Well I screwed it up big time. She threw the worm (*** Salty Stick 5" watermelonseed) and I didn't have a scale on me but here is my personal best. 22", she is over 7lbs. but I don't know by how much.  I think she's over 8lbs but...  :'(

The story is I took my buddy who I just got addicted to bass fishing with his wife last Saturday to a private pond I know of. We were all fishing from a 17ft. canoe and while teaching her how to fish a senko she immediately caught a beautiful 4lb fish along with a beachball wad of weeds because she didn't realize she had the fish on. God bless RW and his Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra-Soft recommendation, that 6lb. line horsed that fish out of there...

Anyways 15 fish and 6 hours later I spotted a live fallen tree hanging over the water making a perfect V shaped cove. I told them that it looked perfect for a fish but by that time they were kind of distracted so I cast it myself. 2 seconds after the worm hit the water my line started dropping a bit faster than it should have and I reeled down and set the hook.

Immediately the drag started screaming and I thought I had a big pike on the line. I fought it for a minute trying my best to keep her out of the tree and out of the weeds and then she came up and jumped and I saw the biggest bass of my life. My heart started pounding and I started screaming at them (the poor guys lol) to move the boat because a log was in between me and the fish and I was terrified that I wouldn't land her. But somehow we got the fish close and I lipped her. She was so heavy and perfectly fat. Not a mark on her and my hookset was perfect, didn't damage a thing. She was respectfully lowered back in the water and she splashed all of us with a big swipe of her tail as she rocketed away.

I will NEVER go fishing without a scale again. I know how approx. how heavy she was but would pay $100 right now to know the exact weight. Anyways she was a certified lunker for New York State and I'm lucky I had a chance to see her up close.  

Congrats, nice fish! 8-) My guess is that fish weighed about 5lbs.

Good job.

Got your heat pumping, like we do when we hook a big one.

Formula for estimating fish weight:

Length x Length x Grith = Pounds  

              1200

Go back and estimate her lengthand grith and plug the inches into the formula and you will have good idea of her weight.

Congrats. Now go out and catch one bigger.  

Congratulations!

Nice fish, great pic!

BTW, Weights vary a lot, but 22" is fairly

typical for a 5-6 lb largemouth bass.

8-)

no matter what she weighs, she is a pretty looking fish!  Nice job

Nice fish! ALWAYS nice to move your PB up !!!

                        As Ever,

                         skillet

Nice bass!!!!!!!!! Between 5 & 6 lbs.

Very nice!

she comes out at about six if you do the calc, but you said she was fat so i gave it an extra inch in girth and you have a six and a half pound bass on your hands. congrats

It doesn't matter the weight if you know its your PB. It's beautiful take a scale next time so you can weigh your next PB!!!! Congrats!!!!!

awesome fish! i would say that shes somewhere in the vicinity of 5.5-6.5 lbs, CONGRATS!

Great fish. That is a big fish and you had a great time with friends. That is all that matters.

Beautiful fat fish there  

IMO, it's not a 7 though, unless your hands are huge. I'd guess between 4 & 5. Either way, great fish and story.

Wow nice colors in that fish....all the LMB around me are usually alot lighter....I would post a pic but i'm a nEwb!

chad

Nice looking bass you have there!!!

I wouldn't worry about how big it is now, its a little late for that but at least you were able to get a pic of your new hawg!!!

WTG!!!

-Nitroman

Congrats, nice fish

Great job on your PB.  Feels good, don't it?

Well I got myself the 15lb. Berkley tournament digital scale and tonight I landed a 3lb 8.5oz fish. So now I know you guys were right. My personal best in the pic was a 5.5lb fish or maybe a 6. Its funny, same water and the fish I caught today was relatively pale whereas my PB was dark and beautiful.