The Smallest Dinks

[Mobasser]

I'd been fishing a plastic worm in bright sun, and had caught two keeper size bass from a large cove, in about thirty minutes time.                         Some clouds came over, and the surface remained calm. I reached for my casting rod, and tied on my Zara Spook. I cast, and began walking my spook across the cove.                            The first cast brought nothing, but  on my next cast, when I lifted my bait from the water, there was a 4" bass hooked on one of the back trebles. I never knew he was there. He'd gone for a wild ride, getting jerked back and forth across the cove.                            I carefully released him, and he bolted off, acting like nothing had happened. I've also hooked a couple of less than 6" bass fishing large 10" plastic worms.                                Sometimes, I'm amazed by these dinks.  They'll try to eat something that's bigger than they are.   I hope they grow up, and become big bass, and have the same  voracious appetites.                      I'm sure others have had similar things happen. The dinks are out there.                      Tell me about the smallest dink you've ever caught on a big bass lure.                       

[A-Jay]

No much to tell.

A-Jay 

[MN Fisher]

16 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

No much to tell.

I've had monsters like that.

[casts_by_fly]

 

Yup.  Grabbed the front treble like it was going to t-bone that baitfish.  Hooked right in the corner of the mouth and took the whole bait down for a brief 2 seconds.  

[LrgmouthShad]

It takes real skill to catch one of these juniors. You may not know they are attached to your bait, trouble hooking them, hard to find, etc.

 

Catching one of these gemstones is the mark of a true professional

[Bazoo]

A lot of times I'll catch them on crankbaits, sometimes topwater. Cute little guys.

 

The other day I was fishing a pond and I kept getting nipped right at shore on my worm, so I put on a smaller worm and pulled out a dink. Gotta meet the Boss sometime.

[Spankey]

My avatar pic is a dink of a dink. That’s an old pic from years ago. I was fishing a recirc discharge pipe into the river down by the railroad tracks. Generally is a good smallie spot. I got into a whole bunch of small largemouth right in that spot. I believe the pic has a Bandit 200 in Butterbean but it could be a Bomber 6a in white. Was a crazy morning that morning. Must of caught 10-12 that size. 

My avatar pic is a dink of a dink. That’s an old pic from years ago. I was fishing a recirc discharge pipe into the river down by the railroad tracks. Generally is a good smallie spot. I got into a whole bunch of small largemouth right in that spot. I believe the pic has a Bandit 200 in Butterbean but it could be a Bomber 6a in white. Was a crazy morning that morning. Must of caught 10-12 that size. 

[Timpson]

Also my avatar is a picture of a dink

[RRocket]

[Bankc]

My avatar is probably the smallest bass I've ever caught.  Definitely a lot bigger than what everyone else is posting.  Caught him with a jigging spoon about half his size casting towards a bait ball. 

The one time I have the biggest fish in the contest... ugh. 

[LonnieP]

[Bazoo]

Pretty cute little guys posted. I've never caught anything that small. About 6" is my smallest.

 

2 hours ago, RRocket said:

Beautiful.

[Peacedivision]

looking through pics I think these were my 2 dinkiest dinks of the last year.

[RRocket]

17 minutes ago, Bazoo said:

Pretty cute little guys posted. I've never caught anything that small. About 6" is my smallest.

 

Beautiful.

Thanks! 

 

Caught on a TRD TicklerZ

[Bazoo]

Not as small as yalls, but I thought this one was humorous.  The look on the fishes face with the worm wrapped around his head.

 

 

[gim]

Take a stroll over to the latest pics thread and you’ll see no shortage of dinks there.

 

Mine go back as quick as humanly possible.

[Bird]

This was a WP 110...... thought I had grass.

[Woody B]

Probably not the smallest Bass I've ever caught but I caught this one on an 8 inch long swimbait.  

 

 

[bp_fowler]

I’ve caught no shortage of dinks in my time.  This one on a swim jig 

And this one on a crank bait.

[Jmurphy87]

Smallest fish that I have ever caught on a lv500 lipless no clue what species it is probably a bluegill or some panfish species.

[Bazoo]

2 hours ago, Woody B said:

Probably not the smallest Bass I've ever caught but I caught this one on an 8 inch long swimbait.  

 

 

Beautiful coloring.

[GreenPig]

Caught a measured 2.25" LM on a Roostertail. Long before my phone had a camera so no pic.

[Bankbeater]

The worst part is trying to get the hook out of their mouths without hurting them.  I carry a pair of forceps with me now since the pliers are too big to use.

[Choporoz]

I think it was @WRBthat pointed out to me that bass don't own mirrors and limited reasoning capacity... most likely don't have any concept of how small they are when they decide they are hungry

 

Scrolled past this thread a few times and each time I only glimpse it scrolling by, I think it's about me and decided not to acknowledge 

[Bluebasser86]

Hoping for a striper on a glide, thought I snagged a leaf.

 

Fishing for flathead bait with a 1/80oz jighead and a piece of a 2" grub.