Help me estimate the weight of this fish 2025
brent245 reply :
Caught this little beast last night. I packed light and wasn't expecting to get any big ones and didn't bring my scale. But I hooked this sucker on my 2nd cast into a small pond. It's easily the biggest bass I've ever caught. Judging by my photo next to my arm he's about 16-17" long. The lure is a 2.5" pompadour jr. Im thinking he could be 5lbs.
RoLo reply :
2½ lbs
Roger
Choporoz reply :
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brent245 reply :
Definitely bigger than 2 1/2! This thing has a deep bulky body.
Dwight Hottle reply :
3.5 to 4lbs.
brent245 reply :
Totally unexpected, it came out of a round pond that, according to google earth, is 35 yards across.
RoLo reply :
On 6/15/2017 at 2:32 AM, brent245 said:Definitely bigger than 2 1/2! This thing has a deep bulky body.
Judging by my photo next to my arm he's about 16-17" long.
The average weight of a 16.5" largemouth bass is 2lb 8oz
Roger
mllrtm79 reply :
the camera usually adds weight. I would say 2 1/2 give or take 1/2 lb.
Choporoz reply :
Maybe three....with a finger on the scale
IndianaFinesse reply :
2.5-3 pounds, not trying to rain on your part but that definitely doesn't weigh 5 pounds.
Hawkeye21 reply :
I would say it's a good 2.5 to 2.75 lbs which is a nice bass. I suppose it could almost be 3 lbs but that would have to be pretty fat at 17".
It's most definitely not even close to 5 lbs at that length. I caught a 19" this year that was fat and it was 4lbs-14oz. A couple weeks later I caught a 18" that weighed 3lbs-12oz. This is why I don't see how it's possible it could weigh close to 5lbs but it's still a great catch.
roadwarrior reply :
Weighing fish on scales tends to cause them to lose weight.
Choporoz reply :
So do cameras....I don't recall ever having a fish that didn't lose a pound or two once it was 'caught on film' ...or phone...they always get smaller
RoLo reply :
On 6/15/2017 at 4:25 AM, roadwarrior said:Weighing fish on scales tends to cause them to lose weight.
Darn it, I wish that held true when I step on a scale 
Yeajray231 reply :
It does have big "shoulders" ... You should carry a soft tape ruler if you don't want to use a scale . A measure of length and girth at it's roundest area will give you the closest estimation of the weight.
Other than a scale or exact measurements... It's all here say !
Im guessing around 3 pounds. Bass get much larger than 16-17". My PB length was 24"...
I believe most of the "world class" largemouth are in the 28- 32" range...
That being said you did catch a nice healthy adult largemouth. And that's always the goal for me.
Nice job.
CTBassin860 reply :
i was going to say just over 2#
ive caught a "3.5s" that weigh 2.38 to many times.
The other comment i have,not to be the buzzkill.If your not going to eat that fish,try to avoid laying it in the dirt.It needs it's slime coat.
WDE reply :
Going to agree with those saying in the 3ish range. It's difficult to say based on the pictures provided. Regardless, it's still a nice healthy looking LMB.
NorthwestBasser reply :
For reference this is a 4lb 9oz smallie, around my neck of the woods, smallmouth seem to be a little more dense than the LMB. So a smallie of similar length and girth of a largemouth tends to be a bit heavier. You caught a nice fish there, but I'm thinking you're lingering in that 3lb area. Good catch man! I'll take those all day!!
Catt reply :
Obstacle illusion 
How much y'all think these two weigh?
N Florida Mike reply :
2-2 1/2.
BassB8Caster reply :
2.8 lbs. Is my guess. IMO smallmouth are even tougher to estimate. I've had "huge" smallmouth ring in around 3.3 to 3.6. Don't get me wrong, that's a nice fish, but they never seem to weigh what we think. A 17" 5lber would have one he'll of a head and gut on it. Which the op's fish does not.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 6/15/2017 at 5:56 PM, Catt said:Obstacle illusion
How much y'all think these two weigh?
2.5 to 3
GrumpyOlPhartte reply :
I'd say, "Enough to be proud of the catch!"
YoTone reply :
the mouth on a post spawn 5lbs+ is huge. like putting a whole fist in huge.
WIGuide reply :
Definitely not 5 lbs, it's a healthy fish for its size, but I'd be guessing right around 2.5.
On 6/15/2017 at 2:45 AM, RoLo said:The average weight of a 16.5" largemouth bass is 2lb 8oz
Roger
Why is it the people who come on asking how much their fish weighs are always the first to tell everyone that they're wrong? haha
soflabasser reply :
On 6/15/2017 at 2:19 AM, brent245 said:Caught this little beast last night. I packed light and wasn't expecting to get any big ones and didn't bring my scale. But I hooked this sucker on my 2nd cast into a small pond. It's easily the biggest bass I've ever caught. Judging by my photo next to my arm he's about 16-17" long. The lure is a 2.5" pompadour jr. Im thinking he could be 5lbs.
Hard to tell from a picture, but I would say that bass is somewhere in the high 2's maybe low 3's. Please get yourself a digital scale and a tape measure so you can get a more accurate weight. It's a nice bass and it beats not catching anything.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I'd guess low 3's, which is pretty heavy for a 16-17 inch fish. A 5 pound bass will generally be in the 20-21 inch range. To give some perspective, this fish was between 18 and 19 inches, super fat, but didn't quite go 5 pounds.
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