bass philosophy

[Nebe]

this past week i have taken 2 trips out- one trip yielded a beauty of a big fish in the low 30's.. the fight was disapointing, but reguardless it was a big one..

2nd trip yielded oodles of schoolies.

i enjoyed the 2nd trip more. non-stop action, my thumb is raw.. there were birds diving... it was a blast.


what do you guys prefer??? one big one or lots of small???

i guess this is the quantity over quality debate

[kippy]

I would settle for non-stop action any day over 1 nice fish, unless it's 50+

[Nebe]

hmm. the more i think about it, a 40 would be a nice single fish

[kippy]

I agree Eben, 40+ is sweet.

[tattoobob]

I was just pondering the same thing in my head, and I came to the conclusion that if you fish for large you don't catch sometimes at all
if you just go out and fish a spot that produces who knows what you will catch. so to answer you question I don't know I Hate getting skunked but I do both so I like it 50/50 if that makes any sense

[fishaholic18]

One large for sure.

[spence]

Originally Posted by fishaholic18

One large for sure.

Let the record stand, F18 is out for one big one

-spence

[In The Surf]

Definately the large especially when your talking 30 or larger and I'm with you on the battle their putting up. I've gotten in into some nice fish in the last two to three weeks where fish 10 to 15+ pounds smaller were giving a better battle fooling me into thinking they were getting larger as it got closer to sunrise.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by tattoobob

I was just pondering the same thing in my head, and I came to the conclusion that if you fish for large you don't catch sometimes at all
if you just go out and fish a spot that produces who knows what you will catch. so to answer you question I don't know I Hate getting skunked but I do both so I like it 50/50 if that makes any sense

i targeted large all season using big wood. because of that i got skunked alot, and probably missed a bunch of fish in the low teens... now i kind of regret it. i did have some great large nights, but they were not often.

[Zeno]

Originally Posted by Nebe

what do you guys prefer??? one big one or lots of small???

Honestly ,I don't care.For me ,the trill of a hunt is a lot more satisfying than the actual fight.Seeing a fish engulf a metal lip and trash it's tail once it realizes its pine and not mahogany .......priceless

[Headhunter]

In prior years I fished water that would guarantee mid teen to low twenty lb fish every night, rarely would I not land somthing in that range. This year I decided to fish "big fish " water more cosistantly. I will agree 40 lb + fish don't come on a consitant basis from the surf, but being willing to hunt more in big fish water paid off this year with three 40 lb + that are logged, and I believe I actually have a forth but need to go over the pics and my log. The number of 25 to 39 lb fish from the surf increased dramatically also. I would say that for the season as a whole I was consitant in the big fish catagory from the surf. Mid july and into the end of august were good boat times for me with a 47 and a 41 lb bass and at least 15 over 30 lbs. Hooking up is only 1/3 the battle, the gear is the other 1/3 and the experience is the last and deciding 1/3 in being consitant. I only lost 3 big fish out of the 40 or better I hooked up.

[DaveS]

I'll take 25 pounders any nite. I think the fish from 20-30# fight the hardest.

[basswipe]

For some it sounds like the only thing that matters is catching and only large at that.

I'm just glad that I'm ABLE to fish.Ask someone in a chair or missing an arm what matters.

Sixty-shmixty,I'm just glad to be out there.If the cow of a lifetime comes along then fan-freakin-tastical,if it doesn't then it doesn't.Of course I'd love to catch a giant but its not the primary concern.

Enjoy what you have.There may come a time when you can't.

[Bass Babe]

Fish are fish. It's really cool to catch something on the larger side, but I'm happy with anything and everything. Maybe it's because I've pretty much just started to fish...because every time I get a hit -- whether or not I can set the hook, whether or not I can land the fish -- it's just SO exciting to me. And we're just talking fish, but if I have a good day out on the water with a fishing buddy, it doesn't matter if we catch anything. I guess I'm easy to please.

[NIB]

Originally Posted by DaveS

I'll take 25 pounders any nite. I think the fish from 20-30# fight the hardest.

An in NJ there are days when we'll take a bluefish.