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One of these days I'm going to get a boca grip and remember to take it with me...

22 1/4 long, 7 1/2 tall at the belly

Oh and for those that want to know - 4 1/4 tall by 4 wide gape.

I'm going to guess #7. If you don't have a scale, you can get a circumference at maximum width to get a girth. There is a formula to estimate weight from those two measurements.

I would guess somewhere between 7 and 8 lbs. Nice fish!

Thanks for making the all important mouth gape measurements. Data will be useful.

I'm ordering a digital scale today...this will be the last fish I catch without the immediate ability to weigh her...

I'm having Cecil do a replica mount for me - the fish is hopefully doing just fine back in her home BOW...maybe I can catch her again in a year or two.

I'm looking at several sites that have length to weight charts, but none of them take girth into account.

Really nice fish, Dale! Congrats!

Nice fish

Thanks Rex!

Here you go - LMB - bass weight estimator.


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Guys :

Notice this. Standard calculation methods used for estimating large LMB weights (not RW) that I have seen are as follows:

L x L x G / 1000 for longer fish and

L x G x G / 800 for wider fish.

I have found that using the 2 methods gives a weight range that is accurate. But look at several of these fish.

No. 1 26x26x20/1000= 13.52
26x20x20/800= 13.00
Fish 1 at 13.14 is right in that range

No. 5 25.75x25.75x20/1000= 13.26
25.75x20x20/800 = 12.875
Fish 5 at 13.82 is half a pound over both methods. She must have had a big lunch of 1lb. LMB.

No. 2 25x25x22/1000 = 13.75
25x22x22/800 = 15.125
Fish 2 at 13.48 is 3/10ths lb. under both methods . She must have skipped lunch.

Like us they come in all shapes and sizes and weights . Just don't start with the "big bone structure" human type measurement concept or we will never figure this out.

I have a 22.25 inch on the wall and she was 7.50 pounds. I also have a 23.5 inch on the wall and it was 8.25 pounds. So I would say it's in that realm like others have said 7 to 7.50 pounds I bet. Nice fish man!! Congrats!

RC

I'm going to have to make an assumption on this calculation...because I didn't have a flex tape. The height was 7.5 - length was 22.25.

I don't know a proper ratio to calc width from height and length. If I guess a width of 4.5 - that gives me a circumference of 19.15.

Based on the above then we're looking at:

22.25 X 22.25 X 19.15/1000 = 9.48

22.25 X 19.15 X 19.15/800 = 10.19

That's too big isn't it? I don't have any experience with LMB this big. I was guessing the same as above, between 7 and 8 lbs. MAYBE low 8's?

Those of you with lunker creds speak up. I don't have any.

That seems more like a good measurement/weight to me.

Some weights for corresponding measurements of largemouth bass blanks used to make replicas (reproductions).




Length, girth, weight

22 1/2" 16" 6 1/4
22 1/2" 17 1/2" 7 1/2
22 1/2" 17 " 6 3/4
22 1/2" 18 " 8 3/4
22 1/2 " 19" 8 3/4
221/2" 19 1/2" 9.0
221/2 " 19 1/2" 9 1/4

My guess

22.25 X 22.25 X 14.5/1000 = 7.17

22.25 X 14.5 X 14.5/800 = 5.84

I think your top guess is pretty much right...I've caught several 6 lb LMB and she was a good bit bigger than that. My initial guess before any measurements was just over 7. I've spent a bunch of time looking at pics of other LMB and just based on comparison that's still what I think. I don't believe she would be 8. I'm sticking with low to mid 7 as she came out of the water.

Cecil and I have a plan (or more accurately Cecil steered my novice butt in the right direction) and I believe the blank will be ordered shortly.

A very nice fish anyway you gauge it. Cecil will do an excellent job for you. See this.

Cecil and SDSU's Northern Pond.




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Thanks for the kind words Eric. Blank has been ordered.
I will document the progress step by step here if that's O.K.

That diorama is sweet! Awesome LMB - I'm saying every ounce of 8.25!

Please do Cecil !

Dale left it up to me so we ordered the 8 3/4 pound 22 1/2 inch blank.

Based on one that I caught back in 2012, I'd guess between 6 3/4 and 7 1/4#

Stick, 7 1/4 was my guess but like I said I've never caught a LMB that big so I went with Cecil's expert opinion...she's a fat pig no doubt about that.

DL,
I'm no expert. I'm sure Cecil is more accurate than I am. My "guess" was based on personal experience. That fish is a huge beautiful specimen. But, I did not see or hold the fish either. I caught one very similar to her in a private 75 acre lake in S.E. Texas in 2012....I thought she would go 8 - 8 1/4#. I put her in an ice chest of water and ran to nearby grocery store chain that had a meat market scale...much to my surprise, she was 6lbs. 12oz. Mine had a huge belly on her as well...then again, I've seen 10lb bass on a scale at a weigh in of a fishing tournament that I swear didn't look like it would weigh over 7-8lbs. I tried to get this fish back to the water but she died on the way (too much trauma with my driving, I guess...LOL). She's on the wall at my river camp...but, she looks nothing like she did when she was caught. The taxidermist I brought her to asked how much she weighed....I told him 6 3/4#....he said, he was thinking at least 8lbs. I guess it's like our PB mantra goes, "It all depends".
Stickem'

Post spawn she probably lost a pound and a half which would put her at 8.5 or more.

They really put on the pounds when they get packed full of lead weights!