Made Up Weights

[RAMBLER]

Just for the fun of it, I took a 1/2 pound bluegill and hung it from a tree limb with very light line.  I had my wife stand behind the fish with a rope in her hands.  Got it all lined up and snapped the picture.  That fish looked like it had to weigh at least 100 pounds.  Some uneducated people actually believed that picture.  I lost that picture in a 'puter crash.  I'm going to do that again and save the picture.  

Sometimes the picture is not "quite right".  I've seen pictures where the shadows didn't even go the same direction.

I watched a fishing show where the pro caught a fish of about 1 1/2 pounds.  Everytime he referred to that fish it got bigger.  By the time the show was over that was a quality fish of about 5 or 6 pounds.

[flippin and pitchin]

Darn magazines and advertisements. The only truth out there is on the covers of those tabloids at the check out stands. I like the baby with the crocodile head. I can see it now....312 pound  largemouth eats bass pro Timmy Horton. See photos inside. This gig gets way too serious. Slonezp and I are meeting for breakfast at Silver Mallard Bar to compare scars.  Anyone want to come along ?

[*Hootie]

Why do people have to lie?

Because that's part of fishing...lol.

Hootie

[Brian Needham]

Good for you and your two cents guess. 6.6 though.

 

Hi Salenity is making the very valid point..... his .02cents is worth just as much as your OP.

 

you weighted your fish and that is all that matters, it dont look 6.6 but a scale dont lie, TWO scales in your case.

 

As per your tone, you didnt like someone questioning you....so the question is why are you questioning national publications, pros facebook page, ect ect. they might have weighted them too ....

 

not trying to start anything with you, just pointing out it can go both ways.

[michang5]

I caught a 10.2 beast the other day with two witnesses, AND the fish was weighed on a BOGA. Still had a person on my bass club call BS on it. Some people just need to stop being jealous. 

 

The photo I took of you with your DD and my Boga should be in a textbook on how to take a fish weight picture! If your club mate is calling BS, then he/she is a moron.

 

[Jar11591]

A good way to tell is to look at the head of the bass compared to the persons hand. The bass in my avatar is 20"+ and 5lbs+ and you can tell it's not small by looking at the size of its head.

[FrogFreak]

The picture in my avatar is a bass that I never weighed but I was making a point to my kid that if you hold your arm straight out then it looks bigger. I'd guess it was 2 pounds or so. No idea.

 

I'll tell you what, I made the biggest mistake of my fishing life by purchasing a digital scale. Every since I bought that darn scale, I haven't caught one bass over 5 pounds. i used to catch a bunch over 5.......

[South FLA]

Almost impossible in my opinion to judge weight by pictures, i have seen bass that look less than 7 weigh close to 10 and bass that weigh in the 9lb class look like they weigh 6, but when its big EVERYONE says WOW!  Just look at Big O's pics, all WOWS!

[big poppa]

6.6

BPS digital scale. Friend with me used his analog and got 6.7. I went conservative.

March of last year. Private pond. My PB.

Congratulations on your personal best. Its a beautiful fish.

Lets get fishing back to a positive thing. It doesn't matter if a fish is 1 pound or 10 pounds we should all just appreciate the fact that we were able to go and do what we love. 

I'm tired of all this #FishBeef.