Roed up impoundment Bass

[ffejsmada]

I caught a nice impoundment bass of 42cm today. It inhaled a tiny deep diver, way down and was bleeding profusely. I decided to keep the fish and eat him.

Tasted beautiful by the way, I was quite surprised.

When I filleted the fish, I discovered that it was roed up heavily.

My question is, what happens to the roe if the fish cannot escape over the wall into brackish water to breed??
Does it get absorbed back into their system?, does it get used as a food source by the fish?, does it get excreted?

Can anyone shed some light on this???

Cheers, Jeff.

[NAGG]

I believe that the roe is reabsorbed

Chris

[Whitto]

I believe that the roe is reabsorbed

Chris

And so do I.......The Bass should be schooling up down stream (Dam wall end) looking for the brackish water and Milting Males

[Luc]

That's correct, the roe is simply reabsorbed.

Any SEQ dam that gets good overflow over a number of days at this time of the year will see a fair number of mature bass take the big plunge.

Good for the waters downstream, no so good for the dam.

I heard over the radio the NPD will be relasing water for the next 24 hours or so. Luckily, the closed season for bass began in 1 June. Yet, I wonder how many will still take advantage and target Bass in the NP river below the dam.

It's a crying shame that neither the mature bass and later the fingerlings have no way to return.

Luc

[Little grey men]

That's correct, the roe is simply reabsorbed.

Any SEQ dam that gets good overflow over a number of days at this time of the year will see a fair number of mature bass take the big plunge.

Good for the waters downstream, no so good for the dam.

I heard over the radio the NPD will be relasing water for the next 24 hours or so. Luckily, the closed season for bass began in 1 June. Yet, I wonder how many will still take advantage and target Bass in the NP river below the dam.

It's a crying shame that neither the mature bass and later the fingerlings have no way to return.

Luc

It is a shame Luc but I suppose when we're allowed to again, we'll have a few more places to play with these great fish. At least the bass population in places like youngs will be topped up again.

[Luc]

Hi LGM,

Youngs and downstream should improve after a good flush out as there was plenty of silt on the bottom and at times the water smelled.

My experience is that once the water stops flowing through Youngs, the bigger bass seem to go further downstream at least into the big pool upstream of Sweeny's Reserve.

Mind you, I would hazard a guess that any mature bass that got that far has s-x on the agenda and will be going further downstream to get to water with the right degree of salinity.

Luc

[moggy1]

Jeff
On the other side of your nice catch, Bass a very hardy when it comes to a bleeding situation like that. I have had a live well red with blood from a damaged gill in the hook up. The constant flow of your pumps in the live well supply enough oxygen for the bass to de-stress so to speak and it also gives good oxygen levels for the fish to coagulate the wound. I feel bad when i get a bleeder but not concerned for its well being as i know in a short time the blleding will stop. Carl gets this alot with large bass inhaling his plastics and getting hooked in the back of the throat or in the gill area.
Hope this helps for your next trip.
Moggy
ps. They say bass are sweeter tasting after the reabsorbtion of the roe.