Alabama Bass Are Going to Make Smallmouth Bass Extinct...

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Alabama Bass on native smallmouth bass populations with expert Jason Henegar.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Serious Angler Podcast, we sit down with Jason Henegar, Fisheries Division Chief for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), to discuss a growing crisis in our southern fisheries: the invasion of the Alabama Bass. Often illegally transplanted into new waters, these Alabama-strain spotted bass are wreaking havoc on native smallmouth bass populations through rapid hybridization. Jason breaks down the science behind this alarming trend, explaining...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bailey Eigbrett, Andrew Full, Adam Deakin

Guest: Jason Henegar

Topics covered

• Alabama Bass
• smallmouth bass
• fisheries crisis
• hybridization
• wildlife management

Keywords

• Alabama Bass
• smallmouth bass
• fisheries
• hybridization
• Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Places: Alabama, Tennessee, southern fisheries, new waters

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