Catching Big Fish Consistently

[Bigbarge50]

Ohh sorry if I seemed a little vague that second time I mentioned the record, should have said like the first time it was the FLW record....... both are beyond impressive and needless to say those rare days that come along only every few years. I actually was just reading through FLW magazine yesterday when I saw the thread and seeing I had just read the article from then, figured it was worth a mention.

[WRB]

Big bass is a relative term; 6 lb smallmouth or spotted bass, 8 lb northern strain LMB, 12 lbs Florida strain LMB is the general nation wide bench marks. 3 lb to 4 lb NLMB is average size adult female nearly anywhere. If you are not catching 3 lb to 4 lb on occasion, you need to fish deeper and slower or at night with lures that represent the primary forage; crawdads and baitfish.

I believe OH Ivie is near DFW and has produced 16 lb LMB. KVD caught an 11 lb LMB during a tournament within a few miles of DFW airport.

Where I fish the lakes are small and within 40 miles of Los Angeles. Castiac is a few miles off interstate 5, these are high pressured lakes that produce giant bass, but not for bass anglers who don't take the time to learn how to fish for big bass.

Tom

PS; "In Pursuit of Giant bass" Bill Murphy, a good book to read on this topic.

[Nitrofreak]

Where we fish in and around Va. a 4 lb fish is a good fish, a 5 lb fish is common to see on my favorite lake, it seems every tournament two to three boats have at least one or sometimes two, so my big fish would be multiple 5 lb fish anything above that to me would be reguarded as really big fish.

I have to agree with WRB in his statement about Bill Murphy's book.

Fishing lake Anna here in Va. I was at a loss when I first started fishing there, then I found this web-site and learned about how to fish, once I applied what I learned here to what I know about the lake it all started to come together and made perfect sence.

To consistently catch big fish is not something I have mastered yet and most likely never will but by reading these posts and articals in this web-site I am begining to understand what it takes to get better at doing so.

To consistently catch big fish one must first find the fish and learn of their travels and habbits throughout the whole season which equates to a LOT of time on the water.

I for one can tell you for sure that fishing a pond that has monster bass in it is NOTHING like going to a large lake and fishing for big fish, while fishing a pond gives you the experience you need to build confidence in your abilities the larger bodies of water will put what you have learned to the test along with your confidence.

Homework, experience on the water, more homework and more experience on the water finding out those places where they live to hunt and feed any given time of the year will net you consistently larger fish, does this mean all you will catch is big fish? absolutly not but your chances of catching multiple larger fish will only increase each time you venture out IF you learn from each session on the water.

[redboat]

I believe OH Ivie is near DFW and has produced 16 lb LMB.

You are correct; the lake record on Ivie is 16 lbs, although it's not really near DFW That lake is 229 miles west, about the same distance as Toledo Bend but the opposite direction. I may give it a try in the Spring, if it rains and the level comes up: it is 40 feet low at present, 18% full, so I doubt if any launches are open.

"In Pursuit of Giant bass" Bill Murphy, a good book to read on this topic.

Thanks, I'll see if I can get a copy.