Quality Vs Quantity

[swagkid300]

One of my best days of fishing this year was on father's day. I went wading in the creek with my 3 y.o. (at the time) daughter.  I probably caught 50 little sunfish.  She loved it.  She got to hold and play with each one.

 

My next best day was a short 3 hour trip in my kayak where I caught a 3.5 lb LMB, a 6 lb lmb, a 3 lb stripe and a 5 lb stripe and a 17 inch brown trout plus some other trout and panfish.

 

So, I like quantity if I'm with others who don't fish all the time.  I don't think it's a question about quality for people who do fish all the time.

 

your daughters so adorable man, did she wade with you?

[Montanaro]

everyone WANTS quality...but if I had the choice of fishing for 10+ hours and catching a fiver...or catching 5 ones...id choose the quantity just to have some consistent fun.

[einscodek]

Definitely quality.. I dont even go after the small or average ones anymore..doesnt do much for me..

But tell ya what, when a small one hits my big baits, I'll still take it.. no skunk.. and then focuses me for really going for the big-uns.

Still a day isnt good unless I catch a 20" fish.. and when I catch a 20", I toss on my monster baits and go for the the grand slam the rest of the day.. an even bigger one..I know they are in my lake.. one demolished my big topwater and ripped it away.

I have a wanted poster for that gal!

[jignfule]

Over all numbers were down this year, but I caught more hawgs then I have in many years.  quanity over dinks anyday

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

As of late I'll take anything I can get quality or numbers but it aint happening. Today I was out 6-1/2  hours and only caught 2 a 13"(palm tree) & 15"(senko) made for looong day. Lipless cranks,spinnerbait,jig- zero.

[inrll]

I guess I'm a quantity guy. I subscribe to the theory that a day filled with average sized fish will usually result in one or two big fish too. I still get a huge kick out of catching a 12" fish so until that thrill goes away I won't avoid them.

[Fish Murderer 71]

My target is the big fish, the dinks are collateral damage.

[papajoe222]

Early in the season, it's a numbers game for me.  Months without wetting a line and all I can think about is catching.

 

By the time the fish have spawned, I'm all about quality. There have been outings when I've come up empty, but there've also been ones that get me through the winter just thinking about them.  Quality AND Quantity.....doesn't happen often enough.

[Brian6428]

Quality for me. Catching a few average fish in a few hours is fun and all, but one or two big fish alone can make it a great day.

[BuffaloBass716]

Hmmm... Well quality fish are tough to find and catch for a bank fisherman around my parts.  I consider a chunky 15" bass a quality fish. Most of the fish I catch are dinks but that's what makes catching a nice 15"+ bass worth it. As long as I get one decent fish each time I am out, that is just fine with me.

[bigbill]

When your catching the smaller bass from shore and the bite slows down. I notice the bigger bass will come closer to see what the smaller bass are eating but they won't strike the smaller sized lure. I put on a larger lure of the same style/color under daylite

conditions. If the daylite conditions are getting towards the darker evening conditions I go brighter in color in the same style of lure.

[Dylan L]

I like to catch a lot of 1-2 pound bass but I won't complain if I get a 5-6 pounder!

[Team9nine]

Would you rather catch a couple big bass or a lot of average size bass on a fishing trip?

 

Answering this question depends a lot on how you interpret the terms. "Big" isn't necessarily a giant, and "average" isn't always dinks. On most of my waters, big would be approaching 5 lbs., and average would be between 1lb.-2lb. Also, "a lot" hasn't been defined. Regardless, count my vote in the minority, but I'm after quantity. I go fishing to catch fish, and lots of them, 50 bass a day or more. I consider anything much less than 8-10 bass an hour as slow. Granted, if I'm only going to catch 2 bass a day I would love for them to be 5 pounders (big), but 2 fish a day would make for an awefully boring time on the water to me. 

 

-T9

[Ratherbfishing]

As someone else has noted, it depends on how you define "quality" and "a lot of fish."  And if I were guaranteed to catch a few big ones (since when has that ever occurred in fishing?).  Around my neck of the woods, If I were "swinging for the fence" on every trip, I'd go home empty-handed an awful lot.  I don't particularly care for dinks but if it's them or nothing at all, I'd go with dinks.  But then again, if the bass aren't biting, I'll switch to bluegill or crappie readily enough.

[wngan9447]

If i'm off on a trip, i rather get more "average" size fish all day long.

 

If i'm out for a couple of hours, i want the big one.

[Creekcrappie]

I voted quality but I would rather compromise in the middle somewhere.

[Mike2841]

I voted quantity, most days I'm happy if I can catch A fish never mind a big one.