Please help I caught this bass last summer. I was fishing off my kayak so I didn't pack my scale. I need to know about how much my fish weighs I was thinking around 9 or 10 lbs.

Big girl but she looks starved

Nice catch regardless

Welcome to BR ~

 

Nice Bass - did you happen to take and record the length & girth ? 

 

That's a fairly decent way to get ball park weight.

 

You're going to get a wide array of guesstimate weight replies here.

 

I'll will you that what ever it weighed, it's a lot bigger than anything I've gotten in 2014.

 

A-Jay

Big girl but she looks starved

Nice catch regardless

 

Agreed , Very Nice catch and congrats !!!!

Welcome to BR ~

 

Nice Bass - did you happen to take and record the length & girth ? 

 

That's a fairly decent way to get ball park weight.

 

You're going to get a wide array of guesstimate weight replies here.

 

I'll well you that what ever it weighed, it's a lot bigger than anything I've gotten in 2014.

 

A-Jay

2014 being the key?

7 lbs, 9 1/2 oz. (I do this for a living)....Or 10....

I dunno but I'd definitely say she's over 3lbs . This might help if you have these measurements. Geeez...sounds like a playboy model.

To determine the weight of a largemouth bass in the absence of a scale, the following formula based upon linear measurements of the fish is a reliably accurate method of calculating its weight:

L x G x G

W = -----------

800

L = Length [in inches] from nose to fork in tail

G = Girth [in inches] around fleshiest portion of body

W = Weight of fish in pounds

Defiantly over 6lbs, but no more then 8 1/2. That bass looks like it hasn't eaten in forever.

I'm guessing 7-8 lbs. Nice fish. For reference this fish weighed 9-2.

 

I dunno but I'd definitely say she's over 3lbs . This might help if you have these measurements. Geeez...sounds like a playboy model.

To determine the weight of a largemouth bass in the absence of a scale, the following formula based upon linear measurements of the fish is a reliably accurate method of calculating its weight:

L x G x G

W = -----------

800

L = Length [in inches] from nose to fork in tail

G = Girth [in inches] around fleshiest portion of body

W = Weight of fish in pounds

IGFA formula is good for tuna, not bass; L x L x G / 1200 = weight in lbs. L = length with mouth closed.

Tom

I'm with Dwight, 7-8 pounds. The bass in my avatar was 6.6 pounds and over 22". Yours definitely looks bigger.

I would say the fish is between 8 - 9, it would appear to be about 23-25 inches long. it is pretty skinny on the bottom but the top looks pretty thick and healthy. it is hard to compare it to Dwight's fish since his is short and fat (probably not even 22") and yours is long and skinny. it definitely looks bigger than 8 though. 

 

Mitch

In what part of the country was it caught?

Thanks to everybody's replies. I used toms equation an it came out to be just over 8lbs.

-thanks Mitch

I would say the fish is between 8 - 9, it would appear to be about 23-25 inches long. it is pretty skinny on the bottom but the top looks pretty thick and healthy. it is hard to compare it to Dwight's fish since his is short and fat (probably not even 22") and yours is long and skinny. it definitely looks bigger than 8 though. 

 

Mitch

 

The more I look at it, I'm thinking the better part of 8. But nearly impossible to tell without measurements or a weight.

 

My bass (avatar) was also skinny, but 22 ¼" long. Dwight's was feeding extremely well, no idea the length.

I caught the fish in North Carolina on Mount Island Lake.

Hattrick7

L = Length [in inches] from nose to fork in tail

To the fork In the tail? Or to the tip of the tail ? I've always measured to the tip. Like for legal length. I've never even had a tape measure when I catch the biggest ones anyway. Seems they don't bite if you carry a camera,scales,or even a tape measure some times. .

I've used the calculator on here for years. Look under (tools) tab at the top.

And it's pretty darn close to fish I have weighed in the past.

The only measurement I took was its length and it was 27inches

IS it Skinny because of post spawn, just asking. Still bigger that what I have caught...... For now

Hattrick7

L = Length [in inches] from nose to fork in tail

To the fork In the tail? Or to the tip of the tail ? I've always measured to the tip. Like for legal length. I've never even had a tape measure when I catch the biggest ones anyway. Seems they don't bite if you carry a camera,scales,or even a tape measure some times. .

I've used the calculator on here for years. Look under (tools) tab at the top.

And it's pretty darn close to fish I have weighed in the past.

Same here except the camera since I always carry my phone fishing. I usually eyeball it and mysteriously the bass gains a coupla pounds.

Shhhss. I don't think the fish no there is a camera in the phones yet. Lol

I still forget myself. I dropped a pretty 7+ back in a couple of months ago and then thought I should have taken a pic she was so pretty. My old iPhone takes good pics. I just noticed this fall. Had it for more then two years. Lol.

The old phones where so bad I never bothered looking at this one and it's only like 2 Meg's to. Go figure.

27" length fish should be pushing double digits even being skinny.

Nice fish

Camera Angles make it so tough to figure out how big a Fish actually is. I always use the Rapala formula  which used length and girth to estimate the weight. I have seen some crazy weights both Light and Heavy for Long and Short Fish....I know an Angler landed a 33" largemouth at lake Toho in a Bassmaster event that weighed 9.3 or something else super light. The Fish was a schoolie who chased bait around all day instead of hiding out and ambushing prey which makes those bass much fatter since they burn less calories & Eat bigger Panfish etc.....

 

Overall, your Fish looks awfully skinny in the first photo, but looks like a Good 7.5-8lb Healthy Fish in the other. That is a BIG Fish for sure. I used to catch tons of 4-5lb fish in Ny growing up, and since moving to Florida, I now realize how big a True 10lb Fish really is. When you see one, you realize that it is HUGE & they just look different than all smaller Bass.

 

General rule of thumb....19"-4lbs  21" 5-6lb if a Chunk    22-23" 5-12...I believe I have actually viewed recordings in Texas that were crazy & the Fish looks like a Pillow.

 

I find that I catch alot of 21-23" Bass here in Florida, and They are Stocky in some of the private ponds which receive little pressure and are full of bait. I have had all my measurements calculated & only 2x did any of those fish break 8, and it was barely over. I actually landed a 24.25" which looked like a 9 to me and was 7.15...Not sure how accurate the measurements are, but I have been lucky to have seen several ten's landed, and was on a golf course when a 14yr old pulled out a decent 13.9 which was officially weighed...It looked like an alien from outer space and it was not long and quite sure it was under 28".

 

Either way, Huge Fish and a trophy in any body of water, especially out of a Kayak which is tough with leverage etc. I will keep using the Rapala % 12 formula and so far it likes to keep me in the 7.3-9.9 & hopefully it comes this year as I am on a mission to get a teener after witnessing a Monster coming out of a Golf Course Pond. I have seen Bass over 10lbs in small retention ponds loaded with bait, but they are tough to catch on artificialls many times as most good ponds are clear & have alot of cover/Weed growth.

Too bad that 27" was not caught Pre Spawn as you may have had a 10-11lb fish on your hands....looks like that fish lost extra weight for some reason...Still a Giant.

 

I always measure to fork of tail and scales have been within a few ounces 85% of the time, and the other times I simply add a half inch somewhere so I get a better weight to tell others. It is all about girth and Genetics.