys or shrimp.
More protein + less exercise = a shape more like Dales than Fitzy's 

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Sex is also a factor in growth rates, males grow slower and dont grow as big.

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i have a few mates who have the same problem with there missus

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Here is some video of a surface strike, was roughly a 40cm fish 

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get the measure !! thats 35 tops, good cast and good fish fish, but not 40

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I said ish, i hardly meassure them anymore, bare in mind thats a decent size fizzer :p. Unless its pushing 50, i like to get them back quickly.
Thanks but