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Originally Posted by BatesBCheatin
The average 39" bass weighs 24.5 pounds. The upper limit of the range is 27.2 pounds. (Yes this sounds a bit heavy to me).
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Uh, no it doesn't. I catch between 500 and 1000 bass a year--naturally, not all of them are 39" long, but I've been catching bass a long time. 40+ years. One 39" bass in 1000 weighs 24.5 lbs. Most weigh between 19 and 22 pounds. Especially today with the skinny bass that currently dominate the population.
Get one 42" and then maybe you're talking 27 pounds. If it's fat and has something in its stomach. I've seen 50" bass this year that didn't break 40 pounds. It's certainly possible for a 45" bass to top 40 pounds, but again, it's one bass out of a thousand. And the girth has to be enormous for it to do that. Bluefish simply don't have the girth to top 20 lbs at 38".
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