How do you define a "dink" 2024

FivePoundBluegill reply :

Just wondering guys how small does a bass have to be for you to class it as a "dink"? I know it is different for everyone. For some people a bass is a bass no matter what size. To most people however a small fish is classed as a "dink".

For me a "dink" would be any bass that weighs under one pound. A 1-2 pound fish is at least fun to catch for me so I do not consider them dinks. However for some people( hawg caller, Fourbizzle, Fish Chris, Roadwarrior, ect) a dink would probably be any fish under 5 LBS.

Just wonder how small a bass has to be to be considered a dink for you guys?

Micro reply :

When the bass is smaller than the lure you caught him on. Otherwise, he's a trophy!!

frogtog reply :

Anything smaller than the legal size you can keep.

basspro48 reply :

Any nonkeeper, which is anything under 14" around here

rondef reply :

Any bass less than a pound is a dink.

Jig Man reply :

Dink=skidder and a skidder is any fish small enough to skid across the top of the water not pulling your bait and line back in after the hook set.

Jake. reply :

Anything under 12 or 13 inches.

roadwarrior reply :

"Tournament bass"

Bassn Blvd reply :

Anything under 2lbs in Florida unless you are using ultralite with no more than 6lb test.

tallydude reply :

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Anything under 2lbs in Florida unless you are using ultralite with no more than 6lb test.

Agreed.

.dsaavedra. reply :

i say anything 14 inches and smaller. above that they are fun to catch and can sometimes have a little weight to them if they been eatin good.

haha i like that "skidder" concept, i think i might have to use that one ;D

pondhopper reply :

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Any bass less than a pound is a dink.

Ditto

5bass reply :

Dink: noun: Any bass that comes flying out of the water on the hookset.

And the term skidder around here refers to the rock bass. They fight like crazy for about 2 seconds then they just body-surf the rest of the way to the boat.

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

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Dink=skidder and a skidder is any fish small enough to skid across the top of the water not pulling your bait and line back in after the hook set.

thats a good one ,but i've been fondly referring to them as "surfers"

Also in FLA anything under 2

LCpointerKILLA reply :

Anything under 2 in Florida? Bro I live in Florida and I have seen people win small tournaments when the fishing is tough with 5 bass for 10 pounds. That means your hardly legal one pounder was a big help... along with a three pounder(s). And (if you have a scale) you know that a 1-2 pounder fights. A 1-2 pounder is way different than a baby bass that just skids in on the topwater when you reel it in. That is a dink.

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

I wasnt talkin about fishing a touney on a super high pressure lake where the fish are getting pelted with lures like hail day in and day out.A 2 lber is a blessing in those places!

cart7t reply :

Are we talking about dink the BFR forum member or dink the bass?

Live.2.Fish reply :

Is this what you guys are talking about?

He was caught on a 5" Trick Stick, wacky

grimlin reply :

The non-keepers are referred to dinks here..which means 14'' or less.Anything over 14" here are keepers.

bighed reply :

A dink is a fish too small to get a good pattern off of. Usually under a pound and a half or so. You catch a couple 14" fish and think your on to something until weigh in and everybody else has 4's and 5's, lol. big

paul. reply :

several others have already touched on this, but i think it's all relative to the place you are fishing. some places i fish, a 2 pounder is a good solid fish. other places it's below average. then of course there's the climate/growing season factor to consider. some places a 7 pounder will hardly turn any heads, but up north that same fish is an absolute monster - a "fish of a lifetime".

but i guess a dink is a dink no matter where you catch it. i'm gonna go with the majority here and say anything less than a pound is a dink, or as i like to call 'em - a "squealer" ;D. or you could look on the bright side and just call 'em "future hawgs".

fourbizz reply :

anything smaller than 1/3 of my biggest fish on that body of water.

So if I am at the lake that I caught my 13 at, a 4lber is a dink.

If I am at one of my local lakes where my pb is under 5 pounds, it would have to be under 1.5 lbs to be a dink.

I always gauge my fish by the body of water.

Sam reply :

Less than 11 inches is a dink in my dictionary.

Jeff C. reply :

any baby hawg under 12" is a dink in my boat...

MALTESE FALCON reply :

Anything under 14" (keeper size) Is a dink to me.

Falcon

Bass Smacker reply :

13" and under dink. 13"+ keeper

Matt Fly reply :

I define a dink as to the set up of the rod. Obviously, if you have 100 lb braid and a grass rake for a rod with a 10 inch swim bait and the bass is ten inches thats a dink.

So I think type of rod and setup and the lake you are on determines if its a dink.

After all, at the Classic in Pittsburg, it appeared to be a dink a thon.

On Fork, a 3 lber is a chunk, but close to being a dink!!!!!!

Tokyo Tony reply :

"Wow that eeis small. See I was not expecting anything less than ten, or eleven inches."

-Ladies Man

George Welcome reply :

Fishing on the Marsh it doesn't take long before my clients start calling 3 and 4 pounders dinks.

However:

Hand in hand with catching this 10.5 beauty:

Siebert Outdoors reply :

LOL Cart7. I guess if some havent met dink they just wouldnt understand your post.

I agree with Jigman. Anthing that skids across the water. I crank pretty fast too. So it takes a decent fish not to skid.

fishfordollars reply :

Under 14 inches

farmpond1 reply :

A "dink" in South Florida is a trophy bass in Illinois. :-/

jwo1124 reply :

I would say a dink is anything under the legal size.

It's 12" here in Massachusetts

Tin reply :

Don't hear the term dink too much, it's usually always "rats". Maybe it is a RI thing. But anyway a rat or dink is anything under a pound and a half, b/c a pound an a half fish is usually the average fish up here.

fourbizz reply :

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LOL Cart7. I guess if some havent met dink they just wouldnt understand your post.
I agree with Jigman. Anthing that skids across the water. I crank pretty fast too. So it takes a decent fish not to skid.

My pb skied her way to the net for the last 7 or 8 feet.

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paul. reply :

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My pb skied her way to the net for the last 7 or 8 feet.

adrenaline - the basser's "drug of choice".

FishinDaddy reply :

the sound my daughters rattle trap makes as she banks in off the motor cowling ;D

Bassn Blvd reply :

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the sound my daughters rattle trap makes as she banks in off the motor cowling ;D

LOL. That was good. And then she says "uh oh, sorry daddy"

T-rig reply :

Any bass under 1.5lbs.

Alpster reply :

I took an average of the last 10 dinks I caught, added their weight together and divided by 10. The average was still a dink. LOL

Ronnie

RoLo reply :

A "dink" is any bass that my wife catches, no matter what it weighs ;D ;D

Roger

guest reply :

A certain UPS Saftey Guy with a Red Jon Boat

Bankbeater reply :

What I normally catch.

BackOnTheWater reply :

A keeper LM here is 15"...anything smaller is a "dink" or "slick"...something that gets your lure before the big ones do and a pain in the @$$!

Jeff C. reply :

the sense of Humor here is great !!!!! ;D

---

this is also a dink !!

my fishing partner---

when we pull up to the hot spot and he cast's into the tree on the shore on the 1st cast & we have to run the boat to shore and ruin the spot before I even cast out !!!

and not that I ever do that !!

TheBeast reply :

I consider anything Burley catches a dink.

Catt reply :

When a bass has eyes that are ½ or less apart; we call them tight-eyes

TheBeast reply :

Does this one qualify?

cpr1 reply :

Last dink that I hard waz JD on the rocks. hic-hic-hiccup ;D

Last dink that I caught was a fish that's less than 12".

Jeff C. reply :

Beast......

Nice Shirt !!!!

tkite16 reply :

I consider it a dink when I argue with myself the whole time I'm reeling it in as to whether it got off or not, only to see a fish the same size as the lure swinging there when I get it in the boat.

Red reply :

i gotta go with under 1lb my buddy and i always have a little "tournament" when we go they gotta be a pound or better to "weigh in" i always win ;D he usually catches bigger but i catch more

LakeAnnaBasser reply :

Any thing under 12 inches.

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