How many bass would you expect to catch this time of year

If you fished from 6am-12pm (or as long as you can take the heat), how many fish would you expect to catch to call it a good day?

A lot of factors at play here. But for the sake of argument on average between 5 - 40 bass.

a couple weeks ago we went out on thursday evening from 6:30-9:00 and caught 18.5 pounds between our best 5 fish... that following saturday from morning till little after lunch and caught 3 fish for about 7lbs.

we went out this past saturday and fished from 6-2 and caught 2 fish. on(one was 5lbs)
we went this past tuesday from 6:15pm-915pm and caught 14... and its been like this for several weeks now.

Depends on the lake.

How about your ‘home lake’ or one your enjoy to go to.

For two people where I’m fishing.

10-15 is a bad day.
20-30 is average.
40+ is a big day.

If I only wanted to catch bass 50 plus. If I wanted 4+ pound bass probably 3.

Can I go. I just live down the road from you. I could use some of that. Mexico is calling my Name.

Me too! How big is your boat?

It depends on the lake or weather. Here lately I have been averaging 10 an outing by myself with 37 being the most. If I have someone else with me it can range from 10-50.

0-2 on Alan Henry unless I feel like throwing a small popper and catching 20-10” fish.

Other nearby lakes, 5-10 keeper sized fish is decent day.

10-20 would be a great day.

I would do better fishing the hottest part of the day. My morning bite has not been as good this year. 2 pm till 8pm I expect a dozen. 5 will be decent and 1 will be a 5 plus

Had this conversation last trip. What’s a good trip? For me any trip I catch 10+ myself, I consider it a very good trip. 20+ and I text my wife and kids that I’m quitting my job and going pro. Kind of my running joke in our family group text.

30+ or a Chitty day

Monday evening, on Waxahachie lake, I caught around 55-60 from 5:30-8:30. Schooling on the dam. In contrast, today on lake Clark, I fished from 6-8 and caught 4. Both were fun in their own ways. Waxahachie was fishing a community honey hole. Clark was fishing top water morning bite. Clarks fish averaged around 3-1/2 pounds each. Waxahachie fish were ALL under 14".

I would think that the number of fish feeding in the "twilight" hours, and overnite, is extremely high, right now. Also, seems small schoolers are more prevalent, in the summer, so depending on the lake, daytime trips could be catching a bunch of 2 lb'ers then hope for 1-2 fish over 5 lbs., and maybe a 3 lb. or two. Best 5 is more important than numbers, to me.

0-25

good day would be over 100 w a lot of schoolers.

i think the heat is getting to some of you guys.....

I expect to find and catch deep schools of big wolf pack bass every time in the summer (but, obviously they aren't always biting like that)

Hottest part of the day, especially if there's a good wind, and maybe some cloud cover/approaching front, my confidence increases.

I mostly fish alone from 7 a.m. to about 11 a.m.

Normal would be a dozen or so.

Man, I want to fish wherever some of these other guys go, or maybe they're just better than me... I agree with the above, but I will say that I typically try and target quality over quantity. Id rather catch 5 good ones than 50 dinks.

Yeah you could literally catch 100 fish a day on alan Henry if you threw the smallest castmaster spoon they make or a beatle spin.

Could also catch tons of tiny spots on topwater throughout the day, just not what im after.

Im only counting keeper fish above.

If I catch 50 10-12" fish, yeah it might be a fun day, but not what I call a good day if I couldnt figure out a bigger bite.

Catching about 30 at Fork.

You could catch around 10-20...after that you are subject to bursting into flames at any moment.

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