What's Large????
 

off shoot of the other thread....let's here what is a LARGE, BIG or rewarding catch to you....
I'll take 25lb stripers all day and I consider them to be decent and think 30# is a good benchmark to be called a BIG fish...

yeah, 25# would be a good benchmark for a "big fish" but a 20 pounder for me is an exciting catch and is the benchmark for what I consider a "nice fish", a keeper to teen size bass would be called a "good fish" and anything under keeper size is considered a "just a fish, but still fun"

I'd love to hear from some guys who I know land LARGE regularly..
PM,TO, SD, BB, RL, C10, ......

A decent fish is 25-40 and large is 40+ pounds

It's all relative to what you're used to.

To a novice, a 15 pound fish is pretty huge.

If a 25 pound fish is a personal best then that's going to be a large fish.

If you're experienced, target and actually catch 20+ fish then your perception might be different.

-spence

Now for the wild card. While one can no doubt catch large fish from the shore, a boat opens up an entire new realm of accessibility, also changing perception.

what's a "large", "dink", "keeper-size", "good" etc. etc. etc. fish depends on the type of fishing and the expectations of the fisherman and is subjective. there's no right or wrong answer and its silly to even spend time debating IMO.

its way easier to just talk in numbers, anyway. why say "we were into good fish last night" when you can say "we were into mid 20 pound class fish last night" for example.

One mans large is another mans bait.Its all in ones perspective i just like to fish and if i'm lucky it will be large enough for me.:tooth:

Yes, the wild card that boat fish don't count.

:)

-spence

I agree...it is what you decide to be large, that is what I said :huh:...so what is it??? :bshake:

At least within the group of guys I fish with, any fish bigger than about 40 inches/20 pounds is a very nice fish we'd be real happy with. Anyone seeing a fish of that size or better would clearly be saying "nice fish", "great catch", etc.

Below that its just keeper or schoolie.

I fish only from shore except for a charter or two here and there, in the boats I'm sure people would be going a notch up from that.

Any day I break 20# is a 'good' day as I had atleast 1 'good' fish.

But there's a world of difference between catching a 38-40" 20# and a 42-43" 28 or 29# fish.

It depends on what you are used to seeing come out of the water. Anything 25+ gets me pretty excited.

44-45" seems to be the mark I'm looking for, that's when they start to look big to me, I think thats usually a low 30# fish.

30 pounds has always been the benchmark.

It depends on the method used. Subtract 10 lbs if you used bait and another 10 if you used a boat and it works out about right.

A 30 pound strip4er is a good fish no matter what method one uses, ie surf, boat, bait, artificial etc..

Hi Bill:rotflmao:

I agree....
 

Otherwise, a canal fish has to 30+ lbs to be a good fish. I can catch 20 lb fish in there all day. Boat fishing, IMO, doesn't make it easier to catch big fish, maybe just increases your chances of finding more fish. (ex. blitzes of smaller fish)

I'm always happy just to be fishing. This includes surf, canal, or from my little tin boat. I get especially tickled with any fish over 35 lbs.
Hard to tell if George is serious with a comment like that one, usually he comes across as sensible.

anwser the question please...what's a Large striped bass...:hee: :musc:

thank you SD :wave:

no popcorn needed
good thread!

no popcorn needed matt :hs:

thank you too...:)

No its bill's wife really:hf1:

ya right....I did a pose for you at the canal :laughs:

i think over 12# is decent, a fish over 20# is a nice fish, over 25# is VERY NICE, and over 30# is large.

it kind of depends on how the fishing is, though. If in a drought then a 20 becomes large.

Really? On vacation this week?

Bill, please don't post under Leslie's account.

I feel 30#s and up as Large, 20-30 decent, but all fish fun :btu:

Oh man John, relax will ya? it was for a minute? there are more important things in the world. Ok I am out...

I don't care what anyone says if you pull a 20# in off the beach that is a damn good fish. I would give the term "LARGE" to anything over 25#'s

This is all shore though cause boat fish don't count :hidin:

Anything over 30 pounds is a large fish for me,

I am just happy fishing and being on the ocean, catching fish is a plus,

You guys are kidding about boat bass being different than shore caught fish I hope.

A fish is a fish is a fish, doesn't mater to me how it's caught

so damn true, it's just the icing on the cake!

This thread is funny.A large fish is just that.....It has to be big,fat and long.I guess the bottom line is you can't say you got a large one today without being worried that someone will say it isn't large.It was nice.It was big but...wasn't large.

to me, its about the hit and the fight. I remember how a fish wacked the eel, bunker, plug, etc and how much it fought. Some of my most memorbale fish were ones I did not land or even hook. I've had days where schoolies are knocking plugs out of the water and hitting with reckless abandon, thats more fun to me than a large fish that doesnt even fight. If I had to put a rating out there, I'd agree with Zacs.

Nice!!



I'd say over 30lbs form shore is large

Nah, just trolling for ladyfish.

Large is 35# +++

A large bass from the surf, is anything over 25#'s. IMO. :)

Best to check with the OTW folks about this, they make the rules.
Of course, there is that whole "experienced fisherman" handicap factor we choose not to consider. All I know is that 28# fish I caught at age 13 was one helluva lot bigger than the #49's I caught at age 40?