Super User iceintheveins Posted July 30, 2015 Super User Posted July 30, 2015 1 - 3 bass, a slow day 4 - 6 bass, a fair day 7 - 10 bass, a good day 10 - 15 bass, a very good day 16 or more, an outstanding day Size 0 - 1 pounds a dink 1 - 2 pounds average 3 - 4 pounds nice fish 4 - 6 pounds big fish 6 or more, a trophy I live in western Colorado. This applies to largemouth mostly, though smallies can grow to 4 - 5 pounds out here and I've seen sixes in the Yampa River and Jordanelle Reservoir. 1 Quote
davecon Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 SirSnookalot, I know exactly what you are talking about. Never have enjoyed winching fish out of heavy cover with a flipping stick. I normally use a medium light spinning rod with a 2500/3000 size spinning reel. Don't care for jacks but I often catch juvi tarpon up to about 40 pounds with the occassional 120 plus. On light tackle they are great. I fish out of the way places and rarely see many other boats which is why I don't normally target the poons but still manage to catch quite a few as "bycatch". Not a bad deal. 1 Quote
stkbassn Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 You didn't know that everyone here boat flips 4 pounders while talking on their cell phone and shakes 3 pounders and below off the hook before they get to the boat? When I catch 3 pounders I'm happy every time, no problem admitting that! I consider 2 and up good fish anywhere...any time! I love to catch fish, no matter what the size so anytime my thumb is scraped up and I have that fish smell on my hands I consider that a good day/night. 2 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted July 30, 2015 Super User Posted July 30, 2015 When I go fishing I usually stay for 8 to 12 hours. 50 fish is only about 6 fish an hour . 1 Quote
largemouth01 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 3lbs and up gets me excited anything over 5 makes me go iaconelli! lol 1 Quote
A Hawk Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Anything under 10 lbs is a dink, period. This made me lol, an I needed that today. Thanks! 1 Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted July 30, 2015 Super User Posted July 30, 2015 16-18" - nice 19-20" - big 20"+ - approaching my PB 1 Quote
Super User South FLA Posted July 30, 2015 Super User Posted July 30, 2015 Anything about 6lbs is good in my book, about 8lb and above is really nice and of course above 10 is excellent in extreme S. FLA, were aren't central FL by a long shot! 3 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted July 30, 2015 Super User Posted July 30, 2015 I see most guys posting numbers of fish per day. Because one guys day might be 12 hours and somebody else's day might only be 2 hours, it's hard to make a comparison. I seldom will go fish just to get out of the house for a few hours and If there isn't a reasonable expectation of having a "good" day, say if the river is high and muddy from recent rains, I don't go out. I also take over night or multiple day trips to better waters to up my chances of catching fish. For my own records, I keep track of fish per hour. < 1 Fish Per Hour is a bad day. 1-2 FPH is so-so 2-4 FPH is about average 4-6 FPH Is a pretty good day 6-10 FPH Is a great day. I fish for smallmouth 90% of the time. Any river smallie over 12 inches is going to be fun to catch especially on light tackle. Most guys here would consider a 12 incher a dink, but that 12 inch RIVER smallmouth will drag a 16 inch lake largemouth all over the place. So for me, they are all good but everything over 12 is a lot of fun. 4 Quote
Super User Cgolf Posted July 31, 2015 Super User Posted July 31, 2015 When on the river fishing for smallies, Below 12" dink 12-16" average 18-19" trophy for the water 20" and above Make my river carreer, got one this year and fish is 9-10 years old Largemouth on local and northern WI lakes pretty much fall into same category with a better chance at a 20+ fish. 1 Quote
Neil McCauley Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Honestly don't really measure or weight anything anymore. I suppose a 6+ lb LMB or a 4+ lb SMB are "good." Have caught 1-2 of both in the last calendar year but 99% are smaller than this. 1 Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted July 31, 2015 Super User Posted July 31, 2015 3lbs is a solid fish 5lbs and up are really good. 1 Quote
lecisnith Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Last Sunday I went to a local pond to try and get a nemesis smallie that I had seen cruising the bank the last three times I had been there. Got there at 6:45, caught her 2.5 pound butt on my second cast (on a black cavitron), fished for about 15 more minutes and said, "screw it, that made my week." So one 2-3 pound fish is enough to make me call it a good WEEK, let alone day. At least I was out there... 1 Quote
wytstang Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 3+lb is a good fish in the ponds I fish but being a bank fishermen I can't compete with numbers (most of the times). Although an angry 2lber can really put a smile on my face when he/she doesn't want to be pulled out. 1 Quote
BocaGrande Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 In north nj: 2lbs and under is average 3lbs+ is a Great fish! 2-3 good fish per hour is a good day 1 Quote
BASSPATROL247 Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 4-5Lber is a good fish, Anything over 6 is very good.... 1 Quote
massrob Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I haven't had the best year but in the last week I've caught 4 4lbers which for MA is pretty good. Last Sunday I caught 6 fish in 2 hrs and that has been my best day of the year and all of them were over 2lbs so I had a great day. Caught all of them on a bladed jig from bluebasser so thanks man you've made my year so far. 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted August 1, 2015 Global Moderator Posted August 1, 2015 On an normal day on my "fishing day" (my 1 full day off each week), I expect to catch over 30 fish but I'd rather catch a few big fish, just doesn't work out that way a whole lot. For most lakes I fish 2-3 is a solid fish, 4-5 is a kicker, 6-7 is the fish of year most likely, 8+ I've never caught one in Kansas 1 Quote
BooyahMan Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I'm good with any bass over 12", but the ones that are 16" or more grab my attention, especially if they have the girth to go along with it. 20"+ is a trophy for me. 1 Quote
Super User Angry John Posted August 1, 2015 Super User Posted August 1, 2015 Location is everything. In CT 6-13" fish dink 14-17" fish good 18-19" made the week +19 only had about 5 in two years I would catch some good numbers 2-3 fish per hour is good more than that things were really looking up. IN Wa 6-11" dink 11-14 decent 14-17 might have made the week might even get two but unlikely +17 I have a PB of 4lbs 9oz in this state taken this week. I hear a lot of people doing well on the east side of WA but out on the Kitsap Peninsula things are a little more difficult. I dont have any electronics and that is killing me here as compared to CT. Numbers here are very low and size is also smaller. 5 fish in 8 hours is good. 1 Quote
Super User Raul Posted August 1, 2015 Super User Posted August 1, 2015 Location is everything. In CT 6-13" fish dink 14-17" fish good 18-19" made the week +19 only had about 5 in two years I would catch some good numbers 2-3 fish per hour is good more than that things were really looking up. IN Wa 6-11" dink 11-14 decent 14-17 might have made the week might even get two but unlikely +17 I have a PB of 4lbs 9oz in this state taken this week. I hear a lot of people doing well on the east side of WA but out on the Kitsap Peninsula things are a little more difficult. I dont have any electronics and that is killing me here as compared to CT. Numbers here are very low and size is also smaller. 5 fish in 8 hours is good. Yup, that´s what I mean, location is everything. IN Gto and Jalisco 10< lbs --- dink In Tamps or Sinaloa 11 lbs < ---- dink Now, kidding aside, nowadays I´m happy with anything I catch. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted August 1, 2015 Super User Posted August 1, 2015 A fish that bites my lure then brings it back to the boat: that's a 'good' fish. A fish that doesn't bite my lure, or only brings it halfway back to the boat: that's a 'bad' fish. Roger 9 Quote
mnbassman23 Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 MN bass Under 1lb - dink 2lb- small 3lb- decent 4lb- nice 5lb - big 6lb - giant 7lb- Once in a lifetime (for most) 8lb- once in a few lifetimes 9lb- Congrats you have the state record Quote
chelboed Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 I'm in Kansas City area. No boat, all bank. Since the beginning of 2014, I've caught hundreds of bass. Summer/early fall is tough. I may get 1/hr. Spring, early summer, fall feeding...I may get 10/hr. Keeper is 15". So during the more fun times, if I don't get at least 2-3 keepers, it's a tough day. But...since the beginning of last year (2014) I've only caught 1x 6lbs, 3x 5 lbs, ~10-12x 4lbs. (1x 8 lbs) We're at that time right now when the heat index is 107deg and the big ones are super lazy. I haven't caught a keeper in a few outings. So this time of year, I often switch to light tackle or ultralight tackle and catch bluegill or enjoy the smaller bass on smaller gear until they pick back up again. Oddly...last Sunday, I was fishing Mepps#4's and caught 3x channel. (Along with 11x dinks) Our state record is 13# 14oz but that's held since 1966, so it was a freak-fish that was super uncommon for this region. Most people that I've talked to that have fished for a long time have a PB somewhere in the 7's. I do have a local lake that I can catch all the dinks I want. Generally 1x every cast to every-other cast. It's way over populated. I also have a farm pond I can go to where I I often catch 10-16/hr. Some in the 4# range. Quote
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