Great work guys, wish I had something to contribute.

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Those skin mounts or replicas?

When I get mine I am going for the replica. I always said I wanted a skin but I don't think I would be able to bring myself to let a fish that big/old die. Also I found this guy from Mississippi that does AMAZING replicas. Saw him on YouTube and I swear they were skin, I wasn't the only one who shared that view in the comments, the scale detail was amazing! I've seen some replicas done that look like a cartoon fish I want to get my money's worth... First I got to land her though!!!

I plan on having a wall like that

Dead River you have posted enough double digit fish pics to photoshop our face on your body so everyone who commented could claim a pic/fish lol

Here's mine guess the weight??? 30" long need help guessing plz thanks, Will W.

Mexican lakes and private ponds don't count. There is always a party pooper!

Here's mine guess the weight??? 30" long need help guessing plz thanks, Will W.

Any idea on the girth? 30" is a ridiculously long bass. By the fishing calculator on the site, if your fish was 30" and had a very modest girth at 18" it would still weigh 15.88 pounds. George Perry's world record was only 2.5" longer and measured 28.5" around. Kurita's fish was just over 27 inches long and almost 27" around. Point being, when you get a fish that long you can get a big difference depending on the girth. Even if it was anorexic and only 12" around it would be near 10 pounds, although I doubt a bass could be that skinny and still be alive. 

Mexican lakes and private ponds don't count. There is always a party pooper!

 

 

I'd love to fish some of those Mexican lakes...

Here's mine guess the weight??? 30" long need help guessing plz thanks, Will W.

fish in your avatar is 30"???

Yes in reply to dead river, in reply to bluebasser86, I believe the girth was 17". Thanks, Will W.

Yes in reply to dead river, in reply to bluebasser86, I believe the girth was 17". Thanks, Will W.

Fish calculator puts it at 15 pounds even then. 

Wow! Bigger than expected! Thanks for the help, Will W.

There are several different calculations you can find to calculate a fishes weight. I have found the most accurate formula to be ((length x length) x girth) /1200. On the water I weigh the fish with my digital scale and takes it length and girth. When I get back home from the days fishing I use the formula to see how accurate it is compared to my digital scale. The formula I mentioned above is  very accurate compared to what the fish would weigh on the digital scale. It usually within 2 ounces. Next time out on the water check it out and see what your scale says compared to what the formula comes out to.

 

Using the above mentioned formula:

 

((30 x 30) x 17) / 1200 = 12.75 lbs

Show us some more pics bud. That fish doesn't look 30" to me

Here's mine guess the weight??? 30" long need help guessing plz thanks, Will W.

 

 

On your next birthday ask for the ACCU-CULL Digital Scale.

 

Here's the link.

 

http://www.*.com/Accu-Cull-Digital-Scale-p/accucull-digital-scale.htm

 

 It comes with a tape measure.

 

Perhaps you could have someone show you how to use it, correctly.

 

A-Jay

On your next birthday ask for the ACCU-CULL Digital Scale.

 

Here's the link.

 

http://www.*.com/Accu-Cull-Digital-Scale-p/accucull-digital-scale.htm

 

 It comes with a tape measure.

 

Perhaps you could have someone show you how to use it, correctly.

 

A-Jay

I tried not to chuckle. I failed.

that fish doesn't look anywhere close to 30" long, I'd have to see some better photos... just my opinion. that photo needs to go on that lunker club thread to be debunked

Only pic I have. Sorry, Will W.

Did you weigh it or measure it Will?

Post it in the body of a message. How did you measure it? Post hoc?

I measured it with a regular old tape measure 30" long 16.75" girth. Thanks, Will W.

that's a nice fish but it looks 25" or so to me, your hand sort of takes away from it for me. here's my 26" tail open

I tried not to chuckle. I failed.

That makes 2 of us. 

Its my pb 11.76

 

I caught it flippin the Cypress trees using:

 

Lew's Team HM85 Speed Stick Series 7ft heavy

Lew's Tournament Pro Speed Spool 7:1 gear Ratio

65lb Spiderwire Braid

Palamar Knot

Gamakastu Monster Hooks 5/0

Evolution Tungsten One-Two Punch weight in- "Camo Craw"

Power Team Lures Conviction Craw-"Delta Destroyer"