I have a boat in a marina, and decided to try an experiment to see if it would attract fish. I submerged a platform about 3-4 feet deep, it's about as wide as the slip, and about 8 feet front to back. So even though I'm in about 30 feet of water, I still have a shallow area at the front of my slip. I put some containers full of mud/sand from the river on the platform to grow water plants in. I didn't think of all this until the end of last summer, but during the winter it did attract some little minnow sized fish...thousands of them. They still hang out there, but during the past couple of weeks some stripers have been hanging out too. Last week I noticed that one seems to have decided one of the planters is his/her territory, and it hangs around it all the time. Every once in a while a much larger one would come along, and the "owner" didn't chase it off but instead acted interested in its presence. Now there is another one who appears to have taken posession of one of the other planters, and acts toward it like the first one did. When the larger fish comes along, now it looks like it goes to both of the ones who have their own territories. For some reason I've got the impression that the males have decided the planters are their bedding area, and the larger fish is a female or are different females checking things out. Can anyone tell me if that's likely to be the situation? Where online can I learn more about their methods of reproduction?
> I have a boat in a marina, and decided to try an experiment > to see if it would attract fish. I submerged a platform about > 3-4 feet deep, it's about as wide as the slip, and about 8 feet > front to back. So even though I'm in about 30 feet of water, > I still have a shallow area at the front of my slip. I put some > containers full of mud/sand from the river on the platform > to grow water plants in. I didn't think of all this until the end > of last summer, but during the winter it did attract some > little minnow sized fish...thousands of them. They still hang > out there, but during the past couple of weeks some stripers > have been hanging out too. Last week I noticed that one > seems to have decided one of the planters is his/her > territory, and it hangs around it all the time. Every once in > a while a much larger one would come along, and the > "owner" didn't chase it off but instead acted interested > in its presence. Now there is another one who appears to > have taken posession of one of the other planters, and > acts toward it like the first one did. When the larger fish > comes along, now it looks like it goes to both of the ones > who have their own territories. For some reason I've got > the impression that the males have decided the planters > are their bedding area, and the larger fish is a female or > are different females checking things out. Can anyone > tell me if that's likely to be the situation? Where online > can I learn more about their methods of reproduction?
> Thanks for any help! > David
Sounds like typical bass behavior, with the males holding on the nest, and the female holding nearby in deeper water.
Your search engine is your friend. Enter "striped bass" into the window and hit *go*; you'll get hundreds of links.
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:10:08 +0900, Y...@damngooddog.com wrote: >Hi,
>I have a boat in a marina, and decided to try an experiment >to see if it would attract fish. I submerged a platform about >3-4 feet deep, it's about as wide as the slip, and about 8 feet >front to back. So even though I'm in about 30 feet of water, >I still have a shallow area at the front of my slip. I put some >containers full of mud/sand from the river on the platform >to grow water plants in. I didn't think of all this until the end >of last summer, but during the winter it did attract some >little minnow sized fish...thousands of them. They still hang >out there, but during the past couple of weeks some stripers >have been hanging out too. Last week I noticed that one >seems to have decided one of the planters is his/her >territory, and it hangs around it all the time. Every once in >a while a much larger one would come along, and the >"owner" didn't chase it off but instead acted interested >in its presence. Now there is another one who appears to >have taken posession of one of the other planters, and >acts toward it like the first one did. When the larger fish >comes along, now it looks like it goes to both of the ones >who have their own territories. For some reason I've got >the impression that the males have decided the planters >are their bedding area, and the larger fish is a female or >are different females checking things out. Can anyone >tell me if that's likely to be the situation? Where online >can I learn more about their methods of reproduction?
>Thanks for any help! >David
As for the fish hanging around the platform - this is 100% normal. Fish will tend to congregate around almost anything that provides shade/cover....Including boats, weeds and even floating water toys such as inner-tubes. -- Calling an Illegal Alien an "Undocumented Worker" is like calling a Crack Dealer an "Unlicensed Pharmacist"
>> I have a boat in a marina, and decided to try an experiment >> to see if it would attract fish. I submerged a platform about >> 3-4 feet deep, it's about as wide as the slip, and about 8 feet >> front to back. So even though I'm in about 30 feet of water, >> I still have a shallow area at the front of my slip. I put some >> containers full of mud/sand from the river on the platform >> to grow water plants in. I didn't think of all this until the end >> of last summer, but during the winter it did attract some >> little minnow sized fish...thousands of them. They still hang >> out there, but during the past couple of weeks some stripers >> have been hanging out too. Last week I noticed that one >> seems to have decided one of the planters is his/her >> territory, and it hangs around it all the time. Every once in >> a while a much larger one would come along, and the >> "owner" didn't chase it off but instead acted interested >> in its presence. Now there is another one who appears to >> have taken posession of one of the other planters, and >> acts toward it like the first one did. When the larger fish >> comes along, now it looks like it goes to both of the ones >> who have their own territories. For some reason I've got >> the impression that the males have decided the planters >> are their bedding area, and the larger fish is a female or >> are different females checking things out. Can anyone >> tell me if that's likely to be the situation? Where online >> can I learn more about their methods of reproduction?
>> Thanks for any help! >> David
>Sounds like typical bass behavior, with the males holding on the nest, and >the female holding nearby in deeper water.
>Your search engine is your friend. Enter "striped bass" into the window and >hit *go*; you'll get hundreds of links.
I've done a few searches, and each one brought up hundreds of links. Even though I entered other terms like bed and bedding none of the results I saw seemed like they would tell me what I wanted to know. They were all about places to go fish, fish that people had caught, and other things that have to do a lot more with humans than they do with the fish.
