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Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 03:02 PM
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Bass Buster1
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The MLF thread has me thinking about the "dink fest"... Myself I would rather catch (20) 1-3lb fish any day over one or two big fish. I like getting bit but I fun fish for the most part and maybe fish one or two tournaments a year. I don't get the fish all day for five bites mentality but again I fish because I have loved to fish since my grandpa taught me how as a boy not to win money.
See you on the lake and have a great day!
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
[Re: Bass Buster1]
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09/12/18 03:09 PM
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Bissett
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It depends on if I'm fishing a tournament or just for fun. For fun I would prefer 20 1-3 fish over one or two 5 pounders. But if we're talking about a giant 8+, I think I'd rather catch one of those. For a tournament I feel like if I'm catching a lot of 2-3 pounders that I'll eventually come across a kicker or two as well so it would be hard to leave that pattern
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
[Re: Bass Buster1]
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09/12/18 03:17 PM
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AvidOutdoors7
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I prefer size, I fish a lot of 6-7" glide baits for 7-10lb bass. I do agree that quantity would be more fun consistently, but I cant get over the thrill of seeing huge bass come up, even if I have to grind for it.
just an avid outdoorsman
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
[Re: Bass Buster1]
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09/12/18 03:23 PM
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Flip-n-go
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Both. I like the blind hog/acorn theory, catch 50 fish, a few have to be good 'uns!
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
[Re: Bass Buster1]
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09/12/18 03:31 PM
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Sinkey
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I feel quality will come if you're catching numbers. So I go out with one mindset. Catch as many fish as I possibly can in a day. And its worked.
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
[Re: Bass Buster1]
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09/12/18 03:45 PM
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David Welcher
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Fished a club tourney last year on PK and we caught over 100 bass and 17 stripers. Only weighed in 4 bass and didn't even finish in the top 10. Had a blast, but I was disappointed when we went to weigh-in - we sucked. I quit the bass club thing and tournament fishing last December and now I just fish for fun, so much more enjoyable!
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 03:48 PM
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Fishingking
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 04:27 PM
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Thad Rains
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I am greedy, I want BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.
Thad Rains
Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 05:04 PM
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Fish2222
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Both.....but numbers are better....eventually you're gonna stick a piggie.
"I only catch the ones that bite" BassCat Sabre Mercury EFI 175
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 07:33 PM
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the skipper
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I go to catch as many of the biggest fish possible. If I run across a school of smaller ones I'm going to wear them out as well.
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 07:37 PM
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barbarian
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I need to focus on the easiest to catch. 99% of the time, that is not the giants.
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 08:02 PM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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Fish for 5-6 hours on hot and humid day without a bite and I guarantee your mindset will change. A one pounder will work just fine. I'll take any and all the fish that are biting 4oz and up.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed. Conscience never acquits, it either accuses or excuses.
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 09:05 PM
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Jpurdue
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Generally speaking though a dink fest will bore me to death. I strongly prefer to at least be fishing water I think has potential to produce larger fish. I get virtually no thrill out of a 2lb bass. I hook them, I land them, they are back in the water so fast I barely even have time to processes it. For me the ticker starts going a little faster at about the 5lb mark. Nobody remembers the 20 fish day of 2lbers. Everyone remembers the day they caught the giant.
"Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley." -A.L. www.LunkerLore.com
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
[Re: Jpurdue]
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09/12/18 09:35 PM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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Generally speaking though a dink fest will bore me to death. I strongly prefer to at least be fishing water I think has potential to produce larger fish. I get virtually no thrill out of a 2lb bass. I hook them, I land them, they are back in the water so fast I barely even have time to processes it. For me the ticker starts going a little faster at about the 5lb mark. Nobody remembers the 20 fish day of 2lbers. Everyone remembers the day they caught the giant. Have to disagree a little there J, I've had the pleasure of catching a 14 pounder and I've had the joy of catching the 20 2lb'ers and I remember them both. The ones that haunt me are the days when I didn't catch squat. The odds of me repeating the 20 2lb'ers is much greater than catching another 14 and the odds of me zeroing again are better than either. When I pull my boat out of the garage and head toward the lake my goal is to catch fish. Any fish. Now if a biggun gets on my hook that's great, but I love'm all. I even like catching sand bass, stripers and crappie. I just love to catch fish, period.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed. Conscience never acquits, it either accuses or excuses.
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Re: Which do you prefer size or qty?
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09/12/18 10:08 PM
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billclay
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Quantity is more fun. Quality is more exciting.
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