Brian

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• BassParade: Science

  Science: It Sucks Being Shocked

  If you’re a bluegill, that is. I love coming across little bitty  “one-liners” either in articles or research papers that either stand...

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  Science: Understanding Shad Dynamics

  If you’re going to spend any amount of time fishing reservoirs where shad are the primary forage for bass, especially if you live...

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  Science: Understanding Winter Water

  Everybody likes to talk about thermoclines and summer stratification, but winter has its own unique water properties worth discussing. Since many lakes...

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  Science: Spawning – Spots vs. Largemouth

  Quick, which spawns first, a largemouth or a spotted bass? If you’re like most people questioned, you’ll guess the spotted bass. And...

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  Science: My, what a big mouth you have!

  Research has discovered some neat stuff about flathead catfish. These fish can be highly prolific in the right environment, to the point of being...

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  Science: Fishing Pressure and Bass Aggressiveness

  I came across this interesting research story in Yahoo news a while back: Scientists say fishing regs may create timid fish. The researchers in this...

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  Science: Slime Layers – Who Knew

  You’ve probably never taken the time to even consider how incredible the slime layer of a fish is. I now have a...

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  Science: Winter Bass Feeding

  It wasn’t that long ago, relatively speaking, that you could read bassin’ articles or talk to other bass anglers and hear how largemouth...

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  Science Brief: Cool Fluorocarbon Knot Testing Results

  Here’s a little tidbit that you might find interesting. If you’ve ever studied knots and how they’re formed, as well as how...

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  Science: Tracking Tourney Released Bass

  Bass anglers are always wondering about what happens to their fish after they get released. Lots of opinions out there, but also...

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  Science Follow-up: Florida Genes Down South

  Last week we talked about why Florida strain and F1 hybrid largemouth don’t do well in the northern states. As a follow-up...

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  Science: Florida Bass Up North

  If you live in the northern part of bassin country, you’ve inevitably heard somebody mention how they should just stock some of those...

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  Science: Break-offs and Retying

  Break-offs happen – maybe not to you, or maybe not all the time, but one way or the other, they occur. Might...

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  Science: Genes, Food or Fellowship?

  So which is more important for maximizing growth rates of largemouth bass: genes, food supply, or population density? It is an interesting...

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  Science: Bluegill Beds and UV Light Penetration

  If you’ve followed either of the last 2 FLW Cup tourneys, then you’re aware that the bluegill bed bite played a role in...