Experience And Dd Bass? 2024
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
I've been fishing since December of 2011. My biggest bass to date is 6 pounds 6 ounces. My goal is to get 10.0 or better. :-). Just like the goal of bowling is to shoot a 300 game, bass fishing has this famous milestone. At least it is a start to milestones.
You all out there that landed a DD, how long did it take you?
South FLA reply :
I fished from about 5 until my late 20s before I got mine. I didn't use live-bait or fish a stocked pond. Live baiting is fine, but IMO its not as fun or rewarding as artificial, don't want to offend anyone.
georgeyew reply :
Any stories of people catching DD bass on their first outing?
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
So about 20 years for you. Nice! I use artificial 100% of the time.
Then you have the newbies that cast a few times their first day on the water or from the bank and land a ten pound lunker. :-/
00 mod reply :
My first DD came when I was 28. Started fishing with my dad when I was 3. Took a break for a while, but just know you have to put in your time!!!
Jeff
Paul Roberts reply :
I've fished mostly in NY and CO: state records for both are 11lbs. We aren't shooting for DD bass there.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
First time bass fishing I got a 6 lber and a 7 lber
WRB reply :
NC state record LMB is 15 lbs 14 oz, so a DD bass is possible for you fishing NC.
Every bowling alley has the potential to roll a perfect game of 300, skill combined with luck!
Not every lake has DD living in them, so regardless of your skill or luck catching bass that are not there is impossible.
To catch big bass you must fish where they live and fish where they are located in that lake. A blind squirrel can find an acorn, odds are better if the squirrel looks under a oak tree.
Spend some time to locate the oak tree and use acorns to achieve your goal.
My 1st DD bass was 11 lbs from lake Havasu when I was 12, 2nd was 12 lbs 3 oz from a quarry pond at age 14, 3 rd was 10 lbs 1 oz from lake Sherwood, all these were NLMB before FLMB were introduced in CA.
Logged my 100 th DD bass in 1971. Raised my personal bar to 15 lbs and have over 20 giants since then with 5 over 17 lbs.
Tom
Raul reply :
Well, I started bass fishing in 1980, March of 1992 so that makes 12 years before I caught my first one, then I went on a fishing spree, fished everday went to a lot of places where 10+ lbers were common and had that spree for 15 years where I caught at least one 10+ lbs per year. It´s been a very long time since that, the closest I´ve been to a 10 lbers was a couple of years ago, 9.86 lbs. But you can´t expect to catch biguns if you don´t go fishing where there are biguns.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Thanks Tom and Raul!!!
Good story too Tom. Awesome to know the NC state record. Gives me something to shoot for. :-)
BassObsessed reply :
I have been fishing since a kid but the bass bug kicked in bigtime around 2010 and this past March was the first time catching dd bass ( two of them) with the bigger one in my avatar but I made a specific trip to Florida to hope to catch one.
Raul reply :
Actually, my first one was not caught in a lake, it was caught in a pond, must be half an acre in surface and choked up to about half of it´s surface with tule. If you got time to read this is how I caught it.
I tied a Rapala Original Minnow size 9 RT pattern, made a cast and let it stay there motionless until the ripples disappeared, I barely twitched the rod tip just to make the lure dive it´s head, then waited, repeated the action over and over again for about 10 mins, you may imagine that a 10 + lber was going to smash and blow the bait trying to tear it to pieces but that was not the case, I barely was able to see how the bait dissapeared, then the line started to move and I allowed her to have it, when she began moving towards the tule was when I set the hook and she took off like a rocket, her mistake was to swim away from the tule into more open wáter, we fought for a while until I finally was able to grab her from the mouth, man she was big ! short and fat like bass are down here. But that day I not only caught that one, I caught another 2 more, one slightly smaller and another one slightly bigger, and lost a fourth one.
My PB was caught with a Rapala Shad Rap size 7 SD in Lake San Lorenzo ( Tamaulipas ) and was the least satisfactory fish in my history, at that lake there are large weedbeds of elodea in the form of patches, in between those patches there are weed free or short weed channels so you have to cast to those or you hang up, I made the cast and saw the bait running, she came out of the weeds, hit the bait and took a dive into the weeds. 13.86 lbs of bass surrounded by 40 lbs of weeds,weeds fought more than the fish.
The interesting thing here is that it´s probable that I may never break my own record, in order to do so you have to go as much as you can to places where there´s that kind of fish and I can´t do it any more at least for now; during my spree I had days I caught 3,4 or 5 10+ lbers, my PB string is 5 fish = 52 lbs at Lake Cajón de Peñas ( now we call it Cajón de Penas ( pena = sorrow ) because it´s sad to see what used to be a great place take a nose dive from the ugly tree ).
FishinDaddy reply :
Almost 35 years of fishing. I had an 8 pounder that was the biggest for several decades. That was before I found this site. Now 6 to 8's are fairly common.
Catt reply :
Started seriously bass fishing in 1961 at age 10 and logged hundreds of 9#s but it took 46 years until in 2007 I caught 11 bass over ten pounds including a 12 lb 8 oz.
29 double digit bass were caught with out the added weight of roe!
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Great stories!!!
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
On 5/21/2014 at 6:21 AM, Paul Roberts said:I've fished mostly in NY and CO: state records for both are 11lbs. We aren't shooting for DD bass there.
why not?
tomustang reply :
If I was really looking for a DD bass I would search for the better lakes where they are. I can't take my 120 bowling game to other lanes and score better.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I've been fishing since before my first birthday, bass fishing seriously since I was 9. I caught my first (and only) DD on my graduation present trip to Mexico in 2004 when I was 18. So either 17 or 9 years depending on how you want to look at it.
AK-Jax86 reply :
Man I am still waiting on mine, hooked a couple but never landed any! Enjoyed reading these great stories... Will revisit this in the future (thought I had one few weeks ago but she went 8.1 and was spawned out wish I caught her before to see what she weighed then)
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Alright guys, let's make 2014 the year of lunkers!!!
SirSnookalot reply :
Dunno, don't weigh bass, caught some pretty good ones.
K_Mac reply :
I've been fishing a very long time without a DD bass. Here in the Midwest a legitimate DD is fairly rare. I fished a private strip pit a few times over a couple of years that had the very real possibility of producing one, but I no longer have access. I do fish a couple of public lakes here in Southern Illinois that could produce a DD. I have caught a couple that given another year or two might make it, especially if caught full of eggs and not released into someone's deep frier.
I am not as driven as I once was. Enjoying the experience is more important than size or numbers for me. My experience, skills and patience are much greater though, so I won't be surprised if I do catch one. There is always the possibility of a road trip to an exotic southern locale-like Louisiana!
Catt reply :
On 5/21/2014 at 7:07 AM, WRB said:My 1st DD bass was 11 lbs from lake Havasu when I was 12, 2nd was 12 lbs 3 oz from a quarry pond at age 14, 3 rd was 10 lbs 1 oz from lake Sherwood, all these were NLMB before FLMB were introduced in CA.
Logged my 100 th DD bass in 1971. Raised my personal bar to 15 lbs and have over 20 giants since then with 5 over 17 lbs.
Tom
When was #300? 
papajoe222 reply :
I've been actively fishing for bass for 50 years and have yet to hook, let alone land a DD. I take that back, I married one about 44 years ago . 
Seriously, If I really wanted to break the 10lb. mark, I'd target lakes known to give them up on a regular basis. My home lake record is 8lb.13oz. and I doubt that any of the lakes I frequent have given up a double D. My goal is to catch more fish over 5lb. this year than I did last year and I've succeeded that goal for six years running. Good luck on your quest.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 5/21/2014 at 3:50 AM, South FLA said:I fished from about 5 until my late 20s before I got mine. I didn't use live-bait or fish a stocked pond. Live baiting is fine, but IMO its not as fun or rewarding as artificial, don't want to offend anyone.
I'm offended.
flyingmonkie reply :
It took me 20 years to catch my first (and only). My goal is to get a second in half that time.
I took a guy from Nepal (who had never fished) with me one day after work, and he landed a 7lb within 5 minutes. I never took him again. 
On 5/21/2014 at 7:07 AM, WRB said:Logged my 100 th DD bass in 1971. Raised my personal bar to 15 lbs and have over 20 giants since then with 5 over 17 lbs.
Tom
Wa-oww... If i'm ever in SoCal, expect a PM from me.
gobig reply :
Ive managed 6 since I started specifically targeting bass about 5 years ago. I have been fishing my whole life though.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Awesome!
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
On 5/22/2014 at 8:26 AM, Dwight Hottle said:I'm offended.
LOL, no you're not.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
On 5/21/2014 at 6:21 AM, Paul Roberts said:I've fished mostly in NY and CO: state records for both are 11lbs. We aren't shooting for DD bass there.
I'll respectfully disagree with you there. Our state record is 11-3 and I'm gunning for 10 every outing.
If you don't aim high, you're gonna miss low every time.
hoosierbass07 reply :
On 5/21/2014 at 6:21 AM, Paul Roberts said:I've fished mostly in NY and CO: state records for both are 11lbs. We aren't shooting for DD bass there.
I don't think a DD bass should be considerd the goal in northern states. Yeah, state records may be over ten pounds in some northern states, but I don't care. The southern/warm states are the ones with the really big bass. The bar needs to be lowered for northern states. It's unfair to the fisherman to put the southern and northern fisherman on the same scale.
WRB reply :
Agree trophy status should be regional like In-Fisherman did with their program.On 5/23/2014 at 2:17 AM, hoosierbass07 said:I don't think a DD bass should be considerd the goal in northern states. Yeah, state records may be over ten pounds in some northern states, but I don't care. The southern/warm states are the ones with the really big bass. The bar needs to be lowered for northern states. It's unfair to the fisherman to put the southern and northern fisherman on the same scale.
A Lunker LMB was 7 lbs back in the 70's for B.A.S.S. "Lunker Awards" program.
I have tried for decades to get IGFA to add 2 separate species for Florida strain LMB and Northern strain LMB, 2 different bass and can be field identified with lateral line scale counts, FLMB have 69-73 lateral line scales, 17-18 scale rows below the lateral line. NLMB have 59-68 lateral scales, 15-16 rows below the lateral line.
Tom
Raul reply :
On 5/23/2014 at 2:41 AM, WRB said:.
I have tried for decades to get IGFA to add 2 separate species for Florida strain LMB and Northern strain LMB,
Tom
Where do I sign the proposition ? I concur completely.
I also wanted to add, you have to go where there are beeg feesh, you have to fish for beeg feesh as much as you can cuz where I´m at there´s beeg feesh, I´ve caught a "few" , there´s hundreds of persons that fish the same places I fish, many have been fishing for as much as I and none have caught beeg feesh.
South FLA reply :
On 5/22/2014 at 8:26 AM, Dwight Hottle said:I'm offended.
Hey, its not a problem that you use "love bait" at times. so do I, but it doesn't count, same thing goes with stocked ponds, not as rewarding. Nevertheless, you don't have to twist my arm to get me to go fishing.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Love bait.
Sounds kinky.
:-)
K_Mac reply :
On 5/23/2014 at 2:17 AM, hoosierbass07 said:I don't think a DD bass should be considerd the goal in northern states. Yeah, state records may be over ten pounds in some northern states, but I don't care. The southern/warm states are the ones with the really big bass. The bar needs to be lowered for northern states. It's unfair to the fisherman to put the southern and northern fisherman on the same scale.
The original post was only looking for information concerning the catching of DD bass.Like a hole-in-one for an avid golfer or a three hundred game for an avid bowler, a DD bass represents a significant accomplishment recognized by everyone in the sport. The difference is I may get a hole-in-one on my local 9 hole course or bowl 300 at the local lanes, while very, very few public lakes around here offer the possibility of a 10 pound fish. If you want to hunt "gators" you have to go where they live. You want to hunt Grizzly you have to go the other direction. You want a realistic shot at DD you have to go where they live. Fair really isn't relevant in my opinion.
Eight pounds in my part of the country is a trophy; bigger than that on a public lake around here is a real monster. So for me, that is my yardstick. I can happily live the rest of my life fishing for, and catching nice bass without ever breaking ten pounds. If one does come along y'all will certainly hear about it!
DILLY07 reply :
I started bass fishing just for fun when I was youngin like at age 6 or 7 while my grandpa took me out on the lake ( Lake of the Ozarks ) to be exact. Got numerous of bass.
Got somewhat serious in bass fishing at age 16. Wanted to catch a personal record for myself it was 5.5 with a jig.
Then got even more serious at age 18, learning all kinds of thing and such.
Now Im 23, This was last year. I went out of the river fishing. Went out on backwater, where had a lots of lay downs and plenty of structures. I picked up my Duckett rod flipping stick. ( Before I was prostaffed by Denali ) Anyways, I picked up my Duckett Flippin stick rod with 3/8 ounce Eco Pro Tungsten in junebug color with Missile Baits D-Bomb Sprayed grass. I flipped in this laydown. got 4 pounder. Good fish for here. Kept flipping the same bait, 3's and 4's. I kept looking at the side imaging on my friends boat. I see this amazing timber laydown with long log laying on the bottom. so I'm thinking theres got to be a bass laying there. So, I flipped the D-bomb, let it fall, let some slack. So its at the bottom, 2 twitches. KA BOOM, Hook set so hard on that mother. Fought so hard. Got the 8.2 bass. I was so faithful. Thanked to God. Never give up!
gripnrip reply :
I started bass fishing at 14 years old. I am now 38 and my PB is 7.2 I am patiently waiting for the DD but like it has been stated, I need to probably fish some waters where they are more common.
Paul Roberts reply :
DD bass are indeed special fish and earn the term Trophy (with the capital T) just about anywhere –even in the south. Bass that large occupy a whole different trophic role in a system, eating bass that most anglers would be happy to catch! They also tend to be rare. To catch one you have to be astronomically lucky, wealthy, OR exceptionally knowledgeable and exceptionally dedicated, as well as lucky! However the same can be said for smaller representatives of the species in the north. Which brings us to the other thought stream concerning DD bass:
On 5/21/2014 at 6:21 AM, Paul Roberts said:I've fished mostly in NY and CO: state records for both are 11lbs. We aren't shooting for DD bass there.
On 5/21/2014 at 10:31 AM, Grizzn N Bassin said:why not?
On 5/23/2014 at 2:00 AM, SPEEDBEAD. said:I'll respectfully disagree with you there. Our state record is 11-3 and I'm gunning for 10 every outing.
If you don't aim high, you're gonna miss low every time.
Guys, I appreciate your enthusiasm. Truly! I can feel it from here! But, the truth of the matter is that DD bass are essentially non-existent in the north. In light of this fact, Bassmaster only recognizing DD’s as open for recognition is a snub to the knowledge and dedication of northern anglers, OR maybe it’s just a vacation travel plug for the south!
In the north, there are regions that seem to give up bigger bass than others –in particular the NE states near the coast, and this includes SE NY, MA, and NJ. This band of what I am guessing is a coastal climate influence continues into the mid Atlantic states but this is getting “south” enough that DD’s are not just complete freaks of nature. Looking at catch records in the past, it’s appeared to me that in SE NY you can add about a pound or so to top end fish compared to the rest of the state, or the non-coastal NE, or the rest of the northern US for that matter. The farther north you go the further from DD they get. Of course, this all may just be changing with current weather trends. Along with birds arriving and flowers popping earlier, southern Canada is documenting gains in warmwater and losses in coldwater habitats annually. So who knows?!
I’ve not been following lately, so I’m curious: How many DD fish are you guys aware of from NY, or the rest of the north? In my mind, you can’t just cite the state records bc such fish tend to be freaks –not uncommonly being sterile fish that put calories into growth rather than reproduction, and/or with very unique feeding opportunities. The Colorado state record was 11-4 and "only" 22.5" -a trout stuffed freak (and I wouldn't doubt sterile to boot). A 22.5 in average body condition weighs in the 6+lb range.
I don’t see any “fairness” issues here, unless someone actually believes that an angler who caught a 10lb LM in the south is a more accomplished angler than an angler who caught an 7lber in the north.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
I hear ya man. I'm not actively pursuing the record necessarily, just the biggest fish that I have access to. I firmly believe I have two lakes local to me (at least, maybe a couple more) that possess DD fish at certain points of the year. I have seen one fish in one of these lakes that I'd put a paycheck on it being 10 or slightly larger. So, they are here.
The main issue with a lot of northern guys is they are not actually fishing for THE big fish. They fish for 5 fish, they fish to catch something. Some guys will get "lucky". They don't commit to learning the water as it applies to the apex bass, studying where big fish should be and at what time of the year they should be there. They do not broaden their fishing base to include techniques that put you in a position to catch true trophy bass (comparable to your area). That's cool if that's what they are into, it's just not for me. I will happily forego 3, 4, 5lb fish in lieu of catching something truly noteworthy.
Like I said before. If you're not aiming high, you're gonna miss low.
WRB reply :
Speedbead is right on target, you must fish for big bass to catch them, few bass anglers have the dedication to pursue big bass, it's not for everyone. There is some luck involved, mostly lucky enough to be able to fish and pursue giant bass.
Bill Murphy's book In Pursuit of Giant Bass is a good source to learn big bass habits, start there.
Tom
BigBassBarry reply :
I caught my first DD at fork weighed 10.03lb I was 15 years old. Caught on a black salt crawl with white pinchers texas rigged
I caught my second when I was 17 yrs old in a farm pond in Oklahoma it weighed 12 lbs caught it on a blue gill that I caught on a grasshopper. (true story)
I caught my 3rd on when I was 34 yrs old at a small 55 acre Lake in Oklahoma it weighed 11.2 lbs caught on a 4.25" soonerrun biffle bug on a 7/16 hard head.
I am now 37 in search of my next DD!
Paul Roberts reply :
On 5/23/2014 at 8:36 PM, SPEEDBEAD. said:I hear ya man. I'm not actively pursuing the record necessarily, just the biggest fish that I have access to. I firmly believe I have two lakes local to me (at least, maybe a couple more) that possess DD fish at certain points of the year. I have seen one fish in one of these lakes that I'd put a paycheck on it being 10 or slightly larger. So, they are here.
The main issue with a lot of northern guys is they are not actually fishing for THE big fish. They fish for 5 fish, they fish to catch something. Some guys will get "lucky". They don't commit to learning the water as it applies to the apex bass, studying where big fish should be and at what time of the year they should be there. They do not broaden their fishing base to include techniques that put you in a position to catch true trophy bass (comparable to your area). That's cool if that's what they are into, it's just not for me. I will happily forego 3, 4, 5lb fish in lieu of catching something truly noteworthy.
Like I said before. If you're not aiming high, you're gonna miss low.
Very well said. I almost didn't respond initially bc I didn't want to just sound like a naysayer, or… like I’m stompin on people's dreams. I’m not. But I think proper perspective is important. I hear too many “stretched truths” from northern anglers telling me their PBs weighed 8 to 12lbs, and then call a 1.5lb fish a "3lber", or a 5 an “8”!. I feel bad for them, rather than “like I’ve been lied to”. These numbers are derived from top southern fisheries and end up used as comparisons and expectations for the whole country. When a kid feels he has to tell me his 4lber (maybe the top fish from that particular pond) was a “6lber” I feel bad for him. And know that I can’t get the real scoop from a lot of the anglers I share waters with.
I've been aware of your focus Speedbead, and your truly impressive results. Anyone who can break 7lbs on northern waters by design is doing more than one thing right. Either they have some rare waters open to them, have the know-how, or most likely, both. And probably a few other things I'm not even aware of. I've only done a little of it, just to explore that aspect of ... the food chain. And I broke my PB and several pond records in the process.
As I understand it, exceptionally large bass in most (average) waters are those that have been able to jump into a different trophic level by genetic happenstance and/or pure aggression. Most waters simply don’t produce many –if any– exceptionally large bass. If one wants to see them on anything more than an astronomically low probability basis, they have to find them and then fish for them. They'll certainly earn 'em. Otherwise, do me a favor and buy a friggin’ scale!
WRB reply :
NLMB vs FLMB
Prior to 1967 the California LMB state record was 14.7 lbs.
1959 FLMB were transplanted from Florida to San Diego CA as fingerlings into a closed lake to public fishing, Upper Otay. 1965 FLMB from Upper Otay were moved to Lower Otay open to public fishing. San Diego city lakes were also stocked with the Upper Otay FLMB in 1966.
1968 through 1971 the CA LMB record fell nearly every month from 14.8 lbs to 21.15 lbs over a 4 year period, the difference was Florida strain LMB. Same lakes, same climate, same forage base, different bass.
FLMB can't survive water temperature lower than 45 degrees and that limits where they can live, they can't live in northern states.
Someday bass anglers will figure this out, NLMB grow about 50% less in weight than FLMB. It's insane to judge all LMB as equal, a 7 lb NLMB is equal to a 10 lb FLMB, lower your goal for NLMB or raise the bar for FLMB, the both can't be the same!
Tom
SirSnookalot reply :
Even in the south a 10+ bass isn't so common, if it were I would have seen a lot more pictures posted. In this technological age just about every one has a camera or smart phone. A picture is worth a 1000 words, I apologize if I missed someone but in memory only Big O, 00mod and FishCris have backed up their claims. I have no pictures of DD bass, so for the record I didn't do it.
00 mod reply :
On 5/24/2014 at 2:15 PM, SirSnookalot said:Even in the south a 10+ bass isn't so common, if it were I would have seen a lot more pictures posted. In this technological age just about every one has a camera or smart phone. A picture is worth a 1000 words, I apologize if I missed someone but in memory only Big O, 00mod and FishCris have backed up their claims. I have no pictures of DD bass, so for the record I didn't do it.
Snook, there are some others on here: Dwight Hottle, A-Jay, Shane Procell, Rolo, Catt, WRB, Dead River, Bluebasser86, Shane J.
Jeff
joeyfishes reply :
Not even a year.
Catt reply :
On 5/24/2014 at 2:15 PM, SirSnookalot said:Even in the south a 10+ bass isn't so common, if it were I would have seen a lot more pictures posted. In this technological age just about every one has a camera or smart phone. A picture is worth a 1000 words, I apologize if I missed someone but in memory only Big O, 00mod and FishCris have backed up their claims. I have no pictures of DD bass, so for the record I didn't do it.
I caught a 10.11 & a 10.67 this week, we are fishing so far back in the marsh cell phones are useless so I left it in the truck.
I really don't care who believes me or not!
Raul reply :
On 5/24/2014 at 11:59 PM, Catt said:I caught a 10.11 & a 10.67 this week, we are fishing so far back in the marsh cell phones are useless so I left it in the truck.
I really don't care who believes me or not!
I believe you Catt.
vikingbear8 reply :
OP If you are really serious about catching a DD, you really need to explore outside of the piedmont area. Not saying there are not lakes here that kick them out, but the vast majority of the lakes here are dead. Yes lake jordan has a 14 and change record, but that was 20 years ago when 40lb bags where not uncommon there. Now it only takes what 12-15lbs to win there usually. Maybe during the spawn 20-25. There is a lake in cary that puts out a handful of DDs every year, and I was lucky enough to find a 4 day window this year where they were extremely active. On that lake during those days there were 5 fish over 9lbs caught. I have not got a single good fish on that lake since that week though and that was in February. There is a guide on Falls that has 27 DDs and the lake record at something like 13, but he has caught them over 20 years or so. Now if you talk about western NC fishing, its a whole different game. That is where the state record is from, and there are multiple lakes out there that put out teeners every single year. The water stays cooler out there, and oh yeah there are this little bass snicker bars running around everywhere that fly fisherman call trout. There is less pressure, cleaner and healthier water. Just all around better trophy fisheries. Not trying to discourage you, there are places here that are good for big bass too, specifically the Bragg ponds, and the city owned drinking water impoundments, and some way out of the way places that all the yuppies are afraid to take their Prius. If you are serious about big bass though, you might want to consider some trips into the smokeys, besides it is beautiful country out there, you don't need an excuse to go, wives love the Biltmore house and Asheville, and you get to fish, its a win win haha. Then again, I am from the mountains and moving out past Asheville this fall so everything I have said may be slightly biased.
BassObsessed reply :
On 5/24/2014 at 9:26 PM, 00 mod said:Snook, there are some others on here: Dwight Hottle, A-Jay, Shane Procell, Rolo, Catt, WRB, Dead River, Bluebasser86, Shane J
Jeff
The one in my avatar is 11lbs and I caught one over 10 during my trip to Florida in March. Two fish over 10lbs I definitely consider that a lucky trip. One of the guides told me there's people he knows that have fished in the hawg lakes of Florida for years and still haven't caught a dd so I agree they aren't as easy to catch as you would think.
geo g reply :
If you want to catch double digit fish you first have to go where they are common. There are big bass lakes, and then there are lakes where you catch tons of fish but not the monsters. You can raise your odds by using live bait, but that's like cheating! Double digit fish are not that common in some waters.
Raul reply :
None of the DDs I've caught were caught with live bait, in my neck of the woods it's very hard to keep live bait alive.On 5/25/2014 at 10:52 AM, geo g said:If you want to catch double digit fish you first have to go where they are common. There are big bass lakes, and then there are lakes where you catch tons of fish but not the monsters. You can raise your odds by using live bait, but that's like cheating! Double digit fish are not that common in some waters.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Thanks Vikingbear. :-)
Jon G reply :
On 5/21/2014 at 3:52 AM, georgeyew said:Any stories of people catching DD bass on their first outing?
yup i did my dad took me out on his boat when I was 6. He gave me a spinning rod with a tube and i spent all day learning how to use it when all of a sudden the rod almost ripped out of my hand. I set the hook and started to reel as fast as I could. My dad dropped his rod and began to help me my dad started hollering when he saw it and i didnt think much of it becasue this was my first bass and i assumed that they were all that size. My dad netted it and took pictures of me holding it He then grabbed his scale and weighed it at 10.53. If i can find the pictures somewhere i will try to upload them
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Wow!
RoLo reply :
When I was growing up in New Jersey, the state record largemouth bass stood at 8 lbs & change for many years
(today it's 10-14). Needless to say, I didn't boat any double-digit bass in New Jersey, which didn't happen
until we moved to Dixieland. My point is this, if you're interested in boating a trophy bass,
due diligence should begin by selecting a waterbody that's a statistical powerhouse.
Don't waste quality time fishing waters with low or marginal trophy potential.
It's interesting to note that male bass usually don't grow much heavier than 3 pounds, where the heaviest buck
on record weighed about 6 pounds. Consequently, female bass are the only bass that attain trophy-class,
record-class, world-class and freak-class weights. "TEN" is a nice round number, it's the first double-digit number
and the root of the metric system. Nevertheless, "10 pounds" is not the most accurate biomarker
for a 'trophy-class' largemouth bass. Based on thousands of recorded statistics owing to professional tournaments,
DNR electro-fishing, taxidermists and fishing contests, a largemouth bass attains trophy status
when it reaches "9" pounds. The next weight plateau is 12 pounds, which represents 'record-class'
and the bass of a lifetime. Realistically, the number '10' merely floats in limbo
between the 9-lb and 12-lb sticking points, where the odds of landing a 9-lb 10-oz cow is surprisingly similar
to landing an 11 lb 10 oz cow. On the other hand, cracking the stubborn 12-lb weight ceiling,
that's a whole other milestone 
Roger
Raul reply :
On 5/28/2014 at 3:54 AM, RoLo said:
On the other hand, cracking the stubborn 12-lb weight ceiling is a whole other milestone
Roger
Oh yeah, and then comes the 13 lb mark and when you break it then the next is the 14 lb mark, tried for maybe 3-4 years to break the 14 lb mark and nowdays I´m probably not going to do it any time soon, 0.14 lbs that´s what separates me from reaching the 14 pound mark and mere 0.01 lbs to break it .... now that I come to think about it, I really don´t care anymore, now I´m just happy to be able to go and fish.
00 mod reply :
On 5/28/2014 at 3:54 AM, RoLo said:where the odds of landing a 9-lb 10-oz cow is very similar to landing an 11 lb 10 oz cow.
On the other hand, cracking the stubborn 12-lb weight ceiling is a whole other milestone
Roger
I have caught way more 9's than 10's, and never broken the 11lb mark having caught 5 between 10 and 10lbs 14oz. I will go back and check the number of 9's tonight, but I am sure it is more than double the 10lb bass I have caught.
Jeff
RoLo reply :
On 5/28/2014 at 4:31 AM, 00 mod said:I have caught way more 9's than 10's, and never broken the 11lb mark having caught 5 between 10 and 10lbs 14oz. I will go back and check the number of 9's tonight, but I am sure it is more than double the 10lb bass I have caught.
Jeff
Like you Jeff, I've also caught more 9-pounders than 10-pounders, but the numbers between the high 9s
and high 11s have been remarkably 'random'. In any event, the numbers are not mine, but are the result
of a statistical array. While the individual angler is exposed to a limited number of waterbodies,
the statistical array cuts across all boundaries.
I believe that every waterbody has it's own personal weight plateaus which tends to muddy the waters, so to speak 
The first example that comes to my mind is Lake Okeechobee, which I believe was well-defined
by the late Doug Hannon. Because of its deep southerly latitude, bass in the Big-O enjoy a rapid growth rate
but die prematurely of metabolic burnout (like pushing a plant with grow lights). As a consequence,
the Big-O is chockfull of 9-pound bass (trophy-class bass), but 10 pounders are far fewer
and 12-lb bass (record-class bass) are like hen's teeth.
Roger
00 mod reply :
On 5/28/2014 at 4:31 AM, 00 mod said:I have caught way more 9's than 10's, and never broken the 11lb mark having caught 5 between 10 and 10lbs 14oz. I will go back and check the number of 9's tonight, but I am sure it is more than double the 10lb bass I have caught.
Jeff
OK I lied. I added up the 8, 9, and 10lbers.
I have caught: 10-8lbers, 8-9lbers, and 5-10lbers
Jeff
randy moore reply :
I have not posted anything since I joined, however this is going to change. My folks use to live on Table Rock near Roaring River. I enjoy fishing and just being outside on the water. I have been lucky to have fished in Minnesota and Canada. Seen lots of sights that you most likely wouldn't see elsewhere and enjoyed the time. I live in the Kansas City area, still fish Table Rock and I just enjoy catching some fish. Small Mouth, Spotted, Large Mouth and even Crappie. DD's ain't on my screen but I let the world hear about it. I am in my 60's.
plumworm reply :
I believe that you have a far better chance to catch a 8 lb. smallie in the Wisconsin, Michigan, Minn. area than an 8 lb. LM. .Door Cty. Wis. gives up quite a few 7-8 lb. smallies every year and we all saw that 9 lb. smallie on BR that probably was the state record but the fisherman decided not to kill it. I have caught a lot of 4's, a handful of 5's and, a 6 on the Mississippi. But, 8's are very rare. Heck, we had ice on our northern lakes the opening weekend of fishing season.
OK Bass Hunter reply :
Still looking for mine, I'm pretty sure there's one in Pond X. There's a whole third of it I haven't even fished. Gonna get out on the pontoon and throw nothing but swimbaits and 12 inch worms. I plan on getting it done before the year is over.
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