Girth and using the weight estimator...

[YoTone]

I believe nobody that tells me their estimated weight on a bass when they dont have a scale.

its the same thing when everyone says the one that got away was a monster. 

digital scales on amazon go for like $6. whats so hard to carry one in your pocket?

[Ratherbfishing]

6 minutes ago, YoTone said:

I believe nobody that tells me their estimated weight on a bass when they dont have a scale.

its the same thing when everyone says the one that got away was a monster. 

digital scales on amazon go for like $6. whats so hard to carry one in your pocket?

I have a plaque on my wall that says, "Nothing makes a bass larger than ALMOST being caught"

The first (and only) scale I owned lasted less than a year despite very light duty so I haven't been particularly inclined to plunk down more money and really haven't cared that much one way or the other anyway.  It's not a religion to me.  Plus, in my mind, it takes little (if any) more skill to catch a bass that is 22 inches and weighs 6.5 lb than to catch a bass that is 22 inches long and weighs 6 lbs.  It's just a luck of the draw.  My philosophy has made me an unlikely candidate for tourney fishing.

[RHuff]

A 20 inch bass is usually right around 5lbs. 

[DrMarlboro92]

15 hours ago, YoTone said:

I believe nobody that tells me their estimated weight on a bass when they dont have a scale.

its the same thing when everyone says the one that got away was a monster. 

digital scales on amazon go for like $6. whats so hard to carry one in your pocket?

I own a scale, but I forgot it at home today and I caught what had to be an 18lb bass. I didn't measure anything but instead relied heavily on feel and the all entirely accurate beard measuring system which put it somewhere between 28 and 32 inches. Somewhere in there. 

In all seriousness though, I don't believe estimated weights either and scales are a cheap investment. It doesn't really matter though since I'm normally happy other people caught something they are proud of rather than worried about how much it weighed.