been wondering to this day how much it weighed

whats your guys estimates

Looks around 4-5 I guess?

I'm really bad at guessing weights on fish, I always get my heart broken when I break out the scale myself.

Its hard to tell from that picture. My best guess would put it between 4-5lbs. The fish looks skinny maybe post spawn.

Post spawn and a little short.  I would put it between 4-3/4 or 5-1/4.  Might have been 5 and a half or 6 before though.  Either way good catch man.  

Again with the picture being so close up it's hard to get an estimate.

I am going to guess it is a solid 4.5lbs.  It is time for you to invest in a scale, they are not that expensive.

haha i have a scale now and yea that was 4 years ago gay thing was that it rally didnt fight just pulled it in like dead weight