4-year bass summary

[WatterBoy]

Still waiting for ice to go off the lakes here and for bass season to open (3 week from today! ), so I pulled a few numbers out of my fishing spreadsheet this morning so I could take a look at them. 3 pounds and up is what we consider a good bass for the lake our cabin is on, and it appears last year was a good year for us for both size and numbers. Ice was out in early April last year, but it will be at least mid-May this year, so it will be interesting to see what, if anything, that does to our numbers this year.

We aren't really fishing many different areas or too many different lures from year-to-year, but the Smallmouth count keeps going up...actually WAY up from what it was prior to 2011. Hopefully that will continue!

          |---2012---|  |---2011---|  |---2010---|  |---2009---|
          Count   Pct   Count   Pct   Count   Pct   Count   Pct 
Total LM   682   100.0   674   100.0   360   100.0   246   100.0
5.0 & Up     0     0.0     0     0.0     1     0.3     0     0.0
4.0-4.15     6     0.9     1     0.1     5     1.4     3     1.2
3.0-3.15    47     6.9    20     3.0    16     4.4    16     6.5
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3.0 & up    53     7.8    21     3.1    22     6.1    19     7.7
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          |---2012---|  |---2011---|  |---2010---|  |---2009---|
          Count   Pct   Count   Pct   Count   Pct   Count   Pct 
Total SM   102   100.0    83   100.0    21   100.0     9   100.0
5.0 & Up     0     0.0     0     0.0     0     0.0     0     0.0
4.0-4.15     4     3.9     4     4.8     2     9.5     1    11.1
3.0-3.15    25    24.5    15    18.1     3    14.3     5    55.6
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3.0 & up    29    28.4    19    22.9     5    23.8     6    66.7
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          |---2012---|  |---2011---|  |---2010---|  |---2009---|
          Count   Pct   Count   Pct   Count   Pct   Count   Pct 
LM & SM    784   100.0   757   100.0   381   100.0   255   100.0
5.0 & Up     0     0.0     0     0.0     1     0.3     0     0.0
4.0-4.15    10     1.3     5     0.7     7     1.8     4     1.6
3.0-3.15    72     9.2    35     4.6    19     5.0    21     8.2
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3.0 & up    82    10.5    40     5.3    27     7.1    25     9.8
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Here is a replica mount I had made last year of the only 5 pound bass we've caught up there so far. I caught it on June 19, 2010 using a YUM money hound, and it weighed 5lb 1oz, was 20.0" long and had a 14.0" girth.