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Guess The Weight #11739685 07/24/16 08:44 PM
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I didn't have scales. The tip of the cork to the butt of the rod is 10.5" and the reel is 2.75" across.

Caught in the Brazos below Whitney, today.



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Re: Guess The Weight [Re: Lloyd5] #11739734 07/24/16 09:13 PM
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The fish or the rod?

Just kidding, I'm not good at estimating weights, but that's a nice bass.

But seriously, what size rod were you using?

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Re: Guess The Weight [Re: Lloyd5] #11739743 07/24/16 09:17 PM
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Re: Guess The Weight [Re: Lloyd5] #11739893 07/24/16 10:50 PM
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The rod is a 9' 6wt, with 8lb test tippet.

I'd caught a big bluegill and when I had the bluegill halfway to me this bass attacked it, spit it out and came back and took it again. I set the hook like you normally would for a bass and the hook came out of the bluegill and into the bass's lip. That's the third or fourth time that's happened in the past year or so.

Best I can tell is it's 21" long and 21" girth, based on the known lengths in the photo and how thick I remember it being. From the formula this would be an 8.16lb bass. Or so it would appear to me, how about to you?

Here's the link to the measurement system: http://legacy.myfwc.com/fish/

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Re: Guess The Weight [Re: Lloyd5] #11740118 07/25/16 12:48 AM
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Pretty good formula with the slander tail I would say 7.5 my self and I've caught a few big bass (see sig pics for reference) great fish Lloyd!


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Nice fish! cheers Only guessing I would say 4 to 5 pounds. noidea


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Re: Guess The Weight [Re: Lloyd5] #11740510 07/25/16 08:55 AM
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I made a dumb math error. I still take it the bass is 21" long but the girth is more like 16". For some reason I was thinking the reel is 3 1/2" but it's 2 3/4" and I was using that to gauge the "depth" of the bass, and going from memory on thickness. By the formula this would be a 7 lb bass.

He was definitely a blast to catch.

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