Ok all you bass size estimating experts. Here is a quiz to test your skills. I know it's not the real thing, but it's the best I can do. Here are 8 pictures of bass taken underwater. Let's see who can guess the weights most accurately. The closest guesser gets ... uh nothing actually. But it will be fun :) Please put your answers in pounds and ounces like ( 5lbs 12oz ) so that we can more easily compare answers. If you put it in decimal, you'll have convert to pounds and ounces for me later if you think you are a contender for the grand prize of a pat on the back :)
#2925, "RE: Underwater weight guessing fun" In response to Reply # 0
I'll just go for trick question :-) Too hard to judge just because there is no scale reference, and because I royally suck at weigh guesses. The 10 I caught at Del Valle I thought was 13, when I first saw if from the top, but it had NO belly on it so it weighed way less than I thought. Erik P.
This is way cool...all of a sudden I feel like a kid again lookin at an activity book!!!...Cool photos...I love seeing photos of bass in the water and in their natural environment....anymore photos???!!! Did you get to take any from an underwater angle....I now have a disposble made by fuji and I carry it along just to try to snap some underwater pics of bass...oh yeah this just reminds me....anyone knows where I can get Glen Lau's Bigmouth Forever for less than $30???:+
#2929, "RE: Underwater weight guessing fun" In response to Reply # 5
I'm not even going to try to guess. Im the most terrible weight guesser on the planet on fish over 7 lbs. I'm always a couple pounds on the light side.
5 and under, and Ill nail it on the ounces if im holding it.
But Ill say that number 4 and number 6 are probably the biggest fish of those, by looking at jaw structure and fins.
#2934, "RE: Underwater weight guessing fun" In response to Reply # 8
Well first, it's hard enough to guess them in the water for real, but without references it a whole new story, but worth the fun and challenge. By the way, common rule to follow in the wild is when they are shallow they are bigger than they appear and when they are deep they are smaller than they appear.
1. 7 lbs. 11 oz 2. 10 lbs. 4 oz 3. 9 lbs. 6 oz 4 9 lbs. 6 oz (looks like same fish as 3) 5. 11 lbs. 6 oz 6. 14 lbs. 0 0z 7. 7 lbs. 9 oz 8. 22 lbs. 6 oz...cuz ya caint prove otherwise. Could have been a big stick too.