Talk About A Deceiving Pic... 2024
Smokinal reply :
Anyone else see that "11-4" in the Lunker Club pics in the back of the Jan/Feb issue of BassMaster? Caught by Mike Carbone, next to the 11-13 that looks like it could eat the 11-4. I wouldn't think twice if he said it was a 5 1/2 lber. And I'm not calling him out on it. There were some threads about pics, how fish look different in some pics, how to hold for a pic etc... back a couple of months ago and all I'm saying is that this sure is a deceiving pic. I wasn't there and didn't see a scale so I cannot say; but Mike must be 7' tall and tip a scale at about 300...
Sam reply :
Smokinal, the secrets to taking a good photo of you with your bass includes:
1. Nothing in the background to take away from the photo.
2. If the water is shown have the background bank about shoulder high.
3. Hold the bass out in front of you to make it look larger.
4. Lie about its weight.
Simple way to take the photo.
P.S. Make sure your fly is up if it is a full body photo.
MarkH024 reply :
I know exactly what you're talking about Smokinal. That guys scale was way off. Looking to get published and he did...
slonezp reply :
Pages upon pages being discussed on another forum
Grantman83 reply :
I saw it to and was wondering...
WRB reply :
Bassmaster doesn't validate the photos, they use the anglers input.
Tom
RoLo reply :
I missed that picture, but the magazine was lying right on my kitchen table.
Either that bass weighs around 5 pounds, or Michael has the largest hands of any man in Massachusetts 
Roger
mnbassman23 reply :
If you read the fine print under the photo it says "Caught on April 1st".
senile1 reply :
I saw it as well and recognized the same thing. There will always be mistakes and/or untruths when it comes to the weight of fish. This isn't the first one I've seen in Bassmaster. Time to fish is to short to allow something like that to occupy my time when I could be studying, learning, and getting out on the water to increase the number of lunkers I bring in. Still . . . . that picture could be an embarrassment for him in the future, if not already. I hope it was a mistake.
Goose52 reply :
My first thought when I saw that was the person that did the layout of that page probably put the photo of the 11-13 right next to the "11-4" on purpose..... 
Now, if you saw the photos (no weights listed) of the 11-13 and the 17-0 side by side - which would you call the bigger fish? Hard to tell.
Photos capture memories,.........................accurate scales capture the weight...
AK-Jax86 reply :
^ I like that photos capture memories accurate scales capture the weight.
Didn't see the pic that'd be cool if someone could post it here.
But when I catch my double digit that's what I got my gopro for, that and family videos but more so that lol.
Snakehead Whisperer reply :
On 1/24/2014 at 9:20 AM, Goose52 said:Now, if you saw the photos (no weights listed) of the 11-13 and the 17-0 side by side - which would you call the bigger fish? Hard to tell.
The 11-13 looks quite a bit heavier than the 17-0, hands down in my opinion (both great fish nonetheless.) The 6-2 smallie in the photo to the left looks larger than the 11-4. Who knows?
tbone1993 reply :
someone wanna post the pic?
tbone1993 reply :
idk look at the eyes.
slonezp reply :
tomustang reply :
On 1/24/2014 at 11:50 AM, tbone1993 said:idk look at the eyes.
I've seen googly eyes on 6's
On 1/24/2014 at 11:55 AM, slonezp said:
Nice 5
Jrob78 reply :
That's too funny, I wondered if I was the only one who noticed that. It didn't look as big as some of the 6lb smallies.
basshole8190 reply :
Id say a solid 8 is a believable weight
BadBassWV reply :
You guys must have not seen under his picture it said the man holding the fish is "10 feet 7inches tall and Weighs 425lbs. LOL!!!!! I knew i had caught a double digit, d**n Scale.
fishingman88 reply :
Hope he speaks up and clarifies the true weight of the fish...
B@ssCrzy reply :
There is no way that fish is anywhere near 11 lbs. The fish in my avatar was between 5 and 6 and it is bigger than that one. Seems like 4-5 lbs to me. The magazine editors need to do better than that.
bass1980 reply :
IMO that's a 6lber at best.
ced reply :
It's obvious looking at the body structure that fish is not anywhere near 11lbs, I would say half of that.
Darren. reply :
In agreement, no way that's any more than 5.5-6 pounds.
My avatar fish weighed in at 6.6 pounds, 22 ¼" long.
Champfishnva reply :
my guess would have been a SOLID 9 he looks to have the body to show it but that is IMO
WIGuide reply :
Body size can affect how big a fish looks in a picture. Being 6'6" myself I can say I've had plenty of big fish look smaller when I hold them vs anyone else. That being said however, there's no way that fish is 11 lbs! Even if he's a 7 footer it's not that big.
Mainebass1984 reply :
No way that bass is anywhere near 11 lbs. I highly doubt the fish was even weighed. He probably guestimated the weight.
*Hootie reply :
The bass in my avatar is about 3#. I asked my wife if she could make it look like a 10#er.
The final result.
Hootie
Drewski73 reply :
Hootie, Id say its time you changed your avatar! lol Thats awesome!
roadwarrior reply :
Lookin' good!
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 1/25/2014 at 1:43 AM, hootiebenji said:The bass in my avatar is about 3#. I asked my wife if she could make it look like a 10#er.
The final result.
Hootie
She is a keeper!
TrapperJ reply :
LOL ok if thats an 11 pounder than i have caught numerous ones.
He's gotta be trolling..
"ok all these guys get in the magazine with fish that i say no where near their weight, what happens if i send in a 5 pounder and say its an 11."
*Hootie reply :
On 1/25/2014 at 2:07 AM, Dwight Hottle said:She is a keeper!
The wife, or the bass....lol. She is a whiz with photoshop. I had her to send this to Walgreens to be put on a coffee mug.
When I went to pick up the mug, the photo was on one side. On the other side she had put, in big capital letters, "BIG BOGUS BASS".
When I asked her why, she says, "you didn't want to lie did you". I said, YEAH!!! Oh well, still a nice mug. I try not to let anyone see the other side.
Hootie
SudburyBasser reply :
I've raised a Spock-ian eyebrow at some of the pictures in that section of Bassmaster on occasion and that was one of them.
RoLo reply :
On 1/25/2014 at 2:40 AM, hootiebenji said:The wife, or the bass....lol. She is a whiz with photoshop. I had her to send this to Walgreens to be put on a coffee mug.
When I went to pick up the mug, the photo was on one side. On the other side she had put, in big capital letters, "BIG BOGUS BASS".
When I asked her why, she says, "you didn't want to lie did you". I said, YEAH!!! Oh well, still a nice mug. I try not to let anyone see the other side.
Hootie
That's funny stuff right there. You are definitely a HOOT 
Roger
ww2farmer reply :
A few years ago someone from NY submitted a fish that was at best a 6lber, but claimed it to be 12.............which Bassmaster published. We had quite a laugh over it at NYBass, seems how it was big enough to be the new NY state record and all......LMAO
Bluebasser86 reply :
There's always fish like that in the Lunker Club of Bassmaster. If someone wants to lie about the size of their fish (not saying this guy did, I've seen some nice fish look like they'd barely keep and dinks that looked 10lbs in the picture) to get in a magazine, then have at it.
Stlbob reply :
I get the fact he lied about the weight,but heck all fisherman add a little something when they tell a story.
Yeah the mag should have proof readers that fish to cut down on something like this.
Fish_Whisperer reply :
On 1/24/2014 at 11:55 AM, slonezp said:
This is my avatar pic...
My fish was almost 8 lb. I'm 5'6, 145-155 depending on the week. My hands measure 7" from where my palm and wrist meet to the tip of my middle finger. You can clearly see the weight and fat of the fish bunching up and hanging below my right fingers, and an old basser told me that when they start to do that, they're starting to get big.
Like you all, I call BS on the lunker I quoted.
Fish_Whisperer reply :
I don't know the weight of this one. Remember I am 5'6 , 150 lbs average. from my waistline(where my belted jeans start) to the top of my shoulders measures 23". This fish here was held almost to my side and almost touching my chest. Notice the tail fin stretching below the band of the shorts, and the lips a little bit above the shoulders. You can say that the fish is about 25" long.
I guess that fish to weigh around 4 or 5 lbs.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
I just looked at it in my issue. 11-13 looks legit. The other not so much at 11-4. Just IMO looks like 5-4.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
The bigger bass have the bulging eyes. tbone1993 said googly eyes. LOL. Never heard that term.
Fish_Whisperer reply :
On 1/27/2014 at 2:19 AM, jnatale3 said:I just looked at it in my issue. 11-13 looks legit. The other not so much at 11-4. Just IMO looks like 5-4.
I agree. That fish is no bigger than the fish of mine I posted second.
slonezp reply :
On 1/27/2014 at 3:05 AM, jnatale3 said:The bigger bass have the bulging eyes. tbone1993 said googly eyes. LOL. Never heard that term.
Googly or bulging eyes has been said to be a sign of age and not size.
deaknh03 reply :
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=marty+feldman&client=ms-android-verizon&sa=X&hl=en&v=134000000&biw=320&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=VILsJY80FWsj-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/&docid=7MdljoJlGDMSHM&imgurl=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwMjA5ODc4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDEwOTg2._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg&w=477&h=720&ei=RYjlUoCqHY_pqAGbrYH4CQ&zoom=1
jignfule reply :
On 1/27/2014 at 6:13 AM, deaknh03 said:http://www.google.com/imgres?q=marty+feldman&client=ms-android-verizon&sa=X&hl=en&v=134000000&biw=320&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=VILsJY80FWsj-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/&docid=7MdljoJlGDMSHM&imgurl=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwMjA5ODc4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDEwOTg2._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg&w=477&h=720&ei=RYjlUoCqHY_pqAGbrYH4CQ&zoom=1
Clearly an indication of age.
ColdSVT reply :
Ill add my 6.2 into the thread lol
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Size or age,,,,,,,doesn't matter,,,,,,, just the term googly eyes made me literally LOL!!!
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
deak,,,,,,,funniest picture!!!!!!
slonezp reply :
On 1/27/2014 at 6:13 AM, deaknh03 said:http://www.google.com/imgres?q=marty+feldman&client=ms-android-verizon&sa=X&hl=en&v=134000000&biw=320&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=VILsJY80FWsj-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/&docid=7MdljoJlGDMSHM&imgurl=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwMjA5ODc4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDEwOTg2._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg&w=477&h=720&ei=RYjlUoCqHY_pqAGbrYH4CQ&zoom=1
DrNip reply :
Guys, guys, guys, it was a misprint. It was really 4-11 not 11-4. Lol
Jrob78 reply :
On 1/27/2014 at 7:33 AM, ColdSVT said:Ill add my 6.2 into the thread lol
Probably not the best pic to post unless that's on your property. lol
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
POSTED
lol, classic!!!
Nice pig!!!!
deaknh03 reply :
On 1/27/2014 at 10:49 AM, slonezp said:
Bruce Baum, the singer of this, wrote a couple of very funny books, " letters from a nut", there's a couple of them. Real laugh out loud stuff, unlike this video.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
slone, that's a real person with those eyes!?!?!? Marty Feldman, never heard of him. Maybe it's because I'm only 30 years old. I just watched the video and saw others of him and nearly peed my pants laughing!!!
slonezp reply :
On 1/28/2014 at 4:32 AM, deaknh03 said:Bruce Baum, the singer of this, wrote a couple of very funny books, " letters from a nut", there's a couple of them. Real laugh out loud stuff, unlike this video.
"Bob Seger's pancreas" LOL The sad thing is I remembered the words of the song, from 30 years ago, when I used to listen to the Dr. Dimento show.
slonezp reply :
On 1/28/2014 at 4:37 AM, jnatale3 said:slone, that's a real person with those eyes!?!?!? Marty Feldman, never heard of him. Maybe it's because I'm only 30 years old. I just watched the video and saw others of him and nearly peed my pants laughing!!!
Ever see the movie Young Frankenstein? He played Igor
Smokinal reply :
On 1/28/2014 at 4:43 AM, slonezp said:Ever see the movie Young Frankenstein? He played Igor
Classic movie right there. Abbie Normal...makes me lol every time! And please don't use Dr. Demento and 30 yrs ago in the same sentence ever again...lol
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
I saw it!!! Now it see the connection. Lol
ColdSVT reply :
On 1/28/2014 at 4:25 AM, jnatale3 said:POSTED
lol, classic!!!
Nice pig!!!!
I thought yall would like that sign...i have permission to fish there. The owner is a family friend thankfully lol
BassAssassin726 reply :
Bassmaster is notorious for this. They dont verify at all. Hry just take the fishermans word for it. And we all know how that goes. Ive seen pictures in the lunker club on their website that were OBVIOUSLY photoshopped. Like it was really obvious.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
I'm gonna land a sweeeeeeet 1/2 # dink and send it in as a 10#.
SirSnookalot reply :
On 1/29/2014 at 6:39 AM, jnatale3 said:I'm gonna land a sweeeeeeet 1/2 # dink and send it in as a 10#.
You wouldn't be the first.
Friend of mine photoshopped this pic, I didn't even catch the fish.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Man, that's a good photoshop!!!! He needs to make me a few 10# pics for me. :-)
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 1/29/2014 at 5:17 PM, SirSnookalot said:You wouldn't be the first.
Friend of mine photoshopped this pic, I didn't even catch the fish.
Haha...I love it! So where do you get this Photoshop and how do you use it? I could have some real fun with it!
*Hootie reply :
On 1/29/2014 at 8:55 PM, Lucky Craft Man said:Haha...I love it! So where do you get this Photoshop and how do you use it? I could have some real fun with it!
Any place that sells software. Run you about $700.00
Hootie
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 1/30/2014 at 9:14 PM, hootiebenji said:Any place that sells software. Run you about $700.00
Hootie
Hmmm...should I put my saved money towards Photoshop or a new Humminbird 899ci HD SI Combo. I think I am going with the Humminbird.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 2:29 AM, Lucky Craft Man said:Hmmm...should I put my saved money towards Photoshop or a new Humminbird 899ci HD SI Combo. I think I am going with the Humminbird.
Good choice. You didn't really need to photoshop either your musky or smallmouth as they look quite adequate.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 4:14 AM, Dwight Hottle said:Good choice. You didn't really need to photoshop either your musky or smallmouth as they look quite adequate.
Yup ~ but that Mug is a totally different story . . . .
A-Jay
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 4:15 AM, A-Jay said:Yup ~ but that Mug is a totally different story . . . .
A-Jay
Hahaha...Yeah, no $700 Photoshop software can help that. I would have to step up to the $10,000 version and hire a Photoshop expert to even have a chance of having a decent showing in my pictures.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 4:50 AM, Lucky Craft Man said:Hahaha...Yeah, no $700 Photoshop software can help that. I would have to step up to the $10,000 version and hire a Photoshop expert to even have a chance of having a decent showing in my pictures.
~LOL~ I'm right there with you man.
But I live with it by relying on the words of Dwight who say -
"No one's looking at you anyway - it's all about the fish"
A-Jay
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 4:56 AM, A-Jay said:~LOL~ I'm right there with you man.
But I live with it by relying on the words of Dwight who say -
"No one's looking at you anyway - it's all about the fish"
A-Jay
Dwight might be right. I have seen tons of his pictures and have met him in person, but I have yet to know what he looks like. He is always flanked by 6lb.+ smallmouth that I can't take my eyes off of.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 5:31 AM, Lucky Craft Man said:Dwight might be right. I have seen tons of his pictures and have met him in person, but I have yet to know what he looks like. He is always flanked by 6lb.+ smallmouth that I can't take my eyes off of.
He was probably having an off day.
A-Jay
RyneB reply :
heres my 5.5. it would eat his "11"
flyingmonkie reply :
I too was a little perplexed the other night when I saw it. A bit surprised the mag let it through - i know they don't verify, but they do ask for length/girth measurements (my avatar pic was in there last year 
). Surely, somewhere along the way, somebody saw the numbers as a bit "fishy".
Dead River reply :
there is no way the pictured fish weighs 11 lbs. here are some photos of my 12 lb 4 oz 25"x 21 1/8" Bass - not a tail pinched total length measurement either. as you can see in the first photo. I was having some trouble with her due to adrenaline and self portraits. released.
Dead River reply :
the fish is actualy held away from the camera as well. no embellishment. not great photos, but without a go pro and a tripod you do the best you can when you're alone.
shimmy reply :
On 1/25/2014 at 1:43 AM, hootiebenji said:The bass in my avatar is about 3#. I asked my wife if she could make it look like a 10#er.
The final result.
Hootie
Something is fishy there...Your hand in the picture trying to make the bass look big could easily fit in the mouth of that bass, however, on the profile pic, there is no way your hand would even come close to fitting...Regardless if the arm is extended or not, it should make no difference with hand to mouth ratio. Something seems fishy. If you didn't tamper with the photo in any way, than i might be taking crazy pills which is still a viable option.
*Hootie reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 10:38 AM, shimmy said:Something is fishy there...Your hand in the picture trying to make the bass look big could easily fit in the mouth of that bass, however, on the profile pic, there is no way your hand would even come close to fitting...Regardless if the arm is extended or not, it should make no difference with hand to mouth ratio. Something seems fishy. If you didn't tamper with the photo in any way, than i might be taking crazy pills which is still a viable option.
That is the idea. If she made the hand bigger too, the deception wouldn't work. Yes, the photo was tampered with. That's what I said. Altering the photo (of just the fish) was the whole idea to make the fish look bigger than it really was.
Hootie
shimmy reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 6:24 PM, hootiebenji said:That is the idea. If she made the hand bigger too, the deception wouldn't work. Yes, the photo was tampered with. That's what I said. Altering the photo (of just the fish) was the whole idea to make the fish look bigger than it really was.
Hootie
Thanks for clarifying, my point was that even with arm extension pictures, sometimes the hand to mouth ration keeps the weight of the fish honest. Thus the OP about this 11 pound bass could be debunked just by that ration alone. That was a great photo shop job by the way. It's unfortunate that that is possible. Should be a crime (not against you) but to those who do it seriously. Life term sentence.
sullyb reply :
looks like a 5 pounder to me
A-Jay reply :
On 2/1/2014 at 12:13 AM, sullyb said:looks like a 5 pounder to me
Welcome to BR sullyb ~
A-Jay
*Hootie reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 11:56 PM, shimmy said:Thanks for clarifying, my point was that even with arm extension pictures, sometimes the hand to mouth ration keeps the weight of the fish honest. Thus the OP about this 11 pound bass could be debunked just by that ration alone. That was a great photo shop job by the way. It's unfortunate that that is possible. Should be a crime (not against you) but to those who do it seriously. Life term sentence.
Yes, I know you can't necessarily trust what you see anymore. Anytime I showed that photo to ANYONE, after a few minutes of oooo"s an ahhhh"s, I would explain what it really was, by showing them the original.
Hootie
Darren. reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 10:22 AM, Dead River said:there is no way the pictured fish weighs 11 lbs. here are some photos of my 12 lb 4 oz 25"x 21 1/8" Bass - not a tail pinched total length measurement either. as you can see in the first photo. I was having some trouble with her due to adrenaline and self portraits. released.
That's a beast!
Nice_Bass reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 10:03 AM, flyingmonkie said:I too was a little perplexed the other night when I saw it. A bit surprised the mag let it through - i know they don't verify, but they do ask for length/girth measurements (my avatar pic was in there last year
colors on your fish are downright awesome.
sullyb reply :
thanks for the greeting,A-JAY
BassAssassin726 reply :
On 1/29/2014 at 5:17 PM, SirSnookalot said:You wouldn't be the first.
Friend of mine photoshopped this pic, I didn't even catch the fish.
That's an incredibly obvious photoshop. Lol
flyingmonkie reply :
On 2/1/2014 at 2:16 AM, Nice_Bass said:colors on your fish are downright awesome.
Thank you! What are the odds that my first 12+ came with my wife (who is a semi-pro photographer) and her fancy camera in the boat with me!
SirSnookalot reply :
On 2/1/2014 at 10:33 AM, BassAssassin726 said:That's an incredibly obvious photoshop. Lol
I did say it was photoshopped. The picture of me was taken about 3 or 4 years ago, the fish I had caught was barracuda, I do remember posting it here. The "new fish" looks to be a good 20#, that fish was really only about 8# and I didn't catch it. If you look closely at the fish's mouth you will see me holding a barracuda tube.
Scott F reply :
On 1/30/2014 at 9:14 PM, hootiebenji said:Any place that sells software. Run you about $700.00
Hootie
Unless you are a professional, you only need Photoshop Elements, a "lite" version of the program that will do most of what you want it for and costs less than $100
*Hootie reply :
On 2/1/2014 at 11:14 PM, Scott F said:Unless you are a professional, you only need Photoshop Elements, a "lite" version of the program that will do most of what you want it for and costs less than $100
Correct.
Hootie
SirSnookalot reply :
Hootie, think your wife can photoshop this fish, I want it turned over so the fish is right side up.
slonezp reply :
Here you go Snook
And I won't charge you for my time
SirSnookalot reply :
HAHA, not quite what I had in mind.
Goose52 reply :
On 2/2/2014 at 11:15 PM, slonezp said:Here you go Snook
And I won't charge you for my time
That cracked me up...
*Hootie reply :
On 2/2/2014 at 3:15 PM, SirSnookalot said:Hootie, think your wife can photoshop this fish, I want it turned over so the fish is right side up.
Snook, if you want to pm me, I'll give you my email. If you can email me the full photo, my wife said she would take a shot at it...lol
Hootie
bartdude186 reply :
well.....i'm gonna claim my avatar pic as a 17 now.
SirSnookalot reply :
Hootie, this is the full photo as far as I know, it lives on photobucket.
I'm sure your wife has better things to do, but I do appreciate it, thanks.
CDMeyer reply :
I wonder about a lot of those bass in the Lunker Club.....
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