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 :)

1. Nice pose
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/1.jpg

2. Hmm, hard to see going away. I see some gut wagging
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/2.jpg

3. Close up, but how big?
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/3.jpg

4. My favorite
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/4.jpg

5. Jet black ones always look big
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/5.jpg

6. Well proportioned but hard to see
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/6.jpg

7. I swear this one winked at me
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/7.jpg

8. just kidding. couldn't catch this one
http://www.calfishing.com/images/rob/bassguess/8.jpg

1)7lbs 6oz
2)13lbs 4oz
3)8lbs 2oz
4)13lbs 1oz
5)8lbs 6oz
6)14lbs 4oz
7)8lbs 3oz
8)alligator

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.

1. 4lbs 8oz
2. 8lbs 7oz
3. 3lbs 4oz
4. 5lbs 6oz
5. 4lbs 3oz
6. 11lbs 6oz
7. 2lbs 9oz

1) 8 lbs 4oz
2)7 lbs 14oz
3)9 lbs 12oz
4)11 lbs
5)6 lbs 5oz
6)12 lbs
7)13 lbs 5oz
8)5 lbs 2oz

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???:+

7lb-8oz
5lb-2oz
8lb-10oz
4lb-6oz
6lb 11oz
9lb-2oz
1lb-12oz
10lb-6oz


Brad

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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.

If these are Rob's fish...my guesses are

1.) 1.1
2.) 1.6
3.) 1.2
4.) 1.8
5.) 1.1
6.) 1.7
7.) 1.9
8.) The one you couldn't catch 22.6

Sorry, Don't know why I posted this. Guess i'm feeling a little ornery this morning.

SWMB8R

Mark, this isn't the Price is Right. Betting a dollar won't get you the grand prize pat on the back :)

They are all bigger then what I catch:P

But......I think I have figured out how to catch that last one:):)

Cam

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.

OK, I'm yer huckleberry. :+

6 lbs
10 lbs
8 lbs
8 lbs
6 lbs
12 lbs
5 lbs
I'll agree with hooksetter on this one. LOL :7
22.6 lbs

Alright Swim, the suspense is killing us. Who's going to be voted off the bass boat?

Ok underwater guessers.
Here are the answers:

1. 13lbz 5oz
2. 7lbs 14oz
3. 12lbs 8oz
4. 14lbs 6oz
5. 11lbs 0oz
6. 8lbs 12oz
7. 8lbs 5oz
8. about 3lbs

I know it's not fair without a point of reference, but looking at pics of giant bass is more fun that debating any day :)

I think hooksetter was closest, but everyone guessed pretty low. I guess that's a sign of your honesty lol.

-Rob

Oops, I thought number 6 was much bigger than that. Looked like the second biggest...oh well. I was right about number 4 though :)

I caught #8, it weighed 4lbs 2 oz.
sight fishing...........not always for bed fish:):)

cam