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March 23, 2009
Chad Love: Bass On Bread
By Chad Love
Regardless of how ridiculous something seems if there's a chance it'll catch fish bass anglers will try it (wacky worm, anyone?). We have no shame. If you tell me wearing a clown suit will generate bites I'll happily show up at the ramp dressed like Ho Ho.
Which makes this story particularly interesting:
Debbie Marsh doesn't mind being called "The Turtle Lady"...
Lately though, the animal getting the most attention at Mama's Turtle Haven is a fish - a very talented fish named Bruce. "He's just amazed everybody that has seen him," says Marsh. Last summer, the large-mouth bass was caught in a pond at Debbie's father's house in Tuscumbia. When she and her husband brought it home, the fish was still alive, and she couldn't bear to kill it. After that, a pond in the family's living room became Bruce's new home. Marsh pets Bruce and has trained him to do some pretty interesting things, like swim in a circle. However, Bruce's best talent is jumping. "Come on, get your food," says Marsh. At the command, the four-pound bass springs into the air to grab a piece of bread and lands in the water, making a big splash.
Now owning 300 turtles is kinda weird, but keeping a bass pond in your living room? Well, that's just cool. But what really piqued my interest is what she feeds it. Bread. I see a whole new world of possibility opening up here. Why shell out the dough for a hard plastic bait when you can spend chump change for a package of real dough that obviously works just as well? Seriously, look at say, a Zara Spook. Now look at that package of breadsticks in your pantry. See the resemblance? Anybody up for some bread-based bait ideas? I'm working on a pretzel popper as we speak...
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Comments (18)
Pretzel sticks - the big ones. Or how about those egg noodles that are twirled - just throw wire a hook and a swivel.
With all that white flour - the bass is probably a sugar junkie.
Good thing she didn't bring home a shark or a piranha.
Easy now,I have caught some nice fish off the wacky worm! But I guess a package of gummy worms would be cheaper than a pack of Senkos.
It shouldn't surprise anyone. Anything that'd take Heddon's "Tiny Torpedo" can be expected to attack just out of sheer aggression.
Believe it or not, I have caught some nice bass on bread. I've only done it at a pond though, never on the lake. We like to use bread to catch catfish, but we found that we caught just as many bass. My biggest bread bass is about 4-5 pounds. Not bad!!!
Bread, hot dogs, whatever. If we eat it, fish probably will too.
I know a couple of guys who supplement their pond bass' diet with hot dogs. They're HUGE for this area. Wait till he hears he can throw in the buns, too. Hold the mustard and onions.
growing up i used to always go to the pond in my neighborhood and fish for blue gill with bread balls and one day I caught a 14 inch bass, I have no idea how much it weighed probablly 2 to 4 pounds. so bass on bread isn't really far fetched. But the bass always showed up after the blue gill started hitting the bread and they would attack the blue gill and the bread.
I actually have caught some bass on bread, all being very small, but bass none-the-less. I wonder how big her pond in her living room is to be able to keep the bass alive. Pretty amazing how she taught him all those tricks.
I have landed a few fish on bread while using an ultralight setup, we were going after perch for bait and the bass started to bite.
it was fun, a lot cheaper than soft plastics as well,
LOL!
Fly gear, a long tippet, and a Cheerio will take carp. They love the sweetness and everybody else is trying to take them off the bottom with boillies.
SBW
I, Debbie Marsh, being Bruce's "MAMA", can hearby tell you that bass who can learn tricks, can and will keep learning other tricks. He is also such a finicky eater that bread is ALL that he will eat. Forget the worms, and all of the expensive lures that Bruce only laughs at when they are dropped in his pond!I am sure that lots of bass have wee wee-ed in their water, just to see what he considers the "NUT", is going to drop in the water next! Many fishermen come home without any fish while the fish have a party to discuss what "NUT will bring tomorrow. HA HA probably not a sandwich for himself? You think?
Well, dough balls was always big for carp so, next time I'm on a bass lake I guess I've just learned a new lure.
Turtle Lady Deb, How did you get your name? I've helped raise and rehabilitate road injured box turtles. Sounds lame but I really have an affection for them.
Dear Jim in MO.
I got the name Turtle Lady when I was only a little child because of my love for turtles. I opened a non- for profit turtle haven in my state of AL. Nice to know that there are people out there who care enough to help any turtle. Good job!!!!!
Would love to see BRUCE'S picture wind up in Field and Stream Magazine!!!!!!! Thanks to them for all of the exposure that he has generated. Turtle Lady.
i have actually caught fish on strange baits. bluegill will bite almost anything, i've caught them with flower buds, pieces of grass, jerky and fruit snacks.
Bass pond in the living room?
I wonder if the bass responds to late night food commercials.
Bruce,has quite the personality,something most people don't attribute to most fish.
Turtle Lady Deb, sounds like an adventure waitn' to happen...
Viva la Bruce, The 4-Pound Jumping Bass!
2 Poppa, Bruce has his 250gal. pond right by the 56in. TV He watches it faithfully, but, so far has not seen anything appitizing to eat, other than a hamburger bun.Thought I had him on to something, but, it was only a garlic bread comerrical!! Hu? Maybe I will try that next. I even tried a hotdog weirer in with the bread, He took it then spit out the meat and ate the bread. Who can figure??? Turtle Lady Deb
Need lots of other comments on BRUCE the Bass on bread. Field and stream went to a lot of trouble to give you a place to post comments. Now let's hear those comments, cause folks this Bass is for real!!
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Believe it or not, I have caught some nice bass on bread. I've only done it at a pond though, never on the lake. We like to use bread to catch catfish, but we found that we caught just as many bass. My biggest bread bass is about 4-5 pounds. Not bad!!!
Fly gear, a long tippet, and a Cheerio will take carp. They love the sweetness and everybody else is trying to take them off the bottom with boillies.
SBW
I, Debbie Marsh, being Bruce's "MAMA", can hearby tell you that bass who can learn tricks, can and will keep learning other tricks. He is also such a finicky eater that bread is ALL that he will eat. Forget the worms, and all of the expensive lures that Bruce only laughs at when they are dropped in his pond!I am sure that lots of bass have wee wee-ed in their water, just to see what he considers the "NUT", is going to drop in the water next! Many fishermen come home without any fish while the fish have a party to discuss what "NUT will bring tomorrow. HA HA probably not a sandwich for himself? You think?
It shouldn't surprise anyone. Anything that'd take Heddon's "Tiny Torpedo" can be expected to attack just out of sheer aggression.
I know a couple of guys who supplement their pond bass' diet with hot dogs. They're HUGE for this area. Wait till he hears he can throw in the buns, too. Hold the mustard and onions.
I actually have caught some bass on bread, all being very small, but bass none-the-less. I wonder how big her pond in her living room is to be able to keep the bass alive. Pretty amazing how she taught him all those tricks.
I have landed a few fish on bread while using an ultralight setup, we were going after perch for bait and the bass started to bite.
it was fun, a lot cheaper than soft plastics as well,
LOL!
Well, dough balls was always big for carp so, next time I'm on a bass lake I guess I've just learned a new lure.
Turtle Lady Deb, How did you get your name? I've helped raise and rehabilitate road injured box turtles. Sounds lame but I really have an affection for them.
Dear Jim in MO.
I got the name Turtle Lady when I was only a little child because of my love for turtles. I opened a non- for profit turtle haven in my state of AL. Nice to know that there are people out there who care enough to help any turtle. Good job!!!!!
Would love to see BRUCE'S picture wind up in Field and Stream Magazine!!!!!!! Thanks to them for all of the exposure that he has generated. Turtle Lady.
i have actually caught fish on strange baits. bluegill will bite almost anything, i've caught them with flower buds, pieces of grass, jerky and fruit snacks.
Bass pond in the living room?
I wonder if the bass responds to late night food commercials.
Bruce,has quite the personality,something most people don't attribute to most fish.
Turtle Lady Deb, sounds like an adventure waitn' to happen...
Viva la Bruce, The 4-Pound Jumping Bass!
2 Poppa, Bruce has his 250gal. pond right by the 56in. TV He watches it faithfully, but, so far has not seen anything appitizing to eat, other than a hamburger bun.Thought I had him on to something, but, it was only a garlic bread comerrical!! Hu? Maybe I will try that next. I even tried a hotdog weirer in with the bread, He took it then spit out the meat and ate the bread. Who can figure??? Turtle Lady Deb
Need lots of other comments on BRUCE the Bass on bread. Field and stream went to a lot of trouble to give you a place to post comments. Now let's hear those comments, cause folks this Bass is for real!!
Pretzel sticks - the big ones. Or how about those egg noodles that are twirled - just throw wire a hook and a swivel.
With all that white flour - the bass is probably a sugar junkie.
Good thing she didn't bring home a shark or a piranha.
Easy now,I have caught some nice fish off the wacky worm! But I guess a package of gummy worms would be cheaper than a pack of Senkos.
Bread, hot dogs, whatever. If we eat it, fish probably will too.
growing up i used to always go to the pond in my neighborhood and fish for blue gill with bread balls and one day I caught a 14 inch bass, I have no idea how much it weighed probablly 2 to 4 pounds. so bass on bread isn't really far fetched. But the bass always showed up after the blue gill started hitting the bread and they would attack the blue gill and the bread.
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