Don't feel so alone.

A normal "good" day in an area with a population north of 6 million people for 1 person with novice skill is prob 6-10 fish in 8 hours.

I averaged about 1 per hour until I got Livescope, now I average about 1 every 3 trips!

I work in helping private lake owners with this exact situation/question. Many of my collegues in the lake managment business have settled on a goal of 6 bass an hour as great fishing on a private lake. 6 would be the goal, the reality is we are averaging almost 4 an hour at our Private Water Fishing Lakes. With more than 100 lakes we have some that average less than 1 an hour and some that average 8 an hour over the course of a year.

How many bass do you catch per hour on average? I feel like I'm doing good if I catch a limit of keepers within 3-4 hours on the lakes around DFW. I don't think I'm that great at bass fishing, but I always try to improve every time I'm out on the water whether that be a new technique, learning a new area, etc.

I've seen guys say that they catch 10 or more keepers per hour. After fishing lakes around the DFW area, I don't see how that's possible to consistently catch that many keepers per hour year round. If they truly are catching that many per hour, why aren't they competing on the national circuits?