Ok. Been at this a long time. But, last night I caught what had to be the smallest bedding bass I've ever caught. It was a male that was about 10" long and way less than a pound. The female? Caught her too, she was closer to 2 pounds. Nothing big at all, but it got me wondering.... How big does a bass need to be (how old), to begin the mating processes and start to have the drive to build a bed to attract a female? This little bass I caught couldn't have been more than a year or so old.

On a side note... It, along with all the others I caught last night, were REALLY crushing rage craws and running strong with it. It wasn't a lazy "tap", it was as soon as the bait hit the grass, then slam! Or nothing.

You were fishing last night at Ray Roberts?

My hat is off to you, you truly have what it takes to be AOY !!

These kids are doing it younger and younger every year haha, I am also curious to when they start spawning

Did you catch the buck bass guarding or could it have been a raider? Age can't be judged by size. If you didn't pull ototliths its really a guess and hard to gauge age. Could have been a stunted fish.

Ive seen pairs many times in the non keeper range. 10-14"

I think it was the fry.

Google is your friend.

Found this in a few seconds

"Largemouth bass sexual maturity is influenced by size more than age, with most bass reaching sexual maturity with the ability to spawn at around ten inches. "

http://www.bradwiegmann.com/fish-biology...or-success.html

Little fish gotta get their swerve on too.

It's not the size of the bass...

Remember how old you were when you first started thinking about it?

I found a pair a couple of weeks ago that may have been less than a pound combined. Way too young.