It's a very strange phenomenon.  Everytime I catch a "good" bass and then take a picture of it, it subsequently shrinks to as much as half it's original size.  

The camera may make me seem bigger but it always makes my fish smaller.  I'm going to stop taking pictures so I can at least continue to lie to myself.

Stick the fish right up into the camera lense. That should make it look bigger  

I just hold mine out, and try to get entire fish in picture, usually always makes it look pretty accurate.

Just take a picture of the fish hanging from the scale. Problem solved.

I can't possibly do that!  The bass would shrink even more!!!

True, most accurate scales tend to shave a pound or five off big fish. ;D

True, most accurate scales tend to shave a pound or five off big fish. ;D

In the case of most of my bass, it isn't just a shave, it's a buzzcut.

Forget the scale, get a great angular lens, problem solved.

It's just bad karma. When you carry a scale and/or camera,

the "little" 4's and 5's just become more aggressive. The 8's

and 9's just can't get to the bait quick enough.

8-)

It's just bad karma. When you carry a scale and/or camera,

the "little" 4's and 5's just become more aggressive. The 8's

and 9's just can't get to the bait quick enough.

8-)

"Little" 4's and 5's???!!!!  I guess my karma is bad.  My personal best (after 35 years of fishing) is still only 6 lbs.  Ok, I think I'll bury my head in the sand now.  :'(

It's just bad karma. When you carry a scale and/or camera,

the "little" 4's and 5's just become more aggressive. The 8's

and 9's just can't get to the bait quick enough.

8-)

I 'm positive that my camera is jinxed ( reason why I don 't carry it ), whenever I 've had the idea of taking it I don 't catch anything worth taking a picture of, when I leave it home I do much better.

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Too funny!  Either I need to inflate my bass or shrink the rest of the world.

This same phenomenon happens to me when I put fish in the livewell in tournaments.  I catch what I think is a 5 and by the time I get him to weigh in 4 hrs later he is 4.  The worst is when you catch a big one in the first hour.  He has 8 hrs to shrink then!  ;D