spencer12 Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 Well I'm from south ga. so when it comes to fishing for bass or any fish for that matter I guess I'm pretty lucky. We have mild winters and for the most part excluding the end of november, december, and january you can catch a good number of fish. 13 inches and below can get annoying 2-3lbs Is a quality fish 4-6lbs Is pretty big 7-9lbs Is a fish I will take a picture with 10lbs-over Is a huge bass. I have access to some awesome 10-20 acre private ponds, and If I told some of you the number of 6.5lbs. + fish we've caught out of them in one day I suspect some would call me a liar so I won't. As for total fish caught, I've caught well over 30-40 on a single trip a couple times, but again those are private ponds that see only the owners and me fishing for them. On public waters I would say any 6lber is a big fish and 1-3 fish an hour (depending on season) is excellent. There was a 17lb bass caught this year here in ga from a small lake somewhere around north ga. If I remember corectly the lake was under 100 acres. I see pictures of a few 14 pounders caught here and there, I think if Ga. could up its Dnr salary and this state would start putting more money back into our lakes and pfa's we could see a lot more of these fish being caught. I've been fishing Ga's public lakes and pfa's for 18 years and I've been stopped and checked by a Game Warden twice. I understand in North Ga. they're a bit more abundant but once you get down below the piedmont region they are few and far between. I can't tell you how many times I've watched a bank fisherman with a bream pole and bucket sitting on a pond dam at a Pfa catch and toss a 10 incher in the bucket without a second thought. (Sorry for the rant) Quote
BigmouthForever23 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Nice thread, I've always wondered about this as I live in the northern suburbs of Chicago. 0-.5 LB - FML 1-2 LB - Average 2-3 LB - Above Average 4-5 LB - One of the best days of the year 6-7 LB - My year is made 7+ LB - Who's your daddy? Quote
bassr95 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 3 lbs is a good one, 4 is big, 5+ is a giant. I usually seem to catch 5 or 10 three pounders between catching a 4+ Quote
*Hank Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 3 lbs a good one 4 lbs is a real good one 5lbs is a d**n fine fish 6lbs holy crap 7lbs judas priest 8lbs crikey!!! Only seen one of those from local water Same for me! A good day though is a limit of fish. Quote
Super User Jeff H Posted August 3, 2015 Super User Posted August 3, 2015 I'm having fun with any bass over 12". Never ashamed of a 3lb average for a 5 fish bag in any event up here. Won't win too often but it's nothing to be ashamed of on any day. If I can bag 15lbs I've had a fun day! Quote
MrBigFishSC Posted August 8, 2015 Posted August 8, 2015 In NC and SC fish between 1-3 lbs are common. 4-6 lb. fish are considered good. Anything 6-8lbs. is great and over 8lbs. is outstanding. There are always big fish you just gotta find them and get them to bite. They don't get big being stupid. Smaller BOWs in the spawn are key if you want to catch a PB. Quote
Super User bigbill Posted August 8, 2015 Super User Posted August 8, 2015 Give me many dinks I'm happy. It doesn't matter bigger is good too. Even those chain pickerel 12" to what ever I'm happy. Quote
bassarmy7 Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Nice to see I fit in the good days category hahaha. Just average size though Man i wanna fish Toledo Bend if thats the numbers yall get, especially since im just down the road from it. UnfortunTey not having a boat makes it a bit tough to fish out there Quote
kingmotorboat Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Man i wanna fish Toledo Bend if thats the numbers yall get, especially since im just down the road from it. UnfortunTey not having a boat makes it a bit tough to fish out there I live in lake Charles so usually fish Calcasieu river. As I said average size but good numbers. Sometimes I hit Toledo and usually do pretty good Quote
bassarmy7 Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 I live in lake Charles so usually fish Calcasieu river. As I said average size but good numbers. Sometimes I hit Toledo and usually do pretty good Im up at FT Polk and we have a couple fishing ponds on the base that are stocked by the game control out here every couple years. The issue is i have never seen them monitored and have seen folks using cast nets to catch em in the shallows that combined with people who never put any back makes it difficult for those who just want to catch fish for fun Quote
kingmotorboat Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Im up at FT Polk and we have a couple fishing ponds on the base that are stocked by the game control out here every couple years. The issue is i have never seen them monitored and have seen folks using cast nets to catch em in the shallows that combined with people who never put any back makes it difficult for those who just want to catch fish for fun Yea I knew you lived at Polk from a couple of convos we had but I.never knew that kinda stuff was happening to the ponds on base Quote
bassarmy7 Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Yea I knew you lived at Polk from a couple of convos we had but I.never knew that kinda stuff was happening to the ponds on base Ya its pretty sad that a select few folks gotta ruin it for everyone. Seen it happen at Anacoco a few weeks back down below the spillway Quote
kingmotorboat Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Ya its pretty sad that a select few folks gotta ruin it for everyone. Seen it happen at Anacoco a few weeks back down below the spillway Not cool Quote
bassarmy7 Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Not cool Yep any fish for me is a good fish. Ill never keep any of em no matter how big or small they are to Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted August 9, 2015 Super User Posted August 9, 2015 <1lb Unless the water is below 50 degrees I hate these fish 1-2lbs Average, enjoyable unless I have to use a wacky senko to catch them 2-3lbs If I find a place where that is the average, I'm never fishing anywhere else 3-5lbs Solid fish, I'm excited now 5lbs and up only bite when I don't have scales with me Quote
masterbass Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 A 3-4lb fish is big one where I fish. Most of the time I'm catching 1-2lb although I did catch my personal best this year which was 7+. Quote
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