The actual combined weight of the 6 fish pictured in the weight guess contest was 62.35lbs. So, with a guess of 60.8lbs, the winner of the Okuma V-200 low profile reel is dogfish2! Len, please send me an email with your shipping addres via the contact form on the website here or send me a private message via the forum and I will have the reel, shirt, hat, and stickers sent from Okuma asap.

I have to note that Mr. John Lake had the closest guess at 62.00lbs but he's on the Okuma pro-staff and is a calfishing moderator so his guess was just for fun. Good guess though bud :)

Thanks to everyone who participated. Here's the individual fish weights in case you were wondering. Yes that's a 17 in the last pic :o

Fish 1 - 8.35lbs
http://www.calfishing.com/files/Image/ultimate_weight_guess/1.jpg

Fish 2 - 7.15lbs
http://www.calfishing.com/files/Image/ultimate_weight_guess/2.jpg

Fish 3 - 13.20lbs (this fish was 28.5" long)
http://www.calfishing.com/files/Image/ultimate_weight_guess/3.jpg

Fish 4 - 3.7lbs
http://www.calfishing.com/files/Image/ultimate_weight_guess/4.jpg

Fish 5 - 12.75lbs (this fish was only 24" long)
http://www.calfishing.com/files/Image/ultimate_weight_guess/5.jpg

Fish 6 - 17.20lbs
http://www.calfishing.com/files/Image/ultimate_weight_guess/6.jpg

got your message, thanks!

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the contest Rob and Okuma! And, thanks for the acknowledgements, fellow fisherpersons.

I know from experience that it is very difficult to guess the weight of a bass because of the two-dimensional view of pictures and from the different camera angles. But, I did factor in the fact that Rob is a big-basser making the average fish around 10 lbs, inspite of the inclusion of one large smallie.

So, taking account of all factors and feeding them in a very complicated mathematical formular, I came up with this........

I went outside, threw out an acorn and a blind pig took 60.8 seconds to find it. Thus, my guess of 60.8# was based on that event.:D :9

Of course, it was just a lucky guess!!!!!! I am no better than any of you at guessing.

Rob's spot the latest "Bass Insider" was great video on "swimbaiting," enough to generate interest but not enough to give the "secrets." Only thing they forgot to do was to jerk the rod several times, keep it pointed upward }( }( , and yell and scream like they're going to have a heart attack (like you see on the Sat. morning fishing shows made for TV). Theirs was very professional and informative. Nice gong, Rob!

All of you guys make this forum interesting and entertaining. Hope to meet you on the water sometime.

Len Jann

Bassindon69,

Those bass that Rob had displayed were larger than the salmon we caught last week, except that Cambria's were larger. lol

You are welcome to try that Okuma next time we go for bass.....But you have to return it :D :D

Talk to later, buddy.

Len

Len....

First off congrats. Your reel and other goodies were shipped out from the Okuma warehouse today (6/21). You should expect the package to arrive either Friday or Monday.

Mark Rogers
Okuma Fishing Tackle