New PB

[EGbassing]

Just caught my PB again. It was caught on one of those giant double willow spinnerbaits. As soon as I set the hook, it jumped. I'll never forget that. It had to be 10 lbs. Didn't get a weight but I did get a wierdly angled picture; it doesn't do him justice at all. For some reason the file is too big to upload. Any other way to do it? 

 

 

[J Francho]

https://postimages.org/

 

Copy the direct link and paste here.

[EGbassing]

7 minutes ago, J Francho said:

https://postimages.org/

 

Copy the direct link and paste here.

Let's see if this works: https://postimg.cc/image/xjq5rzgz5/

[J Francho]

You didn't use the direct link, like this:

 

[EGbassing]

4 minutes ago, J Francho said:

You didn't use the direct link, like this:

 

Oh, thanks. What would you say it weighs? It looks so much smaller in the picture for some reason. 

[J Francho]

No clue on weight.

[EGbassing]

Just now, J Francho said:

No clue on weight.

Yeah, same here. My estimation when I was holding it up was about 10 - 11 lbs., but by the picture, I would say about 7 - 8 lbs. I always get bad camera angles when I take pictures of fish... 

[mattkenzer]

15 minutes ago, EGbassing said:

Yeah, same here. My estimation when I was holding it up was about 10 - 11 lbs., but by the picture, I would say about 7 - 8 lbs. I always get bad camera angles when I take pictures of fish... 

Great fish just the same .... Congrats.

[sfpalatka]

Nice fish. Lately I have doing really well on spinnerbaits.

[BigAngus752]

Nice catch!

[Dwight Hottle]

 

Congrats on your PB. Here is a very similar picture of a 10-2 that was weighed. 

[NHBull]

Congrats, but all this double digit talk makes me crazy as I have yet to see a 6lber  come out or my home waters

[SDoolittle]

Nice catch! Congrats on the new PB!

[CroakHunter]

Awesome. Sad that it seems every fish you catch you can't ever get it all the way out of the water and you never have a scale. 

[Bassin' Brad]

1 hour ago, EGbassing said:

Oh, thanks. What would you say it weighs? It looks so much smaller in the picture for some reason. 

Very nice fish! I in no way want to come across as a jerk, but BUY A FRIGGIN' SCALE!!!! They are not that expensive and then you will know what your fish weighs!! Again, not trying to offend....✌

[Darren.]

Congrats! No way to get a proper weight w/o measurements or

a scale.

[EGbassing]

2 hours ago, Bassin' Brad said:

Very nice fish! I in no way want to come across as a jerk, but BUY A FRIGGIN' SCALE!!!! They are not that expensive and then you will know what your fish weighs!! Again, not trying to offend....✌

Thank you brother. Also, no offense taken. I see your point. ? What type of scale would you recommend? I've heard people say that the hook type damages their gills, and I've also heard that the clip on kind damages their jaw bone. Are either of those things true? I'd like to be able to weigh them but it wouldn't be worth it if it really decreased their chances of survival.

1 hour ago, Darren. said:

Congrats! No way to get a proper weight w/o measurements or

a scale.

Yeah, as I said up there, I really want to weight them but I don't know which type of scale to buy. I release all mine so I don't want one that's going to damage their gills or something.

2 hours ago, CroakHunter said:

Awesome. Sad that it seems every fish you catch you can't ever get it all the way out of the water and you never have a scale. 

Thanks.  I would have lifted it up but I needed 2 hands to support its body because lifting one that big straight up by the lip can injure them. I only have 2 hands, so I couldn't have gotten a picture at all if I'd used them both to hold it. I also unfortunately go into full autopilot mode when I hook anything over 5 pounds... ?

2 hours ago, NHBull said:

Congrats, but all this double digit talk makes me crazy as I have yet to see a 6lber  come out or my home waters

Thanks. You should come down to AL. The pond I fish regularly produces 5 - 10 pounders. The guides on Guntersville give you half your money back if you don't catch one over 5 pounds on a trip with them. ?

[EGbassing]

3 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

Congrats on your PB. Here is a very similar picture of a 10-2 that was weighed. 

Thank you sir. That's a good fish. 

[Bassin' Brad]

47 minutes ago, EGbassing said:

Thank you brother. Also, no offense taken. I see your point. ? What type of scale would you recommend? 

Use the search bar and see what you find. Lots of threads on BR about choosing the right scale. 

[Bluebasser86]

Congrats on the new PB! 

 

The cheap Berkley scales from Wal-Mart are fairly accurate, they'll get in you in the ballpark at least. Hang a set of fish grippers from the hook instead of using the hook for easy use and to be safer on the fish. I use a cheap luggage scale off Ebay, they run about $5 and are amazingly accurate. 

[JustJames]

Congrat, at least that half beautiful bass.

[EGbassing]

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Congrats on the new PB! 

 

The cheap Berkley scales from Wal-Mart are fairly accurate, they'll get in you in the ballpark at least. Hang a set of fish grippers from the hook instead of using the hook for easy use and to be safer on the fish. I use a cheap luggage scale off Ebay, they run about $5 and are amazingly accurate. 

Thank you. I'll try to pick up one of those next time I'm at Wal-Mart.

[MichaelCopeland]

Awesomeness! Congratulations on your new PB! Nice looking bass. If you're using an Android smartphone you can download the Image Shrink Lite app and downsize your photos before uploading them on here. I've been using that app for over a year now. Works great! ?

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                      CONGRATULATIONS!