Originally Posted by
Andre
In certain conditions, trout are more invasive than bass. The big difference is that bass breed in dams, trout do not. In a river where both trout and bass co exist, the trout always come out on top. The trout are more predatory, and aggressive. The saving grace for our rivers against the trout, is that trout are generally a lot more finniky regarding PH levels and tannin, where as bass seem to be more tolerant to a wider range of acidity. Where the trout happily take root, they wipe out just about everything. In the Cape trout rivers, bass and trout have been together forever, but the trout dominate. Other rivers where conditions are different, the bass dominate the trout, but all things being even the trout will take out the bass any day. Carp...don't know???
Andre, do you have any facts to back up your point of view? Trout and redfins have been living together in many of our rivers for over a hundred years. You can catch them in the same pools with successive casts. The Krom trib off the Smalblaar is a good example of this but there are many others. Like Justin said, trout and bass have different temp ranges that suit them. Fish the Smalblaar in mid summer and you would think the river had no trout as all you will catch is bass. In colder conditions the trout dominate and you are unlikely to hook a single bass. I can guarantee you that if trout were in the Rondegat as opposed to Smallmouth Bass, you would not have total devastation of other species (besides larger clans) so I am not sure where you get this idea that trout are more aggressive and more predatory?
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