Anybody want to take a stab at guessing her weight? For reference, from my wrist to armpit is 24"s. She put up a great fight with some strong runs. It only took me about 6 1/2 hours to find her.

(I'm terrible at approximating weight)

3-7 pounds 🥸

Looks close to 6, but what do I know.

scott

Mid to high 4

Mike

Nice bass.

Not sure on the weight

But she probably would have weighed much more if you caught her on Saturday.

A-Jay

4.91 lbs. What did I win?😁

Nice fish. 6.5 hours, she was just playing hard to get.

23-24in. spawned out female, 6-7lb.

4.5

Nice catch, I’m really not good at guessing weights. Every time I look back my pics they keep getting heavier.

When I watch YouTube videos of bass being caught, I am reliable at guessing their weights. I guess and then they weigh the bass and I'm usually within two ounces, but this is because I get to see the bass from multiple angles. I wouldn't trust my one-angle guess.

My guess is in the 4 lb range. But the solution to your question is always carry a scale with you.

11 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

When I watch YouTube videos of bass being caught, I am reliable at guessing their weights. I guess and then they weigh the bass and I'm usually within two ounces, but this is because I get to see the bass from multiple angles. I wouldn't trust my one-angle guess.

I don't know if this will be any help, but have a go at it.

https://youtu.be/MZYKRwyI9LE

4 minutes ago, Crow Horse said:

I don't know if this will be any help, but have a go at it.

https://youtu.be/MZYKRwyI9LE

Wow, what a fight! And what a beautiful place to catch her. I agree with Dwight. She's in the four-pound range. I'm guessing 4.4 pounds.

Great fight, were you using light or ultra light gear?

That was a beautiful place to catch her. She was a beautiful fish.

She looks around 19-20” and pretty thick but not bloated - fairly tall - can’t really gauge width but I’d say between 4 and 5 lbs - probably on the 4.5-4.75 lb side of things.

That fish gripper clips perfectly to a scale. Just saying. 😎😉

Great looking fish!!

I’m rolling with 4.25 - 4.5. Always love a great fish fight.

5-6. As with my own fish, the camera steals a pound and a half. 🤣

1 hour ago, SJS said:

Great fight, were you using light or ultra light gear?

Yes, she gave me a great fight and she kept surprising me with some unexpected runs. I'm not using terribly light gear. A Vendetta 7' medium/fast rod, 3000 size spinner with 10# braid. 10# 25' mono leader. A Megabass Flap Slap seduced her.

2 hours ago, bassmedic46 said:

That was a beautiful place to catch her. She was a beautiful fish.

It is beautiful. I got married there. What makes it extra special is that I have the place to myself virtually all of the time.

To get a better estimate of the length, I rotated the bass and located it under my arm. Although my arm isn't fully extended out from my body, it's close. The bass's tail extends beyond my armpit, but with a fudge factor, it's at least 24" long. Precision guesswork at it's finest.

Before reading the comments, I too wanted to guess 4.9lbs, length wise should weigh more but it does look really lean

Thanks to everyone who "weighed" in. I thought about the question of weight and what it really means to me a great deal since I posted the question. I suppose I'll never know her true weight and at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter. For me it's not a numbers game. I like to push myself to do better and better. That's not a bad thing when tempered properly. What really matters is the experience of hooking into her, her wild runs, acrobatics and deep dives. She fought valiantly and I was extremely fortunate to have been drawn into connection with her. It was the experience that should be savored and that shouldn't get lost in a numbers game.

She won't have a weight attached to her. Instead, she'll be added to my "Big Girls Club" that is burned into my memory. Enrollment is open for the club and I hope to recruit more members this season.

7 hours ago, Crow Horse said:

Thanks to everyone who "weighed" in. I thought about the question of weight and what it really means to me a great deal since I posted the question. I suppose I'll never know her true weight and at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter. For me it's not a numbers game. I like to push myself to do better and better. That's not a bad thing when tempered properly. What really matters is the experience of hooking into her, her wild runs, acrobatics and deep dives. She fought valiantly and I was extremely fortunate to have been drawn into connection with her. It was the experience that should be savored and that shouldn't get lost in a numbers game.

She won't have a weight attached to her. Instead, she'll be added to my "Big Girls Club" that is burned into my memory. Enrollment is open for the club and I hope to recruit more members this season.

I have a scale in the boat and rarely weight fish, If i think it will exceed 5lbs I will usually throw her on the scale.

1 hour ago, bigbearstroop122 said:

I have a scale in the boat and rarely weight fish, If i think it will exceed 5lbs I will usually throw her on the scale.

Same