Belly Contents

[parker23]

I gut hooked a bass early this morning before work. After I finished cleaning I checked stomach. Head of pogie w/my hook in it, a green crab and a bunch of small shrimp. This fish was 31” and the belly was nearly empty. This has been the case w/many of the bass I have taken home this year. I keep a log that includes bait present and stomach content of dead bass or puked up baitfish.

37.9# – 3 intact scup, 1 full pogie plus my pogie.
36# - pieces of scup
34# - pieces of scup, plus my pogie.
34# - tiny shrimp
34# - scup, and big silversides/spearing
33#- mantis shrimp, squid
32#-tons of squid, plus my pogie
31# - squid, shrimp
31# empty
31# 1 intact mantis shrimp
30# crab/lobster
28# 3 BIG squid and 1 scup.
27.5#-1 big squid

15-25# fish most had crabs, spearing, mantis shrimp or squid. No pogies.

So many pogies in the bay but not in the belly. I see fish puking up small bait, never pogies. 1 bass w/ a full pogie in belly.

These results are consistant with the past 5 or so years. Never find eels, herring and only 1 pogie.

What are your findings?

Please shed some light on my experience.