IMO fish over 35 lbs start to take a different shape.They gain quite a bit in the girth department.Big shoulders..This run of 35-40 lbers all seem similar..Bullet heads like tuna...
When they get over 4o they seem different.Like from a different strain,Year class...Longer not as girthy..To me it's seems weird.Anyone else notice this..
I would call anything over 35 large..

a 4 lb. Smallmouth is large
a 6 lb. Largemouth is large
a 15 lb. Bluefish is large
a 30 lb. Striper is large
a 75 lb. Tuna is large
a 200 lb Anglah is large

Nah......I never liked fishing in Rhode Island that much.;)

I always liked the adjectives MikeP used to describe bass of different sizes, maybe he will chime in.

Personally I classify bass in pounds not adjectives like large although I feel a fish begins to get decent somewhere around 15 pounds, I set my standards low. It also depends on the gear you are using, if you are using light tackle schoolie gear and you catch a 20 lb bass on 6 lb test, that is pretty good IMO. and if you are using a tuna stick and get a 15 lb bass, it is just small.
I fish for recreation, for fun, I don't commercial fish.

I think Nebe put numbers to my thoughts.

Just give me fish......big, small, dinks, schoolies, cows, slobs, large, fat, skinny, shorts......I will take them all!:eyes:

Cool...LOL:humpty::humpty:

What happens in Pasque, stays in Pasque.
It's almost like a vacation in Thailand I'm told.
Good Luck, and wear a raincoat.

For me decent fish is 25-30lb.... large is anything over 30lbs from shore.

There's only two catogories of stripers.....dead on my dinner plate or live to swim another day.

Very good list accept the 75lb tuna
The REAL tuna guys call us baby killers catching those!
73 inches is a legal giant, but 400lb plus is considered large !

anything over 30 is "large" to me.

If im fishing in april with a schoolie rod and i get a keeper i think its large. If im trowing eels in the canal large is over 42". I dont weigh anything so pounds dont work for me. If the fish held with its tail touching the ground goes over my hips its a large fish. Im 6'1". If ive fished for a couple days and only managed a dink, a 30" is large. ITs all relative i guess.

Shore 25#

Boat 35#

Pretty much what I've always gone by. It also has a lot to do with what's available at a given time. Nowadays both of these benchmarks get beat pretty regularly by anglers of all skill levels. Take home message is we have a very good fishery right now so enjoy it. You might not encounter great blitzes in your local waters every time out, but we have a big pool of available big fish coastwide.