Pond Boss Forums FISH & FISHING Sunfish-Including Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass childhood obesity- a good thing?

well, when it's your bass that you're talkin' about it definitely is. went to check on the youngsters today and was pretty happy with some of the results i saw. with the weather cooling down, i can take a few pics without worrying about hurting 'em too much. first pic was a chunker. 5lbs. 2oz. at 19" long. second was even better. 5-0 at 18.5" long. third was a little older fish, 6-14 at 22". would like to have seen that one over 7, but i'm not gonna complain. not richmond mills bass, but i guess they'll do. i was really worried about the pond with the drought we've had, but it looks like the fish are holding on. i'm still not gonna rest until i produce another double digit in this pond though. hope y'all are doing well with your own projects. here's the pix.

Nice fish all relative weights over 100%.

If I calculated correctly:
5lbs 2 ounces at 19 inches is 132% Wr.
5lbs 0 ounces at 18.5 inches is a whopping 141% Wr.
6lbs 14 ounces at 22 inches is 111% Wr.

Contratulations, great looking fish!

thanks so much. that's a good thing to know. very helpful. how do you calculate that? and is there some kind of a table that tells ya how much a bass is "supposed" to weigh at a given length? that would be invaluable.

Yep!

great! thanks a bunch.

You're Welcome. Those are some really nice looking fish.