How much does this NY giant weigh???

[Tuckman]

Take a guess at the weight of this NY chunker!...I'll tell you that she is just a tad over 20" but as you can see she was packin the girth of a small Rosie O'Donnell.

This is my current PB smallie. I got her last october while practicing for the Chautauqua Bassmasters fall open on Chautauqua Lake...A small New York lake where you need a bag of 5 smallies over 25lbs to even raise an eyebrow in October. :-?

Sorry about the poor quality of the pic, all we had was my old 1.3mpx camera phone, but thats def. better then not having any pic at all!!!

So what does she weigh?  :-X

[huskybass]

Very nice smallie, congrats.  I would not be surpised if she went 6 pounds.  

[MitchIsFishin]

uh, WOW!!! I'd say 5 1/2-6 1/2 lbs. Beautiful smallie!

[SmallieFever]

That's the kinda bass dreams are made of! what a toad....I'm certainly no expert but I wouldn't be surprised if she was close to 7lbs.  I'd be more confident of this guess if she was a lil longer but with that kind of girth the weight has to be right up there.  LoL  at the Rosie joke...sounds like something I'd say.

[roadwarrior]

Wow!

After 5 you have to weigh them.

I would guess 7 lbs.

8-)

[Dan:]

I would say around 7lbs also

[bassmaster3000]

I'd say 6 1/2!!  ;D ;D

That is just a hawg!!

"That is one peeeeeing bass!!!!" - Shaw Grigsby  ;D

[Stroob]

That's the widest smallmouth I've ever seen-great bass! I'd definitely say over 6 lbs, how far over would depend on how fat the stomach was.

[dmac14]

Looks like a beauty, this summer I am fishing a Chautauqua I'm hoping to catch some ones like that. And i would giver her 6+. What did you catch her on?

[SMfisher]

nice fish, looks like 6 1/2 to 7

[Bass Dude]

I would say 6 1/2-7 1/2.   Chatauqua is a awesome lake.  There are monster Largmouth there too.  Even in the summer tourney I was in there took 20 something to win.

[Paul Roberts]

I hate the guessing game...But, I'm game.

A tad over 20 should put a "normal" good condition smallie at just about 4lbs. That fish I'll venture is 5-1/4. Now Chautauqua is known for 7# smallies on occasion, which should put me pretty low. But ONLY (LOL) 20inches...OK, 5-1/2.

[Dwight Hottle]

My guess is 6.5 lbs. Beautiful fish, looks longer than 20".

[Tuckman]

Well you guys are all close...I wish that I could say that she was a 7lbr, but I got 6.33 out of her on the cull-em-rite scale, but I'm sure not complaining!. I think if she had another in inch on her she would have cracked 7 though!!!

I caught her on one of the original Excalibur #6 Fat Free shads in a citrus color. I had just given the lure an onsite custom paint job with permanant markers(black stripes and orange belly to make it look more like a perch), and that was the ticket...I also caught a 5.9 and a 5.3 off the same spot, same lure, same day!!!

Paul Roberts, I did see of those 7 pound smallmouths that Chautaugua is known for... The day after I caught this toad, I was reeling in a "small" 4lbr and the mother of all smallies came up trying to take the crank out of its mouth, she came right up to the boat with the other one and it looked like she was trying to eat the 4lbr!...Me and my buddy caught numerous fish between 5 and 6 lbs in the 3 days we fished Chautaugua, and this big mamma was in another class alltogether...I'll be back for her next fall!!!

8-)

[Paul Roberts]

It's been a few years, but it sounds like the Chautauqua smallie fishery is smokin'!

[Tuckman]

Oh Yea...Its more than smokin' in October...The last few years that fall open tourny that Chautauqua Bassmasters hosts has had some unbelievable weights...If you only have 20lbs, you might as well go home early!!!

[huskybass]

Here's another beast at 5 pounds and only 19" that a friend caught, very thick fish.

[Dogface]

as you can see she was packin the girth of a small Rosie O'Donnell.

That's mean comparing a beautiful fish to Rosie O'Donnell.

[SMfisher]

wow! nice fat fish.

[Tuckman]

Huskybass thats another fat toad...these fish are prime examples of when the smallies get on a feeding frenzy they eat way faster than they can grow, so they just expand instead ;D

[roadwarrior]

Here's another beast at 5 pounds and only 19" that a friend caught, very thick fish.

Now that's a "football!"

8-)

[Paul Roberts]

5lbs 19"!!

What is it about smallmouth?

The only time I see largies THAT fat is when they are stuffed with shad, or trout -really fatty prey. Some smallies eat alewife, smelt or cisco -fatty species. But it seems in some waters smallies can also do this with perch or Gobies. LM can't as far as I know.

So, what are the forage types you giant killers have in your waters? I see posts with such fish coming from Maine, CT, and NY. What are these monsters getting fat on?

[roadwarrior]

#1 baitfish around here is threadfin shad (yellowtail)

Otherwise, skipjack, slick minnows, shiners and crawdads.

8-)

[J Francho]

Alewife and Gizzard Shad, plus gobies here.

[Dwight Hottle]

Here in erie its gobies, emeralds, perch & rainbow smelts. Two years ago in May there was a massive die-off of rainbow smelts with dying & dead fish all over the surface. I had great difficulty getting any bites until I tried matching the hatch with similar color pointers basically dead sticking them.