Nice fish no matter the weight!  

Buy some new batteries and let this be the lesson.  But don't worry about the citation, that fish wasn't 8.  Why not take the spring scale and hang a bucket on it and fill with water until it reads 5 or whatever you had with the fish...  then just weigh the bucket of water with the digital and new battery.    It will either confirm the spring scale or tell you very close to what the fish weighed.

Great idea, I guess that all depends on if he was tellin me the truth then  ;D  You know how competitive fishing can get haha

Thats a nice fish

Nice fish , not close to a citation award though.

Def not 8 lbs. Hell of a fish though.

That's a real nice bass. Big fish tip of the day: Hold the fish out so your arm(s) are bent only a little bit, and the fish won't be so dwarfed by your body.  

Helluva fish though.

Anyone wanna go ahead and guess a weight on her? I was thinking she was somewhere between 6 and 7 tops. As usual the pics do no justice

4lbs 4oz

OK you asked for it , maybe 5 #