Derek1 Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Of course I didn’t have a scale but this is definitely my Pb. T was chasing blue gill at almost 90 degrees with bluebird skies caught it in about 12” or less of water. It almost swam into my grandson trying to get his bluegill that he caught. Gave the kid a heart attack lol. I made three casts to it with the bull worm I had on. No scale but I really think it was around six definitely more then five pounds. 16 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 4, 2019 Global Moderator Posted July 4, 2019 That’s a beast ! Congrats Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted July 4, 2019 Super User Posted July 4, 2019 That is a very nice bass. Congratulations! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 4, 2019 Super User Posted July 4, 2019 Great Bass ~ Congrats A-Jay Quote
Super User senile1 Posted July 4, 2019 Super User Posted July 4, 2019 Nice fat fish! Congratulations on the new PB! Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 5, 2019 Global Moderator Posted July 5, 2019 Great fish! Quote
Derek1 Posted July 5, 2019 Author Posted July 5, 2019 Thanks guys. A little bummed about the scale though. Now I can only call it a 5+ and not a 6 or 7. As I was having drinks on the fourth yesterday and talking about it, it was starting to get quite big lol. 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted July 5, 2019 Super User Posted July 5, 2019 From the butt of your rod to the end of the foregrip is probably around 13 to 14 inches . I'm guestimating this bass is 23 to 24 inches and fat . That would be 7 to 8 lbs according to a length to weight scale . Quote
Super User WRB Posted July 5, 2019 Super User Posted July 5, 2019 7 hours ago, scaleface said: From the butt of your rod to the end of the foregrip is probably around 13 to 14 inches . I'm guestimating this bass is 23 to 24 inches and fat . That would be 7 to 8 lbs according to a length to weight scale . You shouldn't have to guess length and girth measurement the bass has been out of water for sometime and the reel has line to use for a ruler. Length X Length X Girth /1200= weight in lbs. How hard can it be to cut a piece of line to use for both length and girth? Tom Quote
Super User Darren. Posted July 5, 2019 Super User Posted July 5, 2019 Congrats! Looks like a hawg-beast to me Quote
Derek1 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Posted July 6, 2019 2 hours ago, WRB said: You shouldn't have to guess length and girth measurement the bass has been out of water for sometime and the reel has line to use for a ruler. Length X Length X Girth /1200= weight in lbs. How hard can it be to cut a piece of line to use for both length and girth? Tom I didn’t do any of that. I forgot my scale, I took a few pics and put it back in the water. Quote
Super User scaleface Posted July 6, 2019 Super User Posted July 6, 2019 25 minutes ago, Derek1 said: I didn’t do any of that. I forgot my scale, I took a few pics and put it back in the water. You can still get a fairly accurate measurement by using the photo to measure the length and that bass has lots of girth . Quote
Super User WRB Posted July 6, 2019 Super User Posted July 6, 2019 4 hours ago, scaleface said: You can still get a fairly accurate measurement by using the photo to measure the length and that bass has lots of girth . All you can do is guess. Let's say the rod handle 14" -15" to the end of the locking ring. Adult bass heads are about 1/3rd the overall length = 21"-22" length bass. Average girth is 75% of the length, this bass appears to be closer to 80%. estimated length 22", eadriamted girth 17 1/2", estimated guess the weight is 7 lbs. It's so easy to cut a piece a piece of line if no scale and eliminate the guess work. Tom 1 Quote
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