need help guessing weight of wifes fish

[bobp14]

several years ago my wife caught this fish in Tenn. at my sons farm and we are trout fishermen and have no idea the weight of this bass. my wife marrked the length of the fish on her rod and it was aprox 24inch. she released it and never measured it with a tape. what aprox. do you think it weighed?

thank you

[long island basser]

A 24" bass is somewhere (roughly) around 8 lbs.

[Basswhippa]

7 to 8.  Wonderful fish and photograph of a happy lady.

[bonzai22]

I would say 7.5 lbs.

[68camaro]

Don't know but great fish and super happy wife......

[Master Bait'r]

That fish is all of 7-8lbs.  Monster!

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

No guessing for me but that's a nice one.

A-Jay

 

[Montanaro]

She is holding it out towards camera.

Ill say 3 pounds at most

 

 

 

[Hog Basser]

Standard average weight for a healthy 24 incher is 8.52 lbs, but most aren't average.  Hard to tell the girth from the picture, but I would guess closer to 7-7.5 lbs., especially if caught in a pond that isn't managed for trophy fishing - most fish will be below average unless their forage supply is kept up really well. 

[F14A-B]

7 1/2 to 8 1/2.. nice fish!

[S. Sass]

More than the last ones I have been catching. 

[Darren.]

Welcome aboard!

I'll throw 8# +/- out for a guess.

Great catch, either way

[fishinfiend]

8-10 pounds excellent fish!!!

 

 

waiting for others to say 5 pounds tops

[WRB]

24" long largemouth, mouth closed to end of tail, weights approximately 8.64 lbs.

Formula: length X length X girth* divided by 1200 = weight in pounds.

* wild card with this bass is unknown girth, average body shape LMB, the girth = 75% of the length, 18" for a 24" long bass in the photo.

Nice bass!

Tom

[everythingthatswims]

Food For Thought.......

 

This 23" went 5.9lbs

This 24" went 5.4 I believe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[z7master167]

Fish looks healthy to me and shes not long arming it, i say right at 9lb

[N Florida Mike]

My pb was 24 1/4 inch.I had 3 scales.One said 8, another 8 1/2 and the last one said 9.I'd say your fish is 8-8 1/2.

[gardnerjigman]

I'm gonna say 7lbs with the head of a 9lber. Gonna guess a summer fish?

[tomustang]

I don't follow those calculators, if i calculated my one 5.1lb bass I caught that was 24" it would be 8lbs . The estimations from the calculator are a somewhat silly most of the times.

 

I wouldnt doubt the formula was make by someone thats fish always got bigger every time he would tell the story. 

8 minutes ago, gardnerjigman said:

I'm gonna say 7lbs with the head of a 9lber. Gonna guess a summer fish?

I agree, in the ballpark of 7, yet it has an empty stomach

[jbw252]

Does it really matter?  Looks like a great catch & a happy fisherwoman. 

[Bankbeater]

Welcome aboard!  I am going to say somewhere in the 7 to 8 pound range.

[Janderson45]

On February 15, 2016 at 0:57 PM, Hog Basser said:

Standard average weight for a healthy 24 incher is 8.52 lbs, but most aren't average.  Hard to tell the girth from the picture, but I would guess closer to 7-7.5 lbs., especially if caught in a pond that isn't managed for trophy fishing - most fish will be below average unless their forage supply is kept up really well. 

Just a thought- you said in your response that "most fish aren't average" and "most fish will be below average" which is terribly contradictory.  While I can understand your argument that a fish from a pond could be stunted or malnourished, this doesn't necessarily have to be the case.  The Massachusetts state record large mouth of over 15lbs came from a pond that's somewhere around 300 acres.  

All that said, I do agree with your weight estimate of the pictured fish, I would guess 7.5#. Awesome fish!  

[WRB]

8 hours ago, tomustang said:

I don't follow those calculators, if i calculated my one 5.1lb bass I caught that was 24" it would be 8lbs . The estimations from the calculator are a somewhat silly most of the times.

 

I wouldnt doubt the formula was make by someone thats fish always got bigger every time he would tell the story. 

I agree, in the ballpark of 7, yet it has an empty stomach

I developed the formula referenced because the IGFA formula doesn't work for LMB, the body mass isn't nearly as dense as tuna.

What is critical with any formula is accuracy of measurement; the mouth must be closed, length measured from the tip of the closed lower jaw down the center of the bass to the end of the tail. The girth is measure with the dorsal fin down around the widest body mass. If someone has added heavy dense objects into the bass, it becomes obvious using this formula.

No calculated weight can be as accurate as a accurate scale, best estimate will be within 20%. I measure over a 100 bass that were over 7 lbs, up to 19 lbs, the formula works!

Tom

[Hog Basser]

13 hours ago, Janderson45 said:

Just a thought- you said in your response that "most fish aren't average" and "most fish will be below average" which is terribly contradictory.  While I can understand your argument that a fish from a pond could be stunted or malnourished, this doesn't necessarily have to be the case.  The Massachusetts state record large mouth of over 15lbs came from a pond that's somewhere around 300 acres.  

All that said, I do agree with your weight estimate of the pictured fish, I would guess 7.5#. Awesome fish!  

Yeah, I kind of rethought it after I posted and the statement was a little mis-worded.  In my research and personal experience with pond management, most ponds can be good for a short amount of time if not managed, but, barring absolutely perfect conditions and natural predation of bass, all will eventually have a stunted bass population unless bass are culled and the pond is continually managed.  Usually within 5-6 years they can go downhill.  I guess the proper way to say it is that the "Average weight for a healthy bass that length is xx, however if caught in a smaller pond there's a good chance the bass won't be at the average healthy weight".  This, of course, doesn't mean it can't happen.  It is my goal to have a lot of double-digit beasts in my own 60 acre pond after all.  

[Ski]

On ‎2‎/‎15‎/‎2016 at 7:35 AM, long island basser said:

A 24" bass is somewhere (roughly) around 8 lbs.

24x24x24=13824

13824 divided by 1600=8.6 Lbs

Formula is very close but an accurate measurement is the key.