Weighed a certified for the OTW Tourney.

let's see how good you guys are at eyeballing a fish.

44 pounds 8 ounces?:kewl: Nice fish!

33.4 :kewl:LBS

Not knowing how tall you are I would still say close to a 50

One of you guys is pretty close.

Nice fish Paul.
Lots of reports of large NEW fish heading into RI waters soon. This is good news for those anglers targeting the big girls.
Happy Independence Day, especially to those who served.

Thanks Chris. I also appreciate the good wishes for us old Vets.

Semper Fi , bro!!

42.... very nic fish!!

46.5 lbs

Nice fish 47.2

43 - That looks like an SRI sticker on the bumper.

215

oh wait, you meant the fish. :bl:

Nice fish Paul!
Looks like a mid 40's

Nice fish...48.25

45.75

Beautiful fish paul.

OK, times up.
I am just a skosh under 5' 10". I weigh 202.

The fish weighed, on 3 different scales, one cerified, all digital.

31 and 1/2 pounds.

It takes a really BIG fish to make 40.

It was a nice fish and a great fight but 31lbs 6 oz is the weight.

BTW, thanks for all the guesses and congrats. I thought this would be a fun and informative thread.

35 lbs..

With that belly I would have guessed a lot more, 40# anyway. Still, a wicked nice fish.

43 lb nice fish!

Very nice..........looks like she's been chowing down hard. What's that belly stuffed with?

It is a great fish Piemma! Good for you.

Very nice..........looks like she's been chowing down hard. What's that belly stuffed with?

3 Pogies 2 half digested and a fresh chix lobster

43 - That looks like an SRI sticker on the bumper.


It is, Joe. I'll be back in the surf for late Oct and Nov with the Rockman

a beautiful fish. nice catch. and looks heavier than its weight!

It is, Joe. I'll be back in the surf for late Oct and Nov with the Rockman

I'll believe it when I see it :D:D
nice fish

Nice fatty Paul.:btu:

Very nice fish! From the profile, I would have guessed an honest 40. Your post goes to show that without weighing their fish, a lot of guys are proably a bit off when claiming they take 30 and 40# fish.

Very nice fish! From the profile, I would have guessed an honest 40. Your post goes to show that without weighing their fish, a lot of guys are proably a bit off when claiming they take 30 and 40# fish.

I couldn't agree with you more.

Nice one Paul, I would have guessed in the 40's.

Great Catch Paul!

I couldn't agree with you more.

Nice one Paul, I would have guessed in the 40's.

Same here Paul - I was thinking low 40's. And I was pegging you at about 185...:hihi:

Low 40s? I would have guessed 29 to 32 pounds. how many really big fish have any of you acually seen? there is a huge difference between a 40lb bass and a 31lb bass. But congrats, nice fish but not close to a 40 !

yup, nice 1

Well dave, not everyone is an expert who has caught and seen many large bass, and only a few were even aware of the size of Piemma. If it had been Flaptail holding that fish , and the angle was better with the fish displayed to show the girth, I would have gotten it within a pound or 2 I bet. But you got to see it in 3 dimensions, HUGE difference there seeing it in person. Hard to tell how long the fish is from that shot. A picture on the computer is completely different than in person and I think you know that. Maybe that was Paul's point of the thread.

Yup, I saw the fish in person and guessed 30-32 before it was even weighed..WTF are you guys thinking??? 48??? Are u kidding me???:rollem:

it is a nice fish :btu:

either way that is a nice fish!! congrats man!

yeah, it's hard to tell from pictures, although I seem to be decent at eyballing fish caught on TV! :rotfl:

Nice fish Paul

I would have guessed 40 but since I saw you post on another site that it was in the 30s,,,,I knew better!

Awesome fish and informative post, almost everyone added over ten pounds to the fish!

Well dave, not everyone is an expert who has caught and seen many large bass, and only a few were even aware of the size of Piemma. If it had been Flaptail holding that fish , and the angle was better with the fish displayed to show the girth, I would have gotten it within a pound or 2 I bet. But you got to see it in 3 dimensions, HUGE difference there seeing it in person. Hard to tell how long the fish is from that shot. A picture on the computer is completely different than in person and I think you know that. Maybe that was Paul's point of the thread.



it is a nice fish :btu:
I guess.:uhuh:

My guess was 38# before scrolling through. Nice fish! Well done :claps:

or is that fat bass built more like a tuna?

nice bass Paul :claps:

Not only are they "offf, but they're convinced they're not off."

"Look at the belly on that fish....has to be at least 40!"

It takes catching quite a few fish to be able to get reasonably accurate, and even then knowlegable folks can be off by 15% very frequently.

I had it at 37 pounds before I saw the answer.

Nice fish Paul! Photos can be deceiving!

Indeed. This fish amazed me. i really thought, at first, it was high 30s. When I got it in the boat I knew it wasn't but it just looked BIG. I think the real difference was that it had a smallish head, big belly but no shoulders.

I thought it looked like a forty but had the head of a twenty. I didn't know if it was gonna be high or low, but figured it was deceiving.

42#

Hey, Paul. Are you registered with a tem, or just individually???

Fishing for RISAA this year

First off, how tall are you?:huh:

Lokks can be decieving, I am 6'6" 260 lbs and when I hold a 30 pounder everyone thinks it's a 15.:rolleyes:

On the other hand when Numbskull holds a 30 pounder it looks like a 60. ( shrimp):eek5:

Tough call unlees you have something to gauge it by.

Nice fish non-the -less!

since you are a very tall and large man...

what percentage bigger BODY would you say

you have over the average fisherman?

20% larger?

since you are a very tall and large man...

what percentage bigger BODY would you say

you have over the average fisherman?

20% larger?

All depends what part!:heybaby:

He said larger Steve, not smaller
20 % larger..


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