How many did you catch in 2017?

[Tweek1106]

Me and a buddy keep track every year and I wanted to see if anyone else knew how many they caught for the year.

 

Personally I finished at 315 bass of various species (300+ LMBs with a sprinkling of smallies, rock, and spotted bass).

 

*Disclaimer* I fish mostly golf courses, and small ponds so most of those were in the 1 - 2.5lbs range.....not many lunkers at all.

 

How'd you guys do in 2017?

[22RangerZ520R]

I don't know total numbers for 2017, but I do remember my best bass fishing trip of my life happened in 2017.....

 

I broke my PB 5 times in four days...  The five that broke my previous PB that trip were:  12lb 8oz, 9lb 4oz, 9lb 4oz, 8lb and 8lb.  I had a 34lb 8oz bag one day, then a 35lb bag the next day and then the final day I caught just one single fish the whole day, but it was a 12lb 8oz gorilla!!! 

 

I'm smiling ear to ear just typing this and remembering that trip! 

 

     

[N Florida Mike]

I culled 150 bass out of my lake this year to thin the herd so the fish's average size would improve. I'm sure I released at least as many as I kept , and that doesn't include fish caught elsewhere. So , at least 300 bass. 

That doesn't include other species that I don't track at all.

It was a fairly good year for big fish. 

 

(not if you compare to 18ranger ) but I got one over 8 , and one over 7. several more over 4.

[slonezp]

I would only be guessing at 200 bass, 10 pike, 10 walleye, and well over 1000 panfish

[Darren.]

Definitely less than previous years. Simply didn't get out

as much... No numbers, don't always keep track, so they'd

be inaccurate.

[A-Jay]

No clue as to the total numbers but it was a pretty good year.

Here's a few.

 

https://www.facebook.com/life.at.the.45th.parallel/media_set?set=a.1587883044624886.1073741843.100002096185350&type=3&pnref=lhc

 

A-Jay

 

[Catt]

2 or 3 ?

[MI.Kayaker]

435 bass and pike. 100+ snook

[CroakHunter]

5 over 5. 2 over 6. 1 over 7 (my pb) I only fish a couple times a year. 

[Dtrombly]

Notable fish we're a 5 and a 6.5 (my pb) and a lot under 4 lbs. A handful of rock bass and a handful of smallmouth. 

[IndianaFinesse]

4,627 total fish, mostly largemouth, but also some other species as well.  I also caught 4 of my top 5 biggest bass this year, and my pb flathead of 45 pounds, on an 8 pound mono leader no less.  

[Bankbeater]

Crappie, sunfish, and largemouth bass totaled 182.  It was kind of an off year.  No muskie, smallies, or spots in 2017.

[BCline]

	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2017 Total	376	110	95	71	100
2017 Total Over 1 Pound	48	15	10	10	13
Average Fish/Day	2.10	2.00	1.94	2.09	2.44

 

This was the first year I kept a fishing log.  Included in the summary above is by PB @ 7-4.  I typically only get to fish for an hour during my lunch break so the Fish / Day numbers are actually Fish / Hour.

 

It was a good year!!

[Bluebasser86]

I kept track one year and found it to be more than I wanted to do. I caught 2,776 bass that year even with it being a slower than average year due to extreme drought and not fishing for bass during most of July and August.

[riverbasser]

On 1/1/2018 at 9:07 PM, IndianaFinesse said:

4,627 total fish, mostly largemouth, but also some other species as well.  I also caught 4 of my top 5 biggest bass this year, and my pb flathead of 45 pounds, on an 8 pound mono leader no less.  

Dang man that's an average of 12.6 bass per day. You must have 100 fish days. 

 

I don't keep count but it was more than last year and that's alright by me.

[IndianaFinesse]

1 hour ago, riverbasser said:

Dang man that's an average of 12.6 bass per day. You must have 100 fish days. 

 

I don't keep count but it was more than last year and that's alright by me.

Haven't hit 100 in one day yet (bass anyways), but I did get 99 once last year.  I fish about 240-260 days a year (mostly shorter 2-4 hour trips) which makes a larger than average number of fish very attainable.  Finesse helps to

[OCdockskipper]

875 for 2017, a down year due to less trips and a lower catch rate

 

Edit - actually, I forgot to include the bass I caught in the spring on a trip to Georgia & Texas (63) as well as the ones during our summer vacation (54).  Adding those in bumps the total to 992

 

[TravisVirginiaAngler]

I broke 500 by April. So I'll say over 1,000 for sure. It was a great year, but I cannot wait to see what 2018 brings!

[J._Bricker]

Sadly friends, I have to admit I didn’t catch enough of ‘em or too many.... I never will 

[MIbassyaker]

238.  Mostly largemouth, 34 smallies, 12 pike, 4 rock bass

[DogBone_384]

On 1/27/2018 at 11:50 AM, J._Bricker said:

Sadly friends, I have to admit I didn’t catch enough of ‘em or too many.... I never will 

Right with ya! 

 

A rough estimate would be around 100: LMB, SMB, pickerel, assorted perch, and a handful of trout.

[LionHeart]

Oh bout' 40 or 50

[TnRiver46]

Not as many largemouth as usual but a whole bunch of nice 3-4 lb smallmouth. Thousands of white bass and a good many bluegill crappie and catfish. Boat loads of accidental drum and a dozen or so striped bass

[Ratherbfishing]

It was an inverse bell-shaped curve for me.  Lots in the Spring and fewer in the summer and then lots in the Fall again.  I can't quantify how many, really.  Not enough because I didn't get to fish as much as I would have liked.

[MaineBassMan]

I'll have to keep track this year, I have no clue. I know its a lot between 2 of us in the boat we have broken 100 fish a day, I know its in the high hundreds. A slow non tournament day is around 20 to 30 bass a really slow day might be around 15 fish a day but we usually break 30 a day to 50 especially in the spring I'd say we average 30 to 40 a day.