Talk:Bass fishing

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1 US-centric view
2 Comparison to other game fish
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[edit] US-centric view

This article is very US-centric. As an example, the 'Background' section could be titled 'Bass Fishing in America' - while it is good information, it fails to hint at all that bass fishing is a huge industry in Canada as well, perhaps even larger than in the USA. Again, the 'Competitions' section only mentions American competitions.

This isn't a criticism; rather, it is a place where I think this article could be improved. Caydel 18:33, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree, and I think learning more about bass fishing elsewhere would be useful. Striped bass alone have been widely introduced all around the globe from Ecuador to Iran to South Africa as sport fish. Whether or not people in all those different places fish for them in exactly the same way would be interesting. It would also be interesting to know if fish in those countries reach the same sizes as elsewhere, and what impacts they've had on native fish species. Cheers, Neale Neale Monks 19:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison to other game fish

Compared to for instance brown trout or Atlantic salmon, which I used to fish for in Scotland, bass appear sluggish and definitely not as stated in the main article, "strong fighters". I am judging this from watching bass fishing on television, particularly the tiny flimsy looking rods used and the fact many of the bass are just lifted out of the water within seconds of being hooked. Gbrims 18:44, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Some species of bass are in fact very sluggish. The Smallmouth bass is a very strong fighting fish, though. And what you are seeing on the television is professional anglers, such as Kevin VanDam, that are using learned techniques to get the fish to come to the boat (or dock) with little or no fighting.Juliancolton 16:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

GBRIMS--I would suggest you read Book of the Black Bass, Scientific and Life History, Angling and Fly Fishing, James A. Henshall, MD, 1881. It was the seminal work on Bass Fishing and written at a time when the Atlantic Salmon was in better shape here in the U.S. than it is today. It contains many comparisions of the fighting abilities of Bass, Trout and Salmon. Bass indeed are Strong Fighters. They were then and are today. Until such time as you experience a 2 lbs plus Spotted, Smallmouth or Shoal bass in a fast river on light tackle, you may find it difficult to believe that, but it is true.--Mike Cline 21:25, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

As i said, and as you said, smallmouth bass are indeed very strong fighters. People very often use way too heavy tackle on largemouth bass because people are just thinking about catching that 13 pound lunker in a bass lake in Flordia. I think if you want a big fighting fish go to the warm-water lakes, because the fish will fight harder there rather than in cold water.Juliancolton 14:01, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Please note that Wikipedia is not a collection of links (see WP:EL). I've replaced the random assortment of links in this article with the standard link to the the DMOZ open directory project. You are free to submit as many links to that place as you want, and they'll be added to the directory.

Cheers, Neale Neale Monks 23:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Just a thought, but perhaps providing links to alternate up to date independent sources might actually give the wiki pages more depth than the flawed single source approach of Wiki. Sure, anyone can edit, but the core group of people with all the time just end up changing it to suit them anyhow. DMOZ is a dead directory, probably the worst collection of outdated dead links on the web. They haven't added a new editor or link in ages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.192.104.10 (talk) 20:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

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