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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

Bass Dawg - I have no reason to doubt you personally, except that I doubt everyone. I know some very good fisherman. My Dad was one of the best, fished 4 + nights a week for years and has a few 50s , 40s etc . Which were weighed, blessed and photographed.
For you to say "and to the several over 30's that i did land this year. " I can't buy it, unless you are talking inches. Please post some pics to prove me wrong, The best fisherman I know, i know many, would never say they lost 50s and 60s, those are fish of a lifetime and very hard to come by.
I've posted this on here before and I'll say it again. For the average angler -
A 12-18lb bass is 25lbs, a 25-32lb bass is over 40, etc. I've seen it a 100 times.
I've spent 1000s of nights at some of the best spots and I've seen a handful of 30s over the last 8 years. SOme of the absolute BEST fsiherman on this site, caught "several" 30s this year. The very, very, very good ones, MAY have caught 2 30s this year. Sorry man, I can't buy you caught several 30s.

Jimmy, I agree with some of what you say, especially about guys not knowing what a fish weighs. Years ago I bet a guy $50 at the Charlestown breachway (what a zoo!!) that his "40lb" was 22 or 23#. We took it to Capt. Don's when he was in the old building and it weighed 21. The guy issues a string of profanities you would not believe told Don his scale was off and left without paying up on the bet. As my old and departed friend Lanny use to say "show me the slips".