Diehard bass junkies at heart report on Bass Study

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Diehard bass junkies at heart report on Bass Study

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Early Results from Texas Bass Study


Jake Norman and Todd Driscoll are Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fisheries biologists by profession and diehard bass junkies at heart. It’s in the their DNA to always ask why, then turn to sound science to look for reliable explanations.

Norman and Driscoll are the point men in an intensive bass tracking study currently underway at Lake Fork and Toledo Bend. Their scientific backgrounds and shared passion for bass fishing make them a perfect fit for carrying out the joint research project aimed at unraveling some of the mysteries of bass behavior on the popular East Texas reservoirs.

The study is founded largely on angler concerns about the fishing quality on the powerhouse lakes. Both fisheries are top-notch, but neither has been fishing up to snuff in recent times.

A common belief among many Toledo Bend anglers is that heavy fishing pressure and may have scattered the large schools of bass that traditionally gathered on high percentage structure places easily pinpointed using modern mapping and sonar technologies.

Some anglers, including Driscoll, are wondering if the fish may have learned to avoid fishing pressure by relocating to out-of the-way places afforded by the massive lake’s 182,000 surface acres.

Read the rest of the story in The Athens Daily Review here: https://www.athensreview.com/sports/out ... bf276.html
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