This is part 3 of our discussion with Texas Park & Wildlife fisheries biologist Todd Driscoll. Todd is updating us on the study they are currently doing using telemetry, or basically a radio transmitter implanted in large mouth bass from 3 to 8 pounds in Toledo Bend and Lake Fork in Texas. Specifically today he talks about what fish do after they are caught and released and ,what they have discovered about how far fish travel on a daily basis, all things they have discovered roughly 5 months into the study.
They are tracking both shallow and deep bass, every other week and observing what those fish do, how they react to boat noise, where they rest, where they feed, how they react to baits, survival rates, every thing we tournament bass fisherman want to know. This is part two of five or six total videos in the update Todd gives us 5 months into their two year study.
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Great stuff
Has Todd tracked them through the Prespawn?
just wondering If you have a date or a time line set to purchase your new boat?
What depth is best to fish best on your knowledge?
I would like to know more information on taking the 14 day moving average and why take the distance and divide by 14? Seems that is falsely represented information. Is there a way we can read these studies? Now that I know this information is being collected, I have ALL the questions.
Great videos Ken!
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Thank you for all the informative vids Ken ! This has to be time consuming with all the shoots and editing. Keep up with the great work !
Will keep you in our prayers for a prosperous new start on your career !
Great stuff
I can't wait to hear if they move with the fall weather. Thanks for this series.
As always, great video.
Ken, what’s the biz contact info if I want a term life insurance quote? Thx
Some of the most interesting bass behavior videos I’ve seen. Great job!
Im curious as to how far they will swim after releasing them a distance from where they were caught…Such as catching one at point "A" and putting them in the livewell and then releasing them say, 200 yards from where they were caught? Another curious thought…What do bass do when released en masse at a tournament location such as Cassell, how far will they migrate from that release point…
Ken, wonderful job. This is information that is precisely what we need.
send me the map
Kudos to TP&W for funding a project like this!
Very interesting…
Informative video!
Great info Ken!
Good Luck with the next chapter of life.
Man, this man is a wealth of information!!! It also helps to have You asking some important questions!! Thanks for putting this out there.
As for the most important thing, You know a man can only put up with so much (Stuff) and he has to do what he has to do about it. Hang in there KEN , sounds like you may be on the right track to recovery, I sure hope so!!! Thanks so much for your videos, I don't miss a one
of them!!!
The data seems to indicate we need to slow way down and make the longest cast we can to our targets.
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Very refreshing videos.
Sorry to hear your employer couldn't act right. What's the saying "one door closes and another one opens " hopefully it will be an airplane hanger door!!
Oh my if we could get some of those transponders in SMALLMOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!
Good stuff.
Question for TP&W. Be interested to track the movement of fish weighed in after release at single location. (Example major marina or boat ramp) Do the fish move out and if so how far and when do they start feeding again? Time it takes them to exit? What water depth do they go if they stay? ( ASSUMING SIMILAR MONTHS USED IN THIS STUDY)
This is so interesting. So much of his findings are exactly what i have thought about bass movement. Great info man!
What a great series. I have a few questions/ observations. He talked more about cover than structure .Is that seasonal? Or a given? The way I understand the interview is. A bass won't stray far away from his favorite ambush point. But it may take time(percentage of bass caught)for her to find it? They roam until they find their most comfortable chair with the best/closest food. Then they always come back to their favortie Pizza joint and sit in the same spot?
Ken, what isTodd calling a "bare area?" Structure, no cover? No structure OR cover?
Good content.
Good luck on moving forward. Great video series.
Ken I own 2 ponds and about 3 years ago I did a test or tried a few things. One pond is pond A it's only 2 acres. Pond B is over 5 acres… now their is a reason I'm mentioned this. Ok pond A over about 6 months I could catch bass Releases it back and by my second fish I couldn't get bit.. now same pond A I keep the bass I could keep getting bit. CRAZY… pond B same thing but after about 10 of catching fish and Releases they turn off. If I keep they keep biting that's a fact … don't know why not a fish biologist
Good stuff
Enjoyed watching.
As all ways .. Great job Ken..waiting impatiently on the next one…hurry !
Great show Ken. Keep them coming
Great stuff. Keep it coming