Any bass that is below the legal length to keep , is a dink in my book.

Same here.

When we all fish,we all have different ideas of what a "short" fish is . They have different names,one of them being a "Dink"

Whats everyones criteria about LMB. How big does a fish have to be before it can stop being considered a "Dink"

In my mind id say 1-1.5# and at least 13 inches its no longer a "Dink"

Anything under 5 pounds is a dink.

Anything YOU catch is a dink...

Anything I catch is a hawg... ;D

13in and under is a dinker for me!

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13 seems like a magic number. I can tell a significant difference in the fight between a <12 and 13". Anything under 13" can be hydroplaned back to the boat or shore. 13" will fight somewhat.

under 6 lbs is dink for me

When it becomes a squeeker.

Squeeker= a fish you have to double and triple check against the bump board before weigh-in.

Here in IL that would be 14".

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Anything YOU catch is a dink...

Anything I catch is a hawg... ;D

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Any bass that is below the legal length to keep , is a dink in my book.

Yep. On most of the waters that I fish, that's 15".

Tom

"When is a Dink no longer considered a Dink?"  When I don't catch it! 

When it becomes a ba-donk-a-donk. So when does a "rat" become a " knot head?"  When does a " schooler " become a " tournament grade fish?"  I'm confused by all this nomenclature. :-/

In my group there are three classifications of fish:  Dinks, "club fish" and Missouris.

Dink = less than 12" - you can't score it for a tournament

"club fish" = 12" - 15" - these score points

Missouri = 15" and over - thise score "big" points

Of course, if the fish comes unbuttoned, it can be as big as I want it to be - you'd be surprised how many 20"+ fish come unbuttoned during a tournament season :

For almost 60 years i thought a bass was a bass and Dinks were panfish? Boy have i been out of touch. On any day any size bass on my line is a good day just give me a day of the 1.5lb dinks.(many)  Heck i had a blast one day in a pond of smaller bass with the smallest panthermartin spinfly.  They were lined up like my lure was an amusement ride i must have caught thirty little bass. 

I seen a guy fishing the other day who wouldn't say a word to me. He was very serious about catching sunfish for some reason. I'm a man of very few words when fishing but not even a hi?

Anything less than average size is a dink, IMO.

If it measures it goes in the livewell.

My measurement is in fun  not size, being in Florida catching something over dink status is common.  To be honest I think the smaller ones oz for oz give a better account of themselves than the larger ones, I just use light tackle and enjoy.

I'd say anything over 2 1/2lbs is not a dink anything under is, when it comes to S. Florida Largemouth.

My measurement is in fun not size, being in Florida catching something over dink status is common. To be honest I think the smaller ones oz for oz give a better account of themselves than the larger ones, I just use light tackle and enjoy.

X2. I think this is a key point. Folks fishing a MH or H rod, with 17lb mono/flouro, or 50lb braid, probably have one idea of what is a dink, and others using UL, L, or M rods, with 4 to 8lb test line, have another perception entirely...

In my lakes, there aren't many big fish and I normally use an M or ML power BC rod, and M, ML, L, or UL power spinning rod. Makes the small fish more fun.

I think this has to do with the lake or pond you are fishing. If your fishing a lake such as Lake Simcoe here in Canada that averages 5-6lb smallmouth bass easily, I guess anything under 2 pounds would be considered a dink.

When I fish at my local pond, a 2.5 pounder makes me feel like I caught a hawg on light spinning gear and I wouldn't consider that a dink at all. Anything under 12" then I would say dink.

That's how I see it.

Any bass under 13in..  :-/

In tournaments i would say 3 pounds

It really depends on what body of water I'm on and how the day is going. A 2 pound bass may be a monster to me one day on one body of water and the same fish the next day on a different lake is a dink. It all depends on the day and location.