Any Idea On Her Weight?

[nepabassfishing]

Guys, was just wondering what you think the weight of this fish might be?  I caught it yesterday, but did not have a scale handy.  It was 21" in length.  Being that my boat didn't have a livewell I wanted to release the fish ASAP after a photo was taken so that it would have a great chance to survive.  Any ideas by the length and based on this photo?  As always, thank you for the input.

[kikstand454]

4.5-5#

Probably closer to 4.5#

Nice fish!

[Catch and Grease]

4-5#

Somewhere in the middle

[Felix77]

5.266058823529412

 

That is according to the Bassresource calculator and entering in 21".  I generally round down so I would agree with 4.5 - 5lbs.

 

https://www.bassresource.com/bassfishing/fishcalculator.html

[middletonbass]

On 8/13/2014 at 8:44 AM, Felix77 said:

5.266058823529412

 

That is according to the Bassresource calculator and entering in 21".  I generally round down so I would agree with 4.5 - 5lbs.

 

https://www.bassresource.com/bassfishing/fishcalculator.html

 

That weight assumes the girth is 12.18 inches....the fish looks quite a bit fatter than that...at least 15 is my guess. With that girth, the weight jumps to 6.48 pounds!

[Mainebass1984]

The most accurate formula for calculating the weight of a bass is ((length x length) x girth) / 1200

 

I have weighed fish on my scale then used the formula to see how accurate it is. You would be surprised how accurate it is.

 

I would guesstimate the fishes weight in picture as being around 4.5 - 5 lbs as has been already stated.

[gettin bent]

Napabass thats a beauty. Love dark coloured largies. Good job on your fish and handling. Its a trophy regardless of its weight..but its right at the 5lb mark if not more. Good job, hope you get many more this year;))

[VAHunter]

I was thinking with the length and the fact that it looks very healthy, I'd say 5 lbs., maybe a tad more.  Healthy bass in my area that measure 21" will generally make 5 lbs.

[nascar2428]

According to the length to weight conversion chart.......5.78lbs. Sweet looking fish!!

[Raul]

How about next time measuring also the girth ? you had enough time to measure the length .

[ClackerBuzz]

big enough to ask out on a second date

[middletonbass]

The most accurate formula for calculating the weight of a bass is ((length x length) x girth) / 1200

 

I have weighed fish on my scale then used the formula to see how accurate it is. You would be surprised how accurate it is.

 

I would guesstimate the fishes weight in picture as being around 4.5 - 5 lbs as has been already stated.

This is the formula I use too...seems to be pretty close. Measuring the girth is very important and doesn't take all that much time to do.

[F14A-B]

I would guess at 5.75, nice fish, nice color, good and healthy looking.

[Catt]

3.5 - 4.25 max

[BassinLou]

21"r's that are healthy are usually high 4's or low 5's. Your fish looked healthy. 

[Weld's Largemouth]

no more than 5.2

[shimmy]

however, he is holding it close in and it does have that width that could be good. I would guess anywhere between 4.5 to 6. Don't rule out a potential 6 quite yet. Big enough to keep a scale on you at all times, nice fish. I'm just glad you didn't get on here and start talking about how it was 8-9 pounds or the typical, "my buddy who caught an 8 saw it and said it was 2 pounds bigger than he had ever seen" type responses. Great fish, hope you keep catching them. 

[bassguytom]

Between 5 -6lbs. Closer to 6 the fish is healthy and eating well. Nice catch.

[papajoe222]

A bit of advice when it comes to catching really nice fish like this one. Take a measurement, a photo and let her go exactly like you did.  She may have weighed 5.75lb. on your scale today, but if you weigh her, how is she going to gain weight over the next 10-20years.  One of my biggest fish was 23in. long and I'm not saying what her girth was because she's gained over a pound just mounted on my wall.

[EmersonFish]

If I were guessing for a chance to win $1000, I would say 4.81 lbs. That is completely unscientific. I'm just glad you handled the fish well, and didn't do the old "straight arm" trick to make it look bigger than it was. Beautiful fish.

[Slade House]

4.25 

[*Hootie]

On 8/13/2014 at 8:44 AM, Felix77 said:

5.266058823529412

That is according to the Bassresource calculator and entering in 21". I generally round down so I would agree with 4.5 - 5lbs.

https://www.bassresource.com/bassfishing/fishcalculator.html

I generally round down for other people's fish, and round up for mine.

....lol.

Hootie

[WRB]

Try my formula; length X length X girth divided by 1200 = weight in pounds.

If you don't know the girth the average for NLMB is 75% of the length.

75% of 21 = 15.75

Your bass weight is approximately 5.8 lbs.

Tom

[gobig]

Its so hard to tell by pictures. I have a pic of a 11.2 that looks like an 8 and I have pic of a 7 that looks like a 10. If I had to guess I would say 4.5.

[nepabassfishing]

Thanks for the input and kind words everyone!  I guess I should invest in one of those Rapala or Berkley scales.  I only had one of those BPS gold rulers so I couldn't even measure the girth.  My main priority was getting her back in the water ASAP.  I went to my neighbor's dock as soon as I caught her so she could snap a quick pic or two. I kept the fish in the net in the water until I got to the dock and only had her out of the water for a few seconds at a time for the pics.  Funny thing is she didn't strike my soft plastic all that hard.  It felt like a little resistance like weeds perhaps and then I set the hook and knew it was a fish.  I didn't think it was all that big until she broke water and then I quickly tweaked my drag.  This fish didn't have a mark on her, a true beauty!!!