Still working on it.

17 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I sense a pattern here.  Its pretty much all states in the deep south...

Gotta love that dirty South! ?

 11Lb.South Carolina

On 11/12/2017 at 11:22 AM, Tweek1106 said:

Was watching a video regarding the odds of a bass making it to double digit weights and was shocked to hear just how few make it. 

 

I think it was 1 bass out of multiple millions of eggs...

 

Just wanted to know how many of you have caught a 10lb+ bass and in which state?

 

my second largest, 13.5, Jalisco.

Just about every 12 year old boy I know has caught at least two or three.  I go to the gym.  I pick up a 10 lb dumbell.  It seems light, really.  Super light.  I can do arm curls all day with these puppies.  But have I ever caught a bass even approximating 10 lbs?  Ha!  The heaviest bass I've caught might have weighed 7 lbs soaking wet (which it was).  I don't mind, though, because if it were relatively easy, anything smaller would seem like a dink.  I'm good. 

We all know fish tales are common place and no other activity exaggerates like fishing does.  In my experience, most that claim they caught a 10 pounder did not.  The alarming rate of anglers on this site that don't carry a scale will help my argument.  I see pics on here daily that people claim are 5lbs that are maybe 3lbs so I doubt almost every claim of a 10 lb bass.

 

Think about this, the record bass caught on the MLF circuit is 8lbs 5 oz.  These are the top pros fishing the best lakes year round.  10 pounders are not as common as many here claim they are.

 

My PB is just over 7 lbs and I've been fishing my whole life.  I have 100's of catches over 5 lbs and most people would believe that any of them were 10 lbs.  The fish in my profile pic is 6 lbs and I am constantly asked if it is 10.  

47 minutes ago, NCbassraider said:

  In my experience, most that claim they caught a 10 pounder did not. 

 

I doubt almost every claim of a 10 lb bass.

 

10 pounders are not as common as many here claim they are.

 

My PB is just over 7 lbs and I've been fishing my whole life.  I have 100's of catches over 5 lbs and most people would believe that any of them were 10 lbs.  The fish in my profile pic is 6 lbs and I am constantly asked if it is 10.  

Interesting take.

 

While I'd agree that double digit bass are not 'common', there are more in some places than others.

 

As for doubting claims of catches, there's a whole lot of really good sticks mixed into this BR crowd, just saying.

 

Finally, how long one has been bass fishing is merely a measure of time.

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Interesting take.

 

While I'd agree that double digit bass are not 'common', there are more in some places than others.

 

As for doubting claims of catches, there's a whole lot of really good sticks mixed into this BR crowd, just saying.

 

Finally, how long one has been bass fishing is merely a measure of time.

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

Fair enough, however you left this fact out of my quote which is quite compelling...

 

Think about this, the record bass caught on the MLF circuit is 8lbs 5 oz.  These are the top pros fishing the best lakes year round.  10 pounders are not as common as many here claim they are.

2 minutes ago, NCbassraider said:

Fair enough, however you left this fact out of my quote which is quite compelling...

 

Think about this, the record bass caught on the MLF circuit is 8lbs 5 oz.  These are the top pros fishing the best lakes year round.  10 pounders are not as common as many here claim they are.

The MLF anglers are clearly some of the very best  - but I think we can both agree that during those derbies, they are not looking for Trophy bass - especially when a 'score-able bass' in most cases only needs to be 12 inches.  

SO many of those shows, (and it is 'entertainment') because of the format, end up being dink fests where the majority  of the field is targeting docks in 3 feet of water with a light action spinning rod & a shakeyhead.

Not saying one couldn't get a DD bass that way, but let's just say that it's not a common practice

So IMO, MLF derby results do not reflect any body of water's DD Bass holding potential.

 

A-Jay

50 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

The MLF anglers are clearly some of the very best  - but I think we can both agree that during those derbies, they are not looking for Trophy bass - especially when a 'score-able bass' in most cases only needs to be 12 inches.  

SO many of those shows, (and it is 'entertainment') because of the format, end up being dink fests where the majority  of the field is targeting docks in 3 feet of water with a light action spinning rod & a shakeyhead.

Not saying one couldn't get a DD bass that way, but let's just say that it's not a common practice

So IMO, MLF derby results do not reflect any body of water's DD Bass holding potential.

 

A-Jay

Meh, that may be a stretch, but ok, I get your point.  Although I'm pretty sure the top anglers are hunting hogs not dinks.  

I've got one...bad part is the scale only read 7.2lbs

An 11.4 in Loxahatchee Preserve 30 years ago, an another possibly bigger but no scale that day, in a small deep pond.  Both were Florida fish.

19 minutes ago, NCbassraider said:

Meh, that may be a stretch, but ok, I get your point.  Although I'm pretty sure the top anglers are hunting hogs not dinks.  

Yeah they are hunting hogs when they are on the flw tour or on the bass elite series. But if 8 1lbers counts the same as an 8 lber, I'm catching dinks all day if that's what it takes to cash a check

I caught 1 in Narnia and 1 in Oz then I woke up when Toto’s barking scared away all the fish.

 

I wasted a lot of trips to Florida on salt water fishing. I should have been targeting big Bass on freshwater lakes.

Don't do a lot of selfies & don't have pictures of PB of 12 lb 8 ozs.

 

Didn't have scales at the time

Length: 26 3/8"

Girth: 17 1/4"

Y'all do the math!

 

 

You bet!

 

Caught me many a 10 and even a few world records!

 

Where? In a dream-state.  

20 minutes ago, Darren. said:

You bet!

 

Caught me many a 10 and even a few world records!

 

Where? In a dream-state.  

You might want to get to the airport early next time you are flying out of Norfolk. One of my VA over 10s came not too far from the South West terminal...

 

ps: How is that rinky dink airfield an International Airport.

I haven't caught one yet, but based on previous replies, I'd say I'm in the right state.

2 minutes ago, reason said:

You might want to get to the airport early next time you are flying out of Norfolk. One of my VA over 10s came not too far from the South West terminal...

 

ps: How is that rinky dink airfield an International Airport.

I fish on the Peninsula, near the even smaller airport! But 

will have to keep that in mind next time I'm down there.

 

There have been a number of 10 pounders caught out of

Harwood's Mill over the years, but not by me, sadly  .

 

Now that I'm becoming an addict of striper fishing, my 

time on fresh is going to be less than ever....

I have one that weighed 10 pounds 2 ounces on my digital scale. It was caught in VA.

 

My buddy has caught a lot of 10+ fish in VA and some 12+ fish on vacation in Florida. I've weighed 3 of his 10 to 11 pounders on my Rapala digital scale. He's been fishing a long, long time. He's caught more big fish since he quit fishing for money in the '80s. They seem to bite better on slow, slow, slow retrieves than on the run and gun tourney tactics.

 

This 10.5 was the only fish he caught that day back in the early spring. I kept telling him to take that 6" grub tail off the spinnerbait...he never did.  

 

 

 

 

23 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Now that I'm becoming an addict of striper fishing, my 

time on fresh is going to be less than ever....

Say it isn't so. Striped bass are the dumbest things that swim, besides you missed the boat. The late 90s to mid 2000s spoiled all the "rock" crowd. Guys without a clue were catching 50 and even 60 lb fish, or hundreds of fish per trip. 

Okay, found it, here's my weighed 10 pound 2 ounce fish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Catt said:

Don't do a lot of selfies & don't have pictures of PB of 12 lb 8 ozs.

 

Didn't have scales at the time

Length: 26 3/8"

Girth: 17 1/4"

Y'all do the math!

 

 

Oh good, maybe you might know, how much would one weigh that's about an inch longer and an inch wider?

If guesstimates count then I will add Tamaulipas MX, lake Guerrero. Caught several big bass that I estimate around 10 lbs., back in the mid 70's. No scale and we didn't care what they weighed back then. 10" red Fliptails worms ruled and we went though a few 100 bags.

Tom

I get the thinking a 7lber is a 10 plus deal.  There have been several exaggerated claims locally including one  of a claimed 11lbr that was 33 inches. Right out of the gate I flagged that due to the length. Would have looked like a barracuda. But there are numerous DD caught in FL annually and those are only the ones that are documented.