How many fish have you caught this year?

[Airman4754]

It has to be around 150 bass. I haven't fished much since March though. 

[IndianaFinesse]

You would need to make the pole in at least 122 fish increments for my 2,953 total fish to be in that range.. Most were largemouth bass, but also a a little over five hundred white bass.

But although I catch quit a few bass (mostly thanks to the ned rig) many of the bass are smaller, with this years average bass measuring only 12.6 inches long.

[Onvacation]

Since I decided to do it right this year and started with my first bass of the year in January, I am also happy to see that I am well out of your given range.  Even my wife who just started fishing in late April probably hits mid range. We fish a lot and they might not all be legendary, but they are all fun to catch.  Last day I was skunked, I left early because snow was falling.  

[S. Sass]

Quite a few but haven't ever kept records of numbers. Like has already been mentioned I fish for relaxation no need to stress over keeping counts or records. 

[OCdockskipper]

My personality is one where keeping track of things is fun, not stressful.  I enjoy looking back on the records I have kept, for me it helps reinforce memories that otherwise may get foggy over time.  I don't go overboard with the record keeping, I am still out there to fish, not do data entry in Quickbooks.  I keep track of just enough to make me happy.

That said, as of July 2nd of this year, I have gone out 30 times (average trip 6-7 hours) and have caught 906 bass so far.  The most in a day was 51, which included a flurry of 18 fish in less than 90 minutes and the least in a full day outing was 14 on the 3rd of January (although I did have a 2 hr mini-trip where I caught 6).  I didn't total up the numbers per lure type yet (that is a end of the year thing) but it looks like the Ned rig will most likely defend his title of #1 fish catcher against a myriad of challengers,

[Bluebasser86]

I had a very slow morning this morning and only put 12-15 fish in the boat. 

The one year that I kept track, it took me until April 30th to hit 1,000. 100 fish days are not uncommon in our lakes (home of the Ned rig afterall), they just aren't very big a majority of the time.

My big one from this morning was only 3lb 5oz on a frog, which is a very large fish for this lake.

 

I didn't see the "Any species", part. I maxed out this one before the end of January no doubt thanks to the white bass in the power plant lakes.

For a idea of numbers, this trip is on a power plant lake with @gardnerjigman the first week of February. It's edited way down, with over 100 white bass left edited out.

To give an idea of how many fish we were catching, I left the camera going for 5 minutes at one point.

 

[Oregon Native]

Would rather count the days I get to fish....fishing is always good....catching can be limiting.  But if I were required to keep track it would be in hundreds.  

[Mainebass1984]

Bass season doesn't start for me until the ice melts..... Since April I have caught 576 largemouth bass on 41 outings, 21 % have been larger then 3 lbs. I usually target bigger fish so my numbers do suffer a bit. Biggest so far is 7-10. Last year ended with 952 largemouth bass, 18 % over 3 lbs. Going to try and break the 1000 marker like in years past. Our season is limited by ice. Most years I can fish from April - Nov.

I really don't target smallmouth very much but so far have caught. Ive caught 59 smallmouth, 20 over 3 lbs. Biggest so far is 4-12.

 

[Derekbass02]

I know exactly how many bass I have caught this year but i'm to lazy to look it up so I just guessed.

[buzzed bait]

i don't keep count either, but i know for sure i haven't caught enough!!  

[Djman72]

Fishing is, to me, like drinking. I never count.

[thomas15]

I have spent a total of less than an hour fishing so far 2016

[Fish4bigfish]

Hey but I have caught 32 fish this year over 21 inches

[geo g]

I fish 300 days per year.  I have caught at least 2000 this year.