OK, how big?  This is one of my largest smallmouth ever.  I know what he went on the handscale, just thought I'd see what people's guesses are.  Sometimes I see photos of fish with "confirmed weights" and I think the fish looks smaller.  Occasionally the fish looks bigger than the confirmed weight.  Any guesses?

 

I would say around six pounds.  You know its a good fish when you have to hold it with all of your fingers

7.9

+/- 5 lbs

 

Nice fish!

 

 

 

 

7.9

 

You got to be joking.

5.8 to 6.3 Lbs.. Beautiful fish...

Somewhere between 21"-22" = 6 lbs +/- .25 lbs. For average body smallmouth.

Nice smallie!

Tom

4.7?

Around 5 1/2 - 6lbs I'd say!  Beautiful fish, looks similar to my pb which was a smallie @ 5 1/2 Lbs.

You look like a pretty tall guy...I'd say 5 1/2 pounds at least, maybe 5 3/4 since it has a gut. Very nice either way..

I don't dare guess, Bill.   I know just my own pictures makes them look much bigger or much smaller than the actual weight depending on how the shot turned out.

5lbs 4ozs

I'll guess 5 lbs 12 ounces.

Under six lbs, probably 5.25 to 5.75 is my guess. Does not look like a lake erie fish. Looks like a long fish around 20-21 inches. Nice smallie no matter what it weighs.

Somewhere in between 5 and 6, I'd say. Nice smallie either way!

6 lbs 4 ozs

You got to be joking.

You're right, it must be bigger like 14lb 2oz

5 lbs 5 oz.

6 lbs 4 ozs

 

 

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.  The fish was 22 3/4" long and weighed 6.4 pounds on a scale (which is probably around 6 pounds 6 ounces or 6 pounds 7 ounces without checking my math).  The photo doesn't do it justice but if you compare the body of the fish to my meat head, you can see that it's a big fish.  I've caught a number of honest 6 pounders and I thought the scale was broken when it "only" registered 6.4.  And by the way, I'm not a terribly tall guy but I'm a big guy across the chest and shoulders so it's not as if a little dude is holding a big one way out in front of him for the camera.

Sounds like tracker01 & inside trading to me, lol..

Sounds like tracker01 & inside trading to me, lol..

Yep. Seems a little fishy.

So the weight is 6 lbs 6.4 oz which is equal to 6.4 lbs!  Wow, pictures are deceiving.

 

The fish was 22 3/4" long and weighed 6.4 pounds on a scale (which is probably around 6 pounds 6 ounces or 6 pounds 7 ounces without checking my math). 

To be exact its 6lbs 6 2/5 ozs, lol! Nice fish and what matters is your memory of the catch, who cares about all of our opinions, it was fun playing the guess game though. I was off by 1lb 2 2/5 ozs, it is a brown fish though! 

No, no, no. No fishy, inside trading going on here. I got it fair and square. Drum roll please," Now where's my chicken dinner"?

Lol! Ok... You win, geez.. Enjoy your chik-en

What was the lucky lure? I guess TUBE!