I know what you mean when people stick it in the camera lens but the guide actually took the pic from the back of the boat . I'll find some other big  bass pics later today that might be a better comparison.

Congrats on that toad man!

Nice pig!

I have no reason to doubt that weight, he measured the fish.. Ran the calculations and bingo! Got the weight.

Congratulations on a very nice LMB!!

Awesome fish no matter the weight

Thank you.  I didn't have a scale. I took measurements and used the fish weight calculator on this site.  The calculator estimated 10.37 lbs. How accurate is that thing?  

 

There is something magical about the 10lb mark that even if the fish "appeared" to be that big, I'd have a hard time claiming I caught a DD without weighing it.

 

It's a nice fish. I'd go with that for a weight and then ask for a scale for Christmas. It only adds a few ounces to the pack and removes all guestimating from fish weights.

That's a HAWG!

that's a great fish, congrats! and a 20" girth means she has not missed too many meals in her life  ....  good for you for releasing her

Wow what a hawg!!!!

I caught one today and measured it to get a mount made. It was 24 inches long and 19 1/2 inches around the stomach and it weighed 10 lbs 1 oz on the tournament scale at weigh in. So if your measurements are correct then it should be around 10.

I caught one today and measured it to get a mount made. It was 24 inches long and 19 1/2 inches around the stomach and it weighed 10 lbs 1 oz on the tournament scale at weigh in. So if your measurements are correct then it should be around 10.

Great fish, any pics?

Here ya go...

Here ya go... 345da3a1380342eea83bf0fc98fc5d32.jpg

Nice! Neat coloration... What did she bite?

Nice! Neat coloration... What did she bite?

Thanks man! She bit the good ole a-rig

I've caught one double digit that I know was the real McCoy without weighing it. A friend and I were fishing the lake pictured in my last post. before we learned to do total length measurements like fisheries biologists did we would measure to the end of the tail (not the fork) but to the longest part of the tail without it being compressed. My buddy caught a 25"x19" pig that weighed 10.37 lbs, a few hours later he had to go back to atl and he was the owner of the scale. an hour after he left I caught a 25 x 19" bass that was bursting at the seams.

I took the photos of him with his bass, he is substantially smaller than me, I was alone so I had to do the selfie.... with the measurements the same, even if the fish are shaped differently I have no doubt whatsoever that this fish was over 10 lbs, the only question is which one is bigger? and who's to say I didn't shortchange the girth. my fish came unbuttoned in the net.

 

his fish

 

my fish