I have had a lot of days where I caught 50-100 dinks. Those are certainly fun but not nearly as much fun as giant bag. Now if we were talking about catching 50 bass in a day with a number of 2-4 pounders mixed in, I might consider that a better day than catching on 5 bass that went 25+ pounds.
I guess it really depends though. On my last trip, I didn't catch 10 bass the entire day but had just shy of 20 pounds but I was utterly ecstatic!
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Sometimes the one. Sometimes the other.
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I don’t agree with this. On days that I have caught some of my biggest limits,20# +, I caught very few fish,sometimes those were the only five I caught.Originally Posted by RFeyoMN
Depends on which pays more.
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I lived in ND and we had a lot of the same thing as you guys as far as numbers mixed with quality. However, I'd say that is a big difference between fishing up north vs south. If you are catching big fish down south, you probably are only catching a few and nothing else.
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50 one pounders hands down when fun fishing
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Good answer. For me, it would be 5 four pounders. This spring we rolled up on a whole and caught about 20 1+ pounders in very short order. While it was fun because I' never caught that many fish out of such a tiny spot it did begin to get a little old. Now if I had some young kids with me it would have been an absolute blast!
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I never had Fun catching more than 5 or 6 > #1ers > I move somewhere else on the Lake.I don't fish Tournaments but I like #2(14inch) or better. I did not buy a Boat to sit on a Lake and catch #1ers all day. I was on a research Lake in Northern Wisconsin catching 9 to 13 inch smallies. We left after 3 hours of that B.S. My buddies catch and keep crappies 8-10.5 inches- You need a surgeon's knife to Fillet them. I would rather catch 2-3lbers than 50-100 12inch bass.
One of Raider's guides [Donnie] ( Glen Elder Ks) caught a huge walleye on a micro lite with 4lb line. No leader.
id get bored after the 25th 1 pounder. Give me big 1s.
25 three pounders
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Its great to catch a bag of quality fish but I do love a day when the action is fast and furious even if they are small fish. My favorite way to fish is finesse with a spinning rod, smaller fish feel big on a light rig, and there is always a chance of sticking a good one.
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Golly gee, I sit here wondering as I type on my new I-Phone Max....in my mom's basement....I luv to see a tassel of little itty bitty bassy's caught by big strong men....give it to me!!!
The more the better! Just love catchin'em!
Sept here InSouthern Utah is schooling bass time. We have Northen strain bass here.
State record is 10.02 out of Lake Powell.
I caught 50 bass before 10:00 yesterday and had 63 by 12:00 when I pulled off the lake. I fished a 1/2 jig and caught bass from 6 inches to 3lbs. Week before I caught 81 fish. If your catching fish the big ones will come. I don’t target big or small fish and I’ve had those big fish days. I love to catch fish so size isn’t really an issue.
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One 50 pounder.
I'd take one 25 pounder over either choice.
I don't get to fish as much as I would like to. So at this point and time it would be quantity, but don't get me wrong nothing like a big fish on the end of my line.
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