I’ll be honest I never thought I’d catch fish like this! In this video I head down to Georgia with Shan O’ Gorman (Aquatic Biologist) to hook up with Garret Stamport (Pristine Pond Management) and jump on a shock boat to help manage some private ponds! This was an absolute insane on the water experience!
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Back in the day, my dad worked for TWRA and I was able to go out with him a few times when they shocked fish for tagging. It was fun watching this.
Dude I’ve always wanted to know how and see this work. I love you filmed this it’s amazing
You can see Shan's giant bass science experiment pond from the interstate, and I dream of fishing there. It's crazy to think those bass are only 2 years old. A few more years and there could be multiple double digit monsters in there 🤯
This is my favorite video of 2024 so far
Oh yes it broke my heart seeing those bass coming out haha
Very cool research work and video. I had the opportunity in the 90s up in trophy deer Illinois 🦌 🤣 to be a part of this. We worked 2 nights with the Cook County Forest Preserve fisheries guys and it was exciting. Their budget allowed for the oversized jon boat for electro shocking but fun getting my hands wet. Didn't realize one of the lakes had northern pike over 30 inches and near trophy walleye. Very cool seeing your take on this
Loved it, very educational.
This for me, is the most interesting video for me! Keep up the good videos👍👍👍👍
In the second pond we had very low catch rates so I suspected we had a few big bass. We harvested the bigger bass and put back the smaller ones. The larger bass will eat the larger bluegill so they were removed. Sometimes a few big bass in a small pond are really hard to catch.
That was cool. Thanks for sharing. EaT Mor BasS...
Very educational video. And You did an amazing job explaining why some of the large bass were removed from the pond. If its not what the land owner wants then its his choice. I know as a pond owner you cant have everything, Sometimes you have to choose your fishery and provide for what you want.
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Super interesting video 👍
That was an awesome video
Thanks boss!
Great video
Thanks!
Very cool video.
Awesome...Very informative.
Glad you liked it
Great video, I fish a small public lake that was drained and refilled, it’s 3 years in and the bass seem stunted to me, there’s huge bluegill but they aren’t getting eaten by a 12” bass. Probably similar situation to what you showed in this video.
Sounds like it
I caught a bass then hooked a musky with the bass. Had him on for maybe a minute then I had just the bass on. I let it go alive with tooth marks
Interesting
Probably should hook a Ford up to it!
why would you not release these into somewhere else?
Great question. You never relocate bass (or any fish) from one body of water to another. It’s the number one spreader of diseases, parasites, and invasive species.
Because that will completely disrupt the balance of,the pond or lake we put those bass in. We have no right to wreck the other system. Any non biologist moving fish around is doing way more harm than good to our fisheries and should be arrested
How can you bring them back to life again bass when they get shot
It’s like a taser the cops use except for fish. It’s harmful for,us because we are not covered in scales. Scales are like armor that protects the fish. My old shock boat I kept compressed oxygen aeration they can back around juiced up on oxygen and often went if and feed immediately
I found this interesting, not a fan of shocking the fish, but I guess in the interest of learning ?
Shocking them doesn’t harm them.
Relocate them bass. Takes a long time to get them that big.
You *never* relocate bass (or any fish) from one body of water to another. It’s the number one spreader of diseases, parasites, and invasive species. There have been whole lakes decimated by LMBV and invasive species because of relocation of fish.
NEVER DO THAT
It’s a bad idea to relocate any fish. It disrupts the balance of the other fishery you stock and spreads parasites and disease. most of the problems public lakes have are due to,the public relocating fish. Did you see the interview with Drew Gregory and Alabama bass? Those fisheries are ruined because someone decided to relocate those bass.