Lets face it a 10lb bass is a big bass any where, but some places, while still beeing excellant for bass fishing, just don't produce double digit bass on a regular basis. I am from western NY state, here is what I and many others consider to be the bench marks for Largemouth bass size in our region.

less than 1lb = dink

1 to 1.5 lb average size keeper

1.5 to 3lbs above average respectable size bass

3+ to 5lbs these are pretty big bass for around here, not uncommen, but you don't catch them left and right either.

5+ to 7lbs, real big bass around here, bragging size.

7+ to 9lbs, true hogs, for some the fish of a lifetime

9+ to 11lbs, monsters, not many around here, any one who fishes in NY will agree.

11+ and we are talking possable state record (our record is 11-14 I think).

What are the standards in your region? Smallmouth guys post your thoughts too.

8-10lbs i would say is a big bass.....

Alfred

Here in Michigan  5lb is big,  6lb is real big, anything bigger is huge.  Very few 7lbers caught, but once in a great while you'll hear of an 8,9, or 10.  State record  11-15 caught through the ice.

Western NY huh? Im from Rochester so, you know the deal.  Biggest bass I have caught was 24inchs 5#12oz, according to the digital scale I have. But I think its off anywhere from a half a lb to 1lb.  I weighed my buddies 10# downrigger ball and it was 9#.  Anyways it was big!  I got it in late August, wish it was early April, full ov eggs.  My dad dropped one at the boat that I guess was one of those once and a life time fish, upper 8's or 9's.  Heartbreaker!!

5lbs and up is worth telling about.

I'm from Northwestern Missouri where the record largemouth is 13 lbs 14 oz.  The record smallmouth is 7 lbs 2 oz.  I normally fish for largemouth.  There are occasions where bass over 10 lbs have been caught in Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Lake.  Generally, a bass of this size is mammoth in Missouri.  Reports of 6 - 8 lb'ers are common every year in all of the bigger lakes and in farm ponds, but I myself have never broken the 7 lb barrier.  This is frustrating, but I have every intention of changing this in the near future.  8-)

while ive heard of big ones here in PA, ive yet to see them. i consider a big fish anything over 3 lbs. then again , ive only been fishing for about 4 months. my PB is probably in the 4-5 lb region, and ive only caught 2 over 2 pounds.

anyone wanna take me where bigger fish are?? :-/

The first one of the day, it gets the goose egg of the board, after that, 12 lbs is a good one in Tx.

Hookem

Matt

8-12 pounds is a big fish

13+ now that 's what we 're talking about.  

6 lbs and up is pretty big on my lake

Central TX (Stillhouse lake)

1lb-Dink

1.5-3lb-Decent fish

3-5lb- Average Good fish

5-7lb- Better than average good fish

8lb-9lb-Lunker

10lb+  You know the deal

I mostly fish Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn.  2-3#'s is a good chunk.  3-6#'s is a good one.  6-10#'s gets a picture and anything over 10#'s gets a replica.  My PB is 9.13lbs. and there are way bigger ones than that out there.  Toledo and Sam rayburn are full of 1.5-3# fish.

3 lbs - Fun

4 lbs - Getting There

5 lbs + - Big

I am in the Saint Louis, MO area. I would say 3 lbs is decent in my book. Anything 5 and over  is big for this area.

Mobile Tensaw delta,Ala. South delta\brackish water,no bigger than 5 lbs.Alabama\Tombigbee rivers further north 7.5 lbs.Although a 9 lbs bass holds the tournament record here.

where I live, 8 lbs. is considered a quality fish, and 10 or more a biggun.

4-5 is a lunker here.

Md. state record is only in the 11 lb. range. anytime i hook something 3lbs. or bigger i'm happy. my largest catch is a touch over 7 lbs. i caught it at a small local state park pond.

greenfish    5pounds plus

brown fish   6 pounds plus

10+

i would say 7-8 is a big bass in Ga

I fished with a guide on Table Rock lake last year (Branson, MO). This guy fishes 4 to 12 hours a day, every day. Still, his biggest bass ever was just 8lbs 12 oz.

I fish Southern Illinois.

I'll catch a few 5+ pounders every year.

I've caught a few over 6 lifetime.

I've got friends who've caught 7s.

I've heard stories of 8s.

I've seen pictures of 10s, from the power plant lakes (coffeen and Egypt).

If I caught an 8 pounder, I'd think I'd faint.

10+

Shouldn't that zero been a five there capt.

Anything I catch over 3# is a big bass! ;D

10+

Shouldn't that zero been a five there capt.

Nope. 8-14 is "big". 15+ is huge. 20+ is a monster and not the norm for most of the year. Yes...I know I'm getting technical.  

I might change my view after a few more years of fishing.