Help Me Guess The Weight Of This Bass

[Nice_Bass]

I'm in the 2 pound range, on the plus side.....

 

FWIW, weight charts aren't always accurate. They tend to "average". I caught a fish the other week that should have been 5.7 pounds but my scale weighed her closer to 5.  She was a tad undersized, length was great, but girth was on the shallow side. Depends on the variables.

 

I would tend to agree- however I have never caught a 19.5 bass under 4#'s.

a 19.5 bass weighing even under 3.5 would be emaciated.

[shimmy]

I would tend to agree- however I have never caught a 19.5 bass under 4#'s.

a 19.5 bass weighing even under 3.5 would be emaciated.

It depends. I have caught many bass in one particular lake that are 21 inches long and under 4 pounds. It will depend on the lake and postspawn conditions obviously.

[Nice_Bass]

It depends. I have caught many bass in one particular lake that are 21 inches long and under 4 pounds. It will depend on the lake and postspawn conditions obviously.

I could see that on a sick fish/fishery...but that would be an extreme outlier just as a 19.5 at 5.5#'s would be though and really should be removed from analysis.

[MCS]

by my calc is about 3.9-4lbs if you measured at the fork of the tail instead of the very end

 

I believe the calculators are this length ^^^.... lip to fork.

 

I know in the bragging rights thread everyone is measuring tip, but the technical measurement of length is to the fork. That will cut 2-3" off of the length of the fish.

[Bobby Uhrig]

Well if Glenn caught it he would say it was 9 lbs--if speedbead caught it he would be more honest and say it was 8.7 lbs. -- If Roadwarrior or I caught it -it would be dead on at 2.19 lbs ---  Im through a 19 inch fish is about 3.5 lbs

[George Welcome]

I believe the calculators are this length ^^^.... lip to fork.

 

I know in the bragging rights thread everyone is measuring tip, but the technical measurement of length is to the fork. That will cut 2-3" off of the length of the fish.

 

Biologist method of measuring:

 

http://myfwc.com/fishing/freshwater/fishing-tips/measure/

[MCS]

Biologist method of measuring:

http://myfwc.com/fishing/freshwater/fishing-tips/measure/

So is was thinking fork from the slot regs....I use this link http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/catchrelease/bass_length_weight.phtml

which doesnt really explain how to measure properly.

[Darren.]

The second pic, which I didn't see when I first posted, looks closer to a 3++ range. I find taking pix of bass my boys catch (while they're holding it), never look as plump as they actually are.

 

This is one of the reasons I like to carry a Hawg Trough in my yak to snap a pic+measurement. Helps when I've forgotten my scale. Next best thing is what you did, snap a pic next to your rod. You can always measure the rod later, then estimate the length of your bass.

 

But like others have said, time to buy a scale!

[derekxec]

Biologist method of measuring:

 

http://myfwc.com/fishing/freshwater/fishing-tips/measure/

 

thanks for that link! now since it says they use total and standard ill have to bring a scale with me and do some research on which is more accurate 

 

really we should all take a scale and do some measurements of thousands of bass and help contribute to make the calculations as good as possible 

[duckmaster55]

2 to 2 1/2 lbs

[J Francho]

Pictures are tough to use to make an accurate guess.  The fish on my right was a little over 19", and went 3.74 lbs. on a certified tournament scale.  I'd say your's might be close to, but a little shy of that.

 

[pbrussell]

These threads are always the best.

I think I'll start another one.

[shimmy]

I could see that on a sick fish/fishery...but that would be an extreme outlier just as a 19.5 at 5.5#'s would be though and really should be removed from analysis.

The lake is not a sick fishery and those bass are 5-6 pounds in the early spring. But postspawn they lose a lot. There are some bass that really just shut down after the spawn and it is not always that big bass are in a feeding frenzy to get back up to the right weight. You see it a lot in Florida lakes as well.

[MarkH024]

My guesstimate would be 2.5-3lbs on the topic.

The bass in my avatar was 21" but only 4lbs 11oz.  I honestly thought 5.5+ when I was hauling it in. Regardless, it's fun to catch fish no matter how big or small. 

[tomustang]

I think it was definitely over 3 lbs (based on the weighed 3.5 lb fish I caught that wa 18.5" and about 13" in girth), like I said picture makes it look small but the measurments are pretty darn good.  19.5" measured nose to tail tip (not pushed together).  Here is another picture of it next to my rod that gives a better perspective or what it actually looked like.  The cork on this rod from butt tip to tip of the foregrip is about 16.75"

That's healthy PA bass, for our area I've been seeing 19-20" bass in the 3-3.5lb range.

For others out of the area, we have longer bass that weigh less. I remember catching a 5.2lber that went 24", according to most of the calculators out there it should have been closer to a mid/high 6lb but not for this region.