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What would you do? #6804221 11/03/11 02:17 PM
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I caught this on Pines Monday. It's the biggest one I've caught this year. It measured 22 1/2" and by my cheap azz scale it showed just over 5#. I looked at a conversion scale and a bass of that length shows to be 6.89#. Now if I'm gonna brag about this one what weight would use?






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Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804229 11/03/11 02:19 PM
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Well carp!! I thought the pic would show up in the post frown

I figured out how to add pic


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Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804231 11/03/11 02:19 PM
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5 pounds. pictures are deceiving though! SO I give you 1.5 pounds!!

we shall call it 6.5# !!! smile Nice feesh regardless!


Re: What would you do? [Re: SkeeterRonnie] #6804235 11/03/11 02:20 PM
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Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804236 11/03/11 02:21 PM
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Its pretty thin and long, but none the less, a nice pines bass.

Just say it was somewhere between 5 and 6.

BTW... I know your secret spot now... you didnt black out the background like those jacks in the catfish forum! smile



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Re: What would you do? [Re: TheShafer] #6804248 11/03/11 02:24 PM
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[quote=TheShafer]Its pretty thin and long, but none the less, a nice pines bass.

I thought the same also, When it first jumped my first thought was 6+ until I got it in the boat. I guess it was so hungry it would fall for anything thrown it's way.



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Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804370 11/03/11 02:59 PM
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I think your scale is probably about right. Nice Fish.

When you look at a length/weight chart it is showing you what an ideal/100% weight is for the length. This time of year it would be hard to hit 100% on a lot of fish.



Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804409 11/03/11 03:07 PM
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JR, that's about what I thought--I really just wanted to try posting a pic AND make Slodsm jealous.



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Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804415 11/03/11 03:08 PM
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haha...good job



Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804604 11/03/11 03:57 PM
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Those conversion charts are assuming the fish is in perfect health their close but not always accurate.


What I would do is over shoot your weight by about 3 lbs, just to see the responses you'll get from everyone, loL.



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Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6804939 11/03/11 05:18 PM
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Don't know if you measured the girth, but the weight calculators use the girth of the fish as well as the length. Most fish weight calculators assume a length to girth ratio of about 1.7 for an average bass. But that ratio doesn't hold very well for fatter or skinnier fish. I caught one a few years ago that was 22 1/2" long and went 7.4 lb., so 6.9lb. is very reasonable for that length in my opinion. Spring-type mechanical scales get off easily; digital scales are more reliable in general.



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Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6805888 11/03/11 09:31 PM
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I had a fish this weekend in a tournament when deciding to cull the 15 3/4 was heavier than the 17 inch fish . Texas parks and wildlife shows a way to make sure your scales are accurate most of the berkley electric scales I've used are about 3oz off.


Re: What would you do? [Re: Don Bruner] #6805940 11/03/11 09:49 PM
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nice fish!


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There is not a scale made that i would trust for culling. To me its balance beam only. Its fast and easy and never has a dead battery.


Re: What would you do? [Re: Mark Perry] #6806033 11/03/11 10:15 PM
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5 lbs is always a good fish so congrats



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