What is the weight of your best 5 bass in a day? 2025

Keithscatch reply :

Doesn't have to be in a tournament just what is your best 5 bass caught in a single outing?

Mine is 26lbs even with only 4 fish. Never did catch number 5. Would have been awesome though. caught an 8.5, 7.5, 7.0 and a 3 all on the same point. Gotta love Lake Fork.

I had another memorable day pre fishing a tournament. I caught a 6.5, 5.5, 4.5,4.0 and 2 for a total of 22.5lbs. Wouldn't you know it the next weekend only caught 1 fish in that area on tournament day >

Oh well, what is the total of your top 5 bass caught in one day on the same lake?

bassnleo reply :

I had a day last summer where I caught only 5 but they were all big. I figured that I had about 29 lbs in the 5 I caught.

Doin the summer thing, deep cranks and carolina rig.

KU_Bassmaster. reply :

A shade under 24 just a week or so ago. I also had one get off right at the boat. It would have at least added another 3 lbs to the total.

galv reply :

i'm gonna guess around 18

Fish Chris reply :

first off, I'm not really a "numbers" kind of guy. For me a "great trip" is 1 good fish over 10 lbs. But of course I have had a few days when I got more than 1 good one.

Earlier this year, I stuck 3 bass for 31 lbs. Two years ago I stuck 2 fish for 28.5 lbs. But anyway, I guess my best 5 in a trip were only 40.5 lbs.

I have two trophy bass buddies though who have stuck 45 and 50 lb five fish limits though ! Of course I'd love to get a limit like this, but I'd trade a 50 lb limit, for just one 19 lb PB :-)

Peace,

Fish

FlyRod reply :

Honestly, I can't remember a five-bass total since the Texas limit was lowered to five bass (from ten) after I quit tournament fishing. (It was either quit tournament fishing or hate fishing forever.)

I did, however have a ten fish limit, circa the early 80's, that was right at 48 pounds...NOT in a tournament, and caught from a belly boat, and mostly on topwater. The best part? TOPWATER!.

With a little dim (very dim) recollection and some interpolation I could hazard to guess that the best five of those totalled close to thirty pounds.

What made this noteworthy, today's huge catches notwithstanding, is that these scaly denizens of the deep were caught in a small city reservoir that had NOT been stocked (so far as I know) with Florida-strain bass. My good fortune was attributable to the fact that the lake was relatively "new", perhaps 5-6 years old, and the creek that fed it had a healthy pre-existing population. Also, the lake received little skilled fishing pressure because outboard engines cannot be used save in dire emergency. Ergo, launching and trailering of large boats is a pain despite the presence of a fine launch ramp.

The conditions that prevailed were much in my favor as well. It was either late March OR early April. The sky was overcast and intermittently drizzly, and there was a very light breeze. Never saw another human being that day. Just deer, rock squirrels, armadillos, a raccoon, and some wild turkeys. It was one of those magic days, I guess.

The downside was a constant fear of lightning.

Imagine being in a belly boat, a 30-minute paddle from where you'd launched, with three spare "lightning" rods sticking up on the off-side of your doughnut. I never heard a single rumble, except from my stomach, and the first one of THOSE scared the porridge outta me!

As I laboriously made my way back to my launch point, under menacing skies, I broke out a small Stars and Stripes and appended it to the tallest rod in the holders...fact! I piped the crew to "Man the Rails", and had the ship's band strike up a merry ditty...OK, maybe NOT a fact. My B-Boat, named "Das Toob" (See: "Das Boot"..."The Boat", a movie re a German U-Boat in WW2) is, in fact, Haze Gray (and currently in the Reserve Fleet, mothballed.)

I finished the day damp, slightly chilled, and deliriously happy. So much so, in fact, that when my sweet young GF picked me up at near-dark, bearing a thermos of Tanqueray martinis, I celebrated so well that I was truly delirious by the time we got home and lit off the grill.

A warm shower, a great meal, and a warm GF...Ah, wilderness. Thou wert Paradise enough! (Sorry, Mr. Khayyam.)

Well, kiddies, another longwinded and stirring story from Uncle FlyRod's logboook has been related to you. Now off to bed with you! Remember!...Hands OUTSIDE the covers!

Uncle F.

FatBoy reply :

About 7 lbs ;D

Unfortunately, I'm not joking >

But, hey, I'm a newbie. And look at it this way...nearly ANYTHING makes me happy at this point. I could catch five 2 lb fish and think I was in heaven. You guys that catch big fish all the time have it hard cause your goals are too high ;D ;D ;D

(I'm just jealous of course )

senile1 reply :

I wouldn't know the exact number. Since I'm not a tournament fisherman I never worry about adding the weights together. Over the years, there have been a few times where I've caught a group of fish where the top 5 were each over 3 - 4 lbs with at least one of them being a lunker over 5 lbs, so I guess my best would probably be in the 17 - 23 lb range.

roadwarrior reply :

1/08/05

Smallmouth fishing on the Tennessee River. Fifteen smallmouth, seven over five pounds. Estimated weight of the best five, something just north of 30 lbs. The following Saturday (1/15/05) I caught the two smallies in my avatar. That was a comparable day.

Keithscatch reply :

Some pretty impressive catches guys. I consider 20lbs or better to be good and some of you all have surpassed that by a lot.

BassKing813 reply :

The most bass I've ever caught in one day was nine. They were all 1-2 lbs, but I got one 3lber.

Jerkbate reply :

I'm not sure of the exact weight, but it would be over 35 pounds. I was fishing a small public lake near my home. That day I caught a 13.4 lber. & a 11.7 lber. within a few minutes of each other. I also caught several more fish. I don't remember the exact weights, but 5 of the other fish were between 4 & 7 pounds. That was over ten years ago. Now, due to over harvest of big fish, you are lucky to catch a 2 lber. on that lake.

K_Mac reply :

FlyRod, a wonderful bedtime story.

I will not wax as poetic as uncle Fly, but had a great trip night fishing at Bull Shoals several years ago. We were fishing jigs on a wind-blown point for a couple of hours before a big storm blew in. My best 5 were something over 20lbs. We didn't catch a fish over 5 lbs., but we caught a bunch of fish in the 4-5 lb. range. We only quit when the storm came crashing over the bluff and lightning started flashing all around. It made for an exciting trip back to the cabin.

gcaldwell55 reply :

a couple of years ago my uncle and i went on a fishing trip at lake of the ozarks at his moms cabin. we started fishin at 6 in the mornin and by 9 at nite we had 6 bass in the livewell from biggest to smallest 9.2 9.6 10.1 10.1 10.9 11.7 i'd say my biggest 5 would have been around 45 ish. it was the best bass fishin of my life and i cant wait till i get down there again. We got the 6 bass mounted on a old dead head its a pretty nice lookin tree now .

CJ reply :

60 POUNDS!ON A PURPLE AND CHARTUESE GRASSHOPPER! ;DJUST KIDDING!

Somewhere around 22 lbs.

Go ahead California,Florida,Georgia,Mexico,and Texas,make us other guys look bad.Your all SPOILED! >

5bass reply :

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Go ahead California,Florida,Georgia,Mexico,and Texas,make us other guys look bad.Your all SPOILED! >

You got that right CJ.....and as the old saying goes,"life aint fair".Around where I am,5 fish going 18 will win a tournament just about every time.There are exceptions but 18 here is a really good bag.

wvbass reply :

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About 7 lbs ;D
Unfortunately, I'm not joking >

But, hey, I'm a newbie. And look at it this way...nearly ANYTHING makes me happy at this point. I could catch five 2 lb fish and think I was in heaven. You guys that catch big fish all the time have it hard cause your goals are too high ;D ;D ;D

(I'm just jealous of course )

beat me to it . . . I'm just happy at this point to catch something

Whopper-Stopper reply :

29.7 lbs. I caught them all in one day in early march on a spinnerbait.

Randall reply :

47.4 lbs back in April. They weighed 8.0, 8.3, 8.4, 10.8, and 11.9. The 11.9 spit out a big half digested gizzard shad that would have probably added close to a pound to that weight making it over 48 pounds. Caught at lake Varner.

guest reply :

Excellent question. I'm going to have search some of my BassResource.com posts. I caught my heaviest stringer ever this past May on a Live Sammy 120. I posted the results here but can't recall the total weight.

Talk to ya when I find it.

Keithscatch reply :

Awesome day Randall. Is this the right Lake Varner you speak of?

Preview: An 850-acre drinking water reservoir owned by Newton County, Lake Varner opened to the public in 1992 and has produced excellent fishing ever since. First known as Cornish Creek Reservoir, this 850-acre impoundment was built in 1991 to provide an additional source of water for county residents. The lake opened to public fishing in 1992 and although some unique regulations are in place, anglers continue to flock to the lake to get in on the hot action. Much of Lake Varner remains virtually uncharted water. Since all boats are limited to electric motors only, the upper ends of the lake distant from the single access point get very little fishing pressure. Also, prospecting for offshore structure is a time-consuming task without a gasoline motor. Lake Varner is not an extremely deep lake. In the main creek channels, the water is close to 20 feet deep. The deepest point on the lake is near the dam and has 38 feet of water. Lake Varner's waters are usually clear, and aquatic vegetation is

bocabasser reply :

i caught 34.15 in a tournament 2 weeks ago. i also had first and second big fish with 8.6 and 7.10. i walked with $940. it is still the heaviest stringer at holiday park this year. i also have big fish at holiday with the 8.6. it was an amazing day and all of my fish were caught on top with a gambler lizard.

fit2fish3233 reply :

4.3 pounder in TX. Dem Bass are starvin!!

Easiest fishing I have ever done.

Randall reply :

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Awesome day Randall. Is this the right Lake Varner you speak of?
Thats it.

Gatorbassman reply :

29.7 last year on top water at Clarks Hill Lake in Georgia.

Gatorbassman reply :

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Much of Lake Varner remains virtually uncharted water.

Did you read that Randall. Uncharted. If they only had the charts we have.

Triton_Mike reply :

My biggest is 34lbs out of Ray Roberts in Texas. All caught on a buzzbait. Broke my personal best twice in the same trip. 10lbs, 9lbs, 8lbs, 5lbs, 2lbs. I could have culled that 2lber if a big summer texas storm wouldn't have thrown me off the water. I caught these 5 fish in a matter of an hour prior to the storm.

T Mike

Randall shadupp!!!

Randall reply :

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My biggest is 34lbs out of Ray Roberts in Texas. All caught on a buzzbait. Broke my personal best twice in the same trip. 10lbs, 9lbs, 8lbs, 5lbs, 2lbs. I could have culled that 2lber if a big summer texas storm wouldn't have thrown me off the water. I caught these 5 fish in a matter of an hour prior to the storm.
T Mike

Randall shadupp!!!

All I got to say is that if I send you a email next year and tell you the big ones are ready to catch you are just going to have to skip work. ;D

Siebert Outdoors reply :

about 40 lbs with one fish off a jig. Oh wait this isnt a catfish question.

I'd say about 26-28lbs since I have to limit it to 5 fish. Earlier this year I was hammering the biggies. Not so much anymore I havent had time to figure them out and catch'em. I had it down to where I could throw my lure in thier front door and hookem.

Yeah and you guys in the far south need to give us a handicap of 5lbs. So all of our fish weigh 5 more pounds then what they do or you guys lose 5lbs. Your 10 lbers are as common as catching a 5lber here. LOL

gatrboy53 reply :

this past march on lang lake ( a reclaimed phosephate pit in white springs) JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM BIENVILLE PLANTATION.first cast i hooked up w/ which would have been my p.b.well over ten,but she spit the hook at boatside.5 min. later a 7+ from the same spot ,w/in a hr. another 7+ from the same spot.i later found a male and female on a bed i caught the male a4+ and tried for a few min. to catch the sow but she wouldt stay locked so i left her to look for that 10+,which i never found.went back to the same point i caught the others on that morning and caught a 2+ and had another 2+that day .so somewheres around 23-24lbs.all the bass but the one i caught off the bed were prespawn moving up to spawn.the day before i caught a 9.3 just off that point in 12-15' of water.i posted the pics on fbf site.all released to be caught again .in tx. competetion around 16#s

George Welcome reply :

12.6 - Senko Bass - Boga weighed

14.3 - Senko Bass - Boga weighed

4 - 3 - Senko Bass - guess-timate

7.8 - Senko Bass - Boga weighed

There's five for you all caught before 9:30. That's my grandaughter: want to know what fishing in July is like?

senko_77 reply :

my best day was when I caught my 14.7, because I caught some 2's and 3's with it that day. That day my best 5 was probably in the 21lb range. My best day not rec fishing was when I was prefishing for a tournament on blackshoals and me and my freind mike caught around 17lbs on flukes

roadwarrior reply :

Hmm...

By 9:30 today?

George has my best day, everyday.

Triton_Mike reply :

George you SHADDUP too!! . Nice fishies!! Randall I will quit work when you say the fishing is getting good on Lake Walton I am going to try to PLAN vacation around the spawn at Lake Walton next year.

Tee Mike

Doghouse. reply :

that sounds like a good plan T-mike got to love those lake Walton bass

Brad_Coovert reply :

Never weighed fish during a fun outing, but judging by size, the best would be around 18 - 20 lbs. I'll take that in Indiana any day.

My best tournament catch was over 12 lbs. Not much, but it won our club classic and out of only 8 fish that were weighed in by the whole group, I hade five of them. 8-) I never seem to find the big fish when I am in a tourney though, only fun fishing or in practice.

Brad

Fish Chris reply :

That was one impressive string of fish posted by George Welcome ! Very close weight to my best 5..... and I'm going to come clean here.... I didn't weight the smallest of my best five fish limit either, as it was only about a 4 :-) But come on.... I already said I'm not a numbers guy ! :-)

Anyway, since we are posting a few photos, here are those two fish that I caught for 28.5 lbs

The first here is a big, bug-eyed, 13.5 lb'er

This one is a 15.0 (which BTW, was caught two years later by a young, on-his-way-up trophy hunter, and she had grown to 16-13 ! I felt great to have made that possible for him :-) .... yes, I'm patting myself on the back here :-)

Oh, both were caught site fishing with a Basstrix Bluegill.

Peace,

Fish

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