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Title: how big is this bass
Post by: ridgefire on August 20, 2015, 08:34:44 PM: I finally fished this pond I found and caught this bass tonight on a rubber crawdad. It was roughly just over a hand width apart and just over three long. You figure this is a bass over 6lbs. Thing was pretty heavy.
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Post by: 2labs on August 20, 2015, 08:46:12 PM: I'm gunna say 5.5 -6 lbs. I got an 8lbs that looks quite a bit larger in the head and mouth. Nice fish! Western W.A. ?
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Post by: h20hunter on August 20, 2015, 08:47:53 PM: Big one. Keep it and fry it up?
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Post by: 2labs on August 20, 2015, 08:55:39 PM: Here's an 8.2 with a size 12 shoe for a comp.
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Post by: ridgefire on August 20, 2015, 09:04:37 PM: Im guessing is was at least 24" long. I missed some others that looked like they were bigger. Will bring a soft tape next time.
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Post by: Pete112288 on August 20, 2015, 09:06:13 PM: I tend to make my guesses on the smaller end of the possibilities esp if its my own fish.
I am bad at guessing not knowing the size of your hand and not having something else to judge it against. I would say 5.5 is a good ballpark. But hey whats a half a pound either way anyways haha.
Here are some, look at what you can see of my hand since yes I am guilty of long arming in pictures.
2 4.5 pounders (weighed on a scale) from last summer and one 5.8 pounder (also scale weighed) from my chubbier days of highschool.
Title: Re: how big is this bass
Post by: bassquatch on August 21, 2015, 05:39:02 AM: The formula is (girth x girth) x length ÷ 800 = weight in pounds.

Let's guess your hand from tip of pinky to tip of thumb (as pictured) is 6 inches and the length is 24 inches as you said... I'll add 2 inches to the girth for thickness we can't see, that would equal (14 x 14) x 24 which equals 4,704 ÷ 800 = 5.88lbs.

This formula is remarkably accurate, carry a soft tape and you can get pretty dang close on all your bass! :tup:
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Post by: PA BEN on August 21, 2015, 06:12:58 AM: I caught a 6 lber and it was 22" long
Title: Re: how big is this bass
Post by: ridgefire on August 21, 2015, 06:30:49 AM: Tip to tip on my fingers is about 8".
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Post by: Rob Allen on August 21, 2015, 07:06:32 AM: 6 ish
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Post by: Moonlite hunter on August 21, 2015, 07:25:32 AM: This one was 7.2
Title: Re: how big is this bass
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 21, 2015, 07:47:40 AM: Quote from: Moonlite hunter on August 21, 2015, 07:25:32 AM
This one was 7.2

The kid?

That bass is long armed enough it could weight 40# :chuckle:
Title: Re: how big is this bass
Post by: GrainfedMuley on August 21, 2015, 08:53:20 AM: Quote from: Pete112288 on August 20, 2015, 09:06:13 PM
I tend to make my guesses on the smaller end of the possibilities esp if its my own fish.
I am bad at guessing not knowing the size of your hand and not having something else to judge it against. I would say 5.5 is a good ballpark. But hey whats a half a pound either way anyways haha.
Here are some, look at what you can see of my hand since yes I am guilty of long arming in pictures.
2 4.5 pounders (weighed on a scale) from last summer and one 5.8 pounder (also scale weighed) from my chubbier days of highschool.

Looks like you have a lucky shirt in the first two pics..... :dunno:
Title: Re: how big is this bass
Post by: bassquatch on August 21, 2015, 09:34:11 AM: Quote from: ridgefire on August 21, 2015, 06:30:49 AM
Tip to tip on my fingers is about 8".

Thumb looks to be over by about an inch so use the formula at 7" plus 2" for the girth.

It's all guesstimation at this point as you don't have accurate measurements for length or girth :dunno: but that formula with accurate measurements is pretty spot on!

As mentioned by others I have also caught some bass that made up for in girth what they lacked in length and some long lanky bass that didn't do great on weight.

For instance, a 7.9lber I caught once was 1.5 inches longer than an 8.6lber I caught the following year, the 8.6 made up for it in girth! Carry a soft tape or spend $25 on a decent digital scale are the best ways.

Nice fish by the way :tup: