Hmmmmm

UHHHH....because they are? :-?

Edit: Sorry Micro, I didn't catch that until I looked again.

That's funny!  ;D

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Chris is my freakin idol!!  Awesome toad Chris.  

Mike

first off, any of you guys, given the same opportunities I have, would catch as many, or more, and as big, or bigger bass than I do. I just get to fish a lot, in places that have some really big bass.

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But about why they look so big....

Over the years, the whole thing about how far to hold the bass from your body, and / or, how close to hold it to the camera comes up often.

In fact, after posting a couple shots of my 17.1 on the photography forum I frequent, one guy responded > Nice fish, but I wish you had included a pic that has the fish closer to your body than close to the camera. Or is the fish really over 4 feet long? 'Cause it looks that big compared to your body height. >

To which I replied > Thank you. That is a fairly common response, and so I've developed a fairly common reply :-) > I take my fish photos first, and foremost, for me, to remind me of what it was like to hold said fish. This fish was aprox. 30 inches in length. When I was holding this 30" fish, 20" from my face (I was never sure of this, so I just measured :-) this is a very accurate representation of how big the fish looked.

So I guess the thing would be, if you want to see how big a 17 lb'er looks from 10 feet away, with somebody else holding it, that's all fine..... But I'd way rather see ME holding it :-)

Interestingly, most people who are standing 10 feet, or more away from somebody else holding a big fish, will significantly underguess the actual weight.

Most people holding big fish themselves, will significantly overguess the weight.

Not to brag, but I've caught enough giant bass, that no matter who is holding it, I can ususally guess the weight within a pound.... often within a few ounces.

In a nutshell, to show you a shot of this fish from 10 feet away, would be very misleading of what the fish would actually look like "if you were holding it" :-)

Peace,

Fish

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So anyway, yes, a 30" bass, held 20" from your face, does in fact look 4ft long.... and personally speaking, I'm okay with that ;-)

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DOH ! And went through that whole explanation, only to notice afterwards that my arms got stretched ! :-) LOL Pretty funny though :-)

Of course with the "on your face" effect and a good positioning of the fish in relation to the angler 's body, the way the fish is held n 'such you can make a fish look bigger than it is, but ........... c 'mon guys, I think that trying to add a couple of "sight pounds" to a teen pounder doesn 't hide the fact that it 's a teen pounder.

Something that many of you haven 't accomplished once, and less, several times like FC. ;D

I thought " O no, another guy going to make a fool out of himself", but that is funny. ;D

LOL That's funny.

JT Bagwell

umm i dont see any thign different

guess im just slow

sumone explain plzz

umm i dont see any thign different

guess im just slow

sumone explain plzz

Look at his left arm

o i saw that b4

i just put the pieces together tho

thanx

after carefully reviewing the 2 choices, either (a) catch giant bass consistently or ( have my arms stretched, i have come to the conclusion that the later choice is my only hope for consistently posting giant bass like chris.  i'm off see the dr. now.  ;D

again, great fish chris.  i know that even after a couple of days you're still psyched about that one!!!  

Bass Feed said...

FishChris either has freakishly long arms or a knack for catching monster bass.

Billy Raymond

In this thread...

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1206560475/40#40

He was right.

thats funny

I would like to know what kind of a camera trick would make that fish look small. LOL  FC is a hero of mine also.

Ronnie

Dude rules!

8-)

That just made my Monday morning.  I was drooling over that behemoth bass for 10 seconds before I noticed the punch line.

Yeah, thanks for the Monday morning laugh.

Lol, Photoshop is the ultimate fish story aid.

Fish Chris: The Knuckle Dragger.   ;D

ahahahaha

thats funny

Old pros and guides will tell you to hold the fish away from your body towards the camera to make the fish look bigger.

This is an old trick that has been around for many, many years.

I have been known to do it from time to time, too.

Who says size does not matter?

I read somewhere  that, to boost the apparent size of a hand held fish, use a wide angle lens on your camera.The book had photos showing the effect of switching lenses and dang if the wide angle photo made the fish seem considerably larger. -Never tried it though.

G.

That is just too too funny!!!

lol... is that an arm or a slinky? Nice hawg either way....