Awesome Bass man! Congrats!!

So honest opinions...the bottom 3 pics are of an 11.37 I caught a few years back in May during a Wednesday night tournament on Grapevine. My personal best. Fish was completely spawned out. The top two are the fish I caught at Lewisville. Looking at the girth of the fish it seems to me the one at Lewisville was bigger. But I'm not great at judging fish that big. But now it's haunting me because I just wanna know if I beat my personal best and if I did how big was she. As bass fisherman I'm sure yall can all understand. At the time in the heat of the moment my number one concern was keeping her alive. I know...I know...get a scale. I had one but lost it and just haven't replaced it. Lesson learned. For some reason I thought the lake record was 14 and some change but it's 13.63. I looked up the photos of that fish and now I'm asking myself if I released the lake record. Probably just need to let it go...she was a giant either way but we fish our whole lives to beat our personal best and it's horrible not knowing. Anyways what do you guys think judging from the pics honestly? I know there are some guys on here that have more experience than myself on fish this big. Just looking for some other opinions as I know what I think...but I guess we will never know. I'm gonna go find a corner to cry in. On the bright side she is still out there...getting bigger.

I think the bottom fish is bigger. The girth of it seems to carry forward towards the head more.

I'm surprised at how many people here don't carry a scale. Maybe I should leave mine at home, I'd have a better change of catching a decent fish

Only one opinion??? This has to be the first time in TFF history that nobody wants to play guess the weight. Use to be the thing around here. Oh well. Off to the lake.

LOL a year ago you would have been lit on fire by this crowd and Jersey D would have came along to [censored] you out !!! It's Obama making people soft. hhaahahahah

Did you get any measurements? That's a big bad b*tch! Get a replica.

11-12 is probably a close guess.

I saw the Grapevine Fish first hand. I think you knocked us into second place that night with that bag of 3 if I remember right...

Anyways an honest opinion is what you asked and I have to say the Lew fish is bigger by at least a pound. But either way you have to call it a 5!

Good on you for letting it go!

If you had cut some fishing line to measure length and girth you could get a better guess, but without dimensions it's had to make any sort of accurate estimate.

The one I caught yesterday was just stacked and my partner has caught several 10-11lb fish, first thing he said when she came up was man that easily dd, I really though she was too. Well put her on the scale and only weighted 8.10 she was only 22 3/4" though and really why she didn't bust 10.

Not saying your fish was the same size as mine I think yours was In the 11lb range and maybe a little heavier than the one from the vine. Just no way to know for sure unless you go catch her again and put her on a scale.

Looks like the bottom fish is bigger.
It definitely has a bigger frame. That being said, my largest fish on lewisville was nearly 26 inches and freshly spawned out. That fish only weighed 7 lbs on the tournament scales. I have caught 2 at 9lbs off Lewisville and neither was as long as that fish. Hard to say

30 lbs

Bottom fish looks bigger by about a pound (more overall bulk and girth). They are both great fish that most won't catch in their lifetimes.

TOO bad you didn't get length and girth with some of your line. THAT would have been TONS more accurate than I dunno and guess. I have a knife to cut the lengths of fish when I am in doubt, I measure it with fishing line and cut each to match the length and girth with. If you had those, you could get a semi-accurate weight guess. Wish I could help more. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

Awsome fish! That is my favorite area of the lake to fish there are lots of big fish there. March up around Little Elm can be awsome too. You just gotta be there. I'm not big on weights and measures anymore it's the battle that matters. You had a great one havin to get around the rail and all good for you.