Lunker Bass 2024

fishfordollars reply :

I would like to know what everyone's idea of a lunker bass is. Largemouth, Smallmouth, Alabama/California Spotted bass.I know it will be different in each area so give your location with your weights.. I am in Texas and here are my thoughts: Largemouth 8.00 up, Smallmouth 5.00 up Spotted bass 5.00 up. Let me know how far off base I am.

frogtog reply :

Eastern NC: 7 lb nice fish - 8 lb big bass - 9lb darn good one - 10lb a hawg

11lb man you should of seen that fish I had on today. Anything over that I

haven't seen yet.

fishfordollars reply :

I caught a 10.4 on Lake Falcon Sept 26 the last practice day for the TABC state championship on a Storm swim bait. I am always a day off.

Ky_Lake_Dude reply :

By my standards 5lber is a good one a 6lb is Big and 7+ awesome

johnbr19792003 reply :

vermont:::: a 7 would be an amazing fish for a lm. Out of exactly 900 bass I have caught this year I have gotten one 6lber , six in the 5+ range and just over forty 4+ bass. For smallies I would say it would have to be a 6 pounder just because I fish a lake where I catch 20 four pound + smallie a trip.

morieeel reply :

Lunker= any fish that I lost due to old line, bad knot, lazy hook set. ;D

dman reply :

5# = great fish, 7# = huge lunker for this area

Matt Fly reply :

The Texas standard for LM lunkers is Double Digits, 10lbs. 7,8,9's are sure some toads, but a trophy standard of TX is the 10 pound barrier. State record is 18.18 lbs.

Texas has a couple of lakes that used to kick out a bunch of smallies, and I would assume that anything above 6 pounds is trophy smallie in Texas. We have 7.93 lb record. After looking at the top 50 smallies in Texas, I would consider a 5 pounder a heck of a fish.

Hookem

Matt

T-rig reply :

Switzerland, a 10 is unheard of. 4-5lbs. are big fish. I got the swiss record with 7.9lbs.

I have seen some fish around 8lbs. but that's as big as they get. These are true northern strain bass.

Here's a pic of a typical big bass around here:

roadwarrior reply :

That's a GREAT bass!

8-)

Crestliner2008 reply :

That is one fine bass indeed! Congrats You should inport some of the Florida strain to your waters! Anyway, here in Massachusetts, USA, I'd say a lunker LM would be 5+ lbs. and smallie anything above 4 lbs.. I've caught bigger bass, but this would be the yardstick here, I believe. Maybe some other Baystaters have a differing viewpoint? BTW....that 5 lbs. LM would probably be 7 or 8 years old!

T-rig reply :

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That is one fine bass indeed! Congrats You should inport some of the Florida strain to your waters! Anyway, here in Massachusetts, USA, I'd say a lunker LM would be 5+ lbs. and smallie anything above 4 lbs.. I've caught bigger bass, but this would be the yardstick here, I believe. Maybe some other Baystaters have a differing viewpoint? BTW....that 5 lbs. LM would probably be 7 or 8 years old!

They would not survive around here. :'(

Water temps drop to the low 30's in winter.

I'd rather have some smallies!!

MALTESE FALCON reply :

Here on Lake St. Clair, a 4# LMB or SMB is a pretty good fish. Anything over 5# is a lunker. In 53 years of fishing this lake, my PB LMB is 5# and my PB SMB is 6 lb-15 oz, both considered braggers here.

Falcon

flechero reply :

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PB SMB is 6 lb-15 oz

What I would give.....

I would have gotten a replica of that one

David P reply :

It really depends on what state. Here, I don't consider a lunker to be anything under 10lbs. 7's, 8's, 9's are nice quality fish, but they're not lunkers in my mind.

Kozak reply :

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That is one fine bass indeed! Congrats You should inport some of the Florida strain to your waters! Anyway, here in Massachusetts, USA, I'd say a lunker LM would be 5+ lbs. and smallie anything above 4 lbs.. I've caught bigger bass, but this would be the yardstick here, I believe. Maybe some other Baystaters have a differing viewpoint? BTW....that 5 lbs. LM would probably be 7 or 8 years old!

I'm also from MA, and I agree. The state record is a little over 15lbs but I can't see that being broken anytime soon, biggest bass I've ever seen was my own 8lber. Along with the 8lber;I've caught quite a few 5's this year, a 6, and a 7.

But yeah, it depends on the area/climate because that changes the growing season and the type of forage the bass have to eat. Around here, the water ices over for about 3-4 months out of the year and the bass become basically dormant, not really growing.

F15HGuy reply :

In South Ga., lunker would be 8 plus. As for small mouth, never seen one down here so I guess even a dink would qualify as a lunker. ; ;D

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

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Lunker= any fish that I lost due to old line, bad knot, lazy hook set. ;D

Classic ;D

jaystraw reply :

I would say here in NH, anything over 5 is a lunker. My PB was 3.7 until I caught this 5.75-6 pounder (analog scale...hard to tell) a week ago:

6 pounds in a place that has such cold and long winters is pretty good as far as I can tell!

Matt Fly reply :

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I would say here in NH, anything over 5 is a lunker. My PB was 3.7 until I caught this 5.75-6 pounder (analog scale...hard to tell) a week ago:

6 pounds in a place that has such cold and long winters is pretty good as far as I can tell!

I love bass that look like they just came from some deep grass. That is one pretty dark bass, she's a beauty!!!!!!!

Hookem

Matt

jwo1124 reply :

For the northern ponds up here in Massachusetts, 4-5 pounds would be a lunker. In lakes, probably a little bit bigger like 6-7 pounds.

granadethrow reply :

LM- 4lbs good 5lbs very nice 6lbs possible trophy AKA lunker 7 submit for a pin, trphy, lunker, anything above that- crap yourself 16lb plus- state record- crap yourself and faint

smallies 3 good 4 hey look what i got today 5+ lunker

spotted bass- none in my area

jaystraw reply :

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I would say here in NH, anything over 5 is a lunker. My PB was 3.7 until I caught this 5.75-6 pounder (analog scale...hard to tell) a week ago:
6 pounds in a place that has such cold and long winters is pretty good as far as I can tell!

I love bass that look like they just came from some deep grass. That is one pretty dark bass, she's a beauty!!!!!!!

Hookem

Matt

Thanks!!! I'm very proud of her, and she is still living where I caught her from as far as I know.

Zeta reply :

Another Massachusetts resident here - I too would call a 5+ a lunker.

grimlin reply :

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Here on Lake St. Clair, a 4# LMB or SMB is a pretty good fish. Anything over 5# is a lunker. In 53 years of fishing this lake, my PB LMB is 5# and my PB SMB is 6 lb-15 oz, both considered braggers here.
Falcon

I agree with this...5 pounder bass is a real good size fish here..anything over is a lunker to many Michigan fishermens.We catch a 5 pounder here and we'll be doing a little dance...

Lightninrod reply :

What a fantastic BASS Daniel!!! You are right in being proud of her! 8-)

Living in middle GA, just about 60 miles from where the WR was caught........ 10 lbs is my lower limit for a lunker and I still haven't achieved that goal.

Dan

Red reply :

well i am not from TX, but i live here now....and if 10lbs is the standard for lunkers...man o man do i have a ways to go! my PB is 4.1.....me and my bud look forward to catchin something over 2lbs.....that has happened very rarely lately.....i have caught 4-5 in the 3lb range and the 4.1.....99% of the rest of the fish i catch are under a pound to 1.5 lbs.....but....i also only fish two private stock tanks and some golf course tanks....from shore.....my goal for next year is to have a boat and hit some other lakes...and hopefully break the 5lb mark.....so my standards might not be what texas standards are....but if i catch me a 5lber...thats hawg!!

Cliff

Catt reply :

LMB: 10 lbs is a hawg but it takes 13 lbs to be a ShareLunker; my PB is 12 lb 8 oz

SMB: Texas top 50 the smallest is 6.13; my PB is 0.0 :-[

Spot: Texas record is 5 lbs 8.96 oz; my PB is 2.5 lbs :

heyvern reply :

Hey you'll, I'm a trance plant from IN. to TN. Came here to catch heavy LMB. Went back to IN. a week ago and fished a couple of new ponds ( around 6 or 7 yrs. old) and guess what, 8 fish in two days of fishing that were measured and weighted. 2 were PB, a 6.8 lb. & the one in the photo 7.1 lb. all on a wacky worm (sweet potato pie)and 8lb. test line, the other 4 went from a little under 4 lbs. to 5.10 lbs.

I don't know about lunkers but boy they were sure fun and they will really stretch your line.

Have a good one, I sure did.

Sorry I can't get the photo to download??????

Branuss04 reply :

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It really depends on what state. Here, I don't consider a lunker to be anything under 10lbs. 7's, 8's, 9's are nice quality fish, but they're not lunkers in my mind.

With so many quality fish here in cali, I got to agree. Except maybe bring the "nice quality fish" mark down to around 5 1/2 so my P.B. can count as a nice quality fish.

fishingfrenzy reply :

Here in NJ, 5 pounds is considered a trophy by a lot of people. Our state record is just shy of 11 pounds. This year, we've got two 7 pounders, two 6 pounders, and maybe five 5 pounders. Thats just with people I've fished with. My biggest for this year was maybe 5.8 pounds, thats the biggest i can remember. Next year, hopefully we'll break the 8 pound mark and possibly go for a double digit :

guest reply :

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The Texas standard for LM lunkers is Double Digits, 10lbs.

ditto for Florida.

BackOnTheWater reply :

I live in SE TN, and we have quite a few reservoirs in the area. Each res tends to have different sizes and numbers of the different species.

I fish Lake Chickamauga more than anywhere else. A lot of the tourneys here have a big fish pot, and as a general rule the "big fish" must be at least:

LM- 8

SM- 6

Spot-5

My PB: LM- 7, SM- 4, Spot- 4. I have seen local photos of LM 8-10 lbs, SM 5-7 lbs, and 4-5 lb spots. We have a zillion LM 2-3 lb, you catch them all day long. And below the dam in the river, (technically Lake Nickajack) we are eat up with KY spots ...so many that there is no minimum length to "keep" and next spring there will be no quantity limit either...we want to get rid of all those little buggars...I rarely take fish home for the neighbors, but I hear that dem spots is good eatin'!

Jimzee reply :

I'll say in WV a lunker for LMB would be 8 - 9 lbs. SMB would be 6 - 7 lbs. Spot would be 2 - 3 lbs.

10 lb. LMB bass are not that rare here in the mountain state but I have yet to catch one. :-[

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