Super User WIGuide Posted January 24, 2014 Super User Posted January 24, 2014 Body size can affect how big a fish looks in a picture. Being 6'6" myself I can say I've had plenty of big fish look smaller when I hold them vs anyone else. That being said however, there's no way that fish is 11 lbs! Even if he's a 7 footer it's not that big. 1 Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 No way that bass is anywhere near 11 lbs. I highly doubt the fish was even weighed. He probably guestimated the weight. Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted January 24, 2014 Super User Posted January 24, 2014 The bass in my avatar is about 3#. I asked my wife if she could make it look like a 10#er. The final result. Hootie 3 Quote
Drewski73 Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Hootie, Id say its time you changed your avatar! lol Thats awesome! 1 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 24, 2014 Super User Posted January 24, 2014 Lookin' good! Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 24, 2014 Super User Posted January 24, 2014 The bass in my avatar is about 3#. I asked my wife if she could make it look like a 10#er. The final result. Hootie She is a keeper! 1 Quote
TrapperJ Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 LOL ok if thats an 11 pounder than i have caught numerous ones. He's gotta be trolling.. "ok all these guys get in the magazine with fish that i say no where near their weight, what happens if i send in a 5 pounder and say its an 11." 1 Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted January 24, 2014 Super User Posted January 24, 2014 She is a keeper! The wife, or the bass....lol. She is a whiz with photoshop. I had her to send this to Walgreens to be put on a coffee mug. When I went to pick up the mug, the photo was on one side. On the other side she had put, in big capital letters, "BIG BOGUS BASS". When I asked her why, she says, "you didn't want to lie did you". I said, YEAH!!! Oh well, still a nice mug. I try not to let anyone see the other side. Hootie 5 Quote
SudburyBasser Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 I've raised a Spock-ian eyebrow at some of the pictures in that section of Bassmaster on occasion and that was one of them. 1 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted January 24, 2014 Super User Posted January 24, 2014 The wife, or the bass....lol. She is a whiz with photoshop. I had her to send this to Walgreens to be put on a coffee mug. When I went to pick up the mug, the photo was on one side. On the other side she had put, in big capital letters, "BIG BOGUS BASS". When I asked her why, she says, "you didn't want to lie did you". I said, YEAH!!! Oh well, still a nice mug. I try not to let anyone see the other side. Hootie That's funny stuff right there. You are definitely a HOOT Roger 1 Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted January 24, 2014 Super User Posted January 24, 2014 A few years ago someone from NY submitted a fish that was at best a 6lber, but claimed it to be 12.............which Bassmaster published. We had quite a laugh over it at NYBass, seems how it was big enough to be the new NY state record and all......LMAO Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 25, 2014 Global Moderator Posted January 25, 2014 There's always fish like that in the Lunker Club of Bassmaster. If someone wants to lie about the size of their fish (not saying this guy did, I've seen some nice fish look like they'd barely keep and dinks that looked 10lbs in the picture) to get in a magazine, then have at it. Quote
Stlbob Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 I get the fact he lied about the weight,but heck all fisherman add a little something when they tell a story. Yeah the mag should have proof readers that fish to cut down on something like this. Quote
Fish_Whisperer Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 This is my avatar pic... My fish was almost 8 lb. I'm 5'6, 145-155 depending on the week. My hands measure 7" from where my palm and wrist meet to the tip of my middle finger. You can clearly see the weight and fat of the fish bunching up and hanging below my right fingers, and an old basser told me that when they start to do that, they're starting to get big. Like you all, I call BS on the lunker I quoted. Quote
Fish_Whisperer Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 I don't know the weight of this one. Remember I am 5'6 , 150 lbs average. from my waistline(where my belted jeans start) to the top of my shoulders measures 23". This fish here was held almost to my side and almost touching my chest. Notice the tail fin stretching below the band of the shorts, and the lips a little bit above the shoulders. You can say that the fish is about 25" long. I guess that fish to weigh around 4 or 5 lbs. Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 I just looked at it in my issue. 11-13 looks legit. The other not so much at 11-4. Just IMO looks like 5-4. Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 The bigger bass have the bulging eyes. tbone1993 said googly eyes. LOL. Never heard that term. Quote
Fish_Whisperer Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 I just looked at it in my issue. 11-13 looks legit. The other not so much at 11-4. Just IMO looks like 5-4. I agree. That fish is no bigger than the fish of mine I posted second. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted January 26, 2014 Super User Posted January 26, 2014 The bigger bass have the bulging eyes. tbone1993 said googly eyes. LOL. Never heard that term. Googly or bulging eyes has been said to be a sign of age and not size. Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted January 26, 2014 Super User Posted January 26, 2014 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=marty+feldman&client=ms-android-verizon&sa=X&hl=en&v=134000000&biw=320&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=VILsJY80FWsj-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/&docid=7MdljoJlGDMSHM&imgurl=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwMjA5ODc4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDEwOTg2._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg&w=477&h=720&ei=RYjlUoCqHY_pqAGbrYH4CQ&zoom=1 2 Quote
jignfule Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=marty+feldman&client=ms-android-verizon&sa=X&hl=en&v=134000000&biw=320&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=VILsJY80FWsj-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/&docid=7MdljoJlGDMSHM&imgurl=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwMjA5ODc4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDEwOTg2._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg&w=477&h=720&ei=RYjlUoCqHY_pqAGbrYH4CQ&zoom=1 Clearly an indication of age. Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Size or age,,,,,,,doesn't matter,,,,,,, just the term googly eyes made me literally LOL!!! Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 deak,,,,,,,funniest picture!!!!!! Quote
Super User slonezp Posted January 27, 2014 Super User Posted January 27, 2014 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=marty+feldman&client=ms-android-verizon&sa=X&hl=en&v=134000000&biw=320&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=VILsJY80FWsj-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/&docid=7MdljoJlGDMSHM&imgurl=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwMjA5ODc4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDEwOTg2._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg&w=477&h=720&ei=RYjlUoCqHY_pqAGbrYH4CQ&zoom=1 1 Quote
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