Caught a new pb... take a guess

[Angry John]

I have upgraded my PB three times since I moved to TN.  I know they get bigger here so the quest will continue.  This was out of a private pond, not a bass managed pond just something on a guys property with a locked gate.  It was about the size of an average farm pond 8-10 acres...  bass caught off a tree using kvd sb 1.5

[roadwarrior]

[Dwight Hottle]

Congrats on the new PB.

[Bluebasser86]

Congrats on the new PB.

 

Hard to guess from the picture. Fish is angled back slightly from the camera but looks tall and well filled out, probably in the 20-21 inch range, I'd guess 5.1 pounds.

[813basstard]

5’11 163

[the reel ess]

I always try to take the eyeball size into account. Big fish have "bugeyes". You're not long-arming it. I'm guessing high 5 lb range. Pond fish can be older than their size indicates because there are seasons of limited food. A pond fish that reaches that size can eat whatever it wants, including other bass. 

[Teal]

8 hours ago, 813basstard said:

5’11 163

Nah I'll say 6'0 201

[BigAngus752]

My guess is that if you really wanted to know the weight you would either carry a scale or take good pics of the length/width/girth using a tape measure or known object for reference. This could be a 4 to 6 pound fish and you won’t ever know for sure.

But regardless of weight this is a big, healthy, very beautiful fish!  I would love to catch her. Congratulations! ??

[MGF]

Congrats but "average sized farm pond"? I have never seen an 8 or 10 acre farm pond...maybe once but it was actually a flooded quarry.

[Darren.]

Congrats. Hard to say accurately, but a guess is 4-5ish pounds.

[BrianMDTX]

48 minutes ago, MGF said:

Congrats but "average sized farm pond"? I have never seen an 8 or 10 acre farm pond...maybe once but it was actually a flooded quarry.

Yeah, that’s a big farm pond in my book!

[lunkerboss923]

I'm gonna say 5.5lbs

[Teal]

4.5 - 5

[TnRiver46]

6

2 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

My guess is that if you really wanted to know the weight you would either carry a scale or take good pics of the length/width/girth using a tape measure or known object for reference. This could be a 4 to 6 pound fish and you won’t ever know for sure.

But regardless of weight this is a big, healthy, very beautiful fish!  I would love to catch her. Congratulations! ??

I Understood the post as he weighed it and just wants us to guess to see who is closest 

[Angry John]

Well I'm 6 foot 5 and 205.

Fish was 6 lbs 15.oz.  I did zero the scale and weigh it twice.  An upgraded from my previous 6lb 3 oz.

[Teal]

3 minutes ago, Angry John said:

Well I'm 6 foot 5 and 205.

Fish was 6 lbs 15.oz.  I did zero the scale and weigh it twice.  An upgraded from my previous 6lb 3 oz.

Well I was close on your weight

[roadwarrior]

GREAT fish!

 

 

[Koz]

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

6

I Understood the post as he weighed it and just wants us to guess to see who is closest 

You win!

[BigAngus752]

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

6

I Understood the post as he weighed it and just wants us to guess to see who is closest 

***head slap***  ?

[Dwight Hottle]

4 hours ago, Angry John said:

Well I'm 6 foot 5 and 205.

Fish was 6 lbs 15.oz.  I did zero the scale and weigh it twice.  An upgraded from my previous 6lb 3 oz.

Angry John is an honest angler. Most guys would round that up to 7 lbs. 

[roadwarrior]

'bout 7...

 

[TnRiver46]

11 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Angry John is an honest angler. Most guys would round that up to 7 lbs. 

agent 007

[Angry John]

14 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

'bout 7...

 

It's a funny place to be stuck between appreciating a new pb an wishing for one more ounce.  Leaves me an easier window to improve on. 

[roadwarrior]

Maybe your 7+ will be brown!

[soflabasser]

Congratulations on your new personal best bass.