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By Ronnie Garrison, About.com Guide to Freshwater Fishing since 1997

Would Stocking Bass In Lakes Help You Catch More Bass?

Tuesday October 6, 2009
After a bad bass fishing trip anglers often wonder why not stock bass in this lake so I can catch more. There are several reasons for not stocking bass but the biggest is that is generally does not help a lake. Some special cases are different but most of the time stocking bass in a lake would not help.
Stocking Bass In Lakes

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August 30, 2007 at 7:28 pm
(1) Rodney Dreaming Badger says:

Often it is not that a lake or pond is underpopulated. It is just that the bass(or other species sought)are where the fishing folks are not. As stated in the article, stocking could result in overpopulated and stunted fish.

October 13, 2008 at 8:33 am
(2) L White says:

Couldn’t agree more, let the biologists determine what is best for the lakes. No matter where you live the states are paying these people to do this job. And they for the most part are doing a damn good one. Everywhere you look though, some special interest group is trying to put their own ideas into lake ecology without any research or factual basis.

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