First, I know it's not the largest. My buddy and I were fishing a really small pond (~3 acres) in the Kansas City area and he pulled this sucker out of there. Our scale was in the car a half mile away. Quite frankly, we weren't expecting much. How big could largemouth bass get, theoretically, in an environment like this (I've never seen anyone else fish there)?

 

 

 

 

wild guess, 3 1/2 - 4 lbs

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^x3. If I’m telling the story without showing the pic, I’d make it bigger than that ?!  Nice fish anywhere. Way to go. 

I agree about 4 lbs

Id agree 3.5 to 4. How big could they get in a pond that size? I'm in northern iowa. We have a smaller state record largemouth than you guys. I have a pond no bigger than that I fish regularly..caught an 8 lber out of it a couple falls back.

I’d say 4+.

I’d say 4 lbs. 

 

Now, as far as the size of bass and the size of ponds are concerned, who knows? Two weeks ago I caught this bass out of a pond I’d say is between 1.5 and 2 acres in size. At the time I had no scale (have one now), but did measure it at 22”. It’s my PB. Graphs online say it should be a shade over 6 lbs. I guess what I'm saying is that there are a lot of variables that affect the size of bass in a body of water, so the acreage of a pond is one variable but may or may not be the most important driver. Sounds like your pond may produce decent bass!

 

Agree with everyone else 3-4 pounds

3.5 to 4

I've caught them up to 6lbs out of ponds I could cast across, also in the KC area.

Looks like an honest 4 to me.

 

 

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The bass you are holding appears to be around 3.5-4 pounds. Next time bring a scale or measure the length and girth of the bass to get a weight estimate.

Thanks for the replies. 3.5-4 was what I was thinking. I asked the second question because I was fishing there a couple weeks ago and saw the silhouette of what looked like a 6-7 lb bass. Just making sure I'm not crazy. 

3 hours ago, hdanger07 said:

My buddy and I were fishing a really small pond (~3 acres) in the Kansas City area and he pulled this sucker out of there. Our scale was in the car a half mile away. Quite frankly, we weren't expecting much. How big could largemouth bass get, theoretically, in an environment like this (I've never seen anyone else fish there)?

The pond could have some bass in the 6-8 pound range or bigger if the pond has a healthly population of small fish for the bass to eat.

On 5/25/2020 at 10:18 PM, Weedless said:

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That's the same number I had in mind, except my 6th place number would've been '5',  not 8

 

Roger

 

3.75 +/- 

 

Nice catch!!

HINT:  Hold it closer to the camera and it looks a lot larger.  Get a close up pic and tell everybody it was 7 lbs. +