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10-16-2006, 09:02 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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The only time I ever put a tape measure on a bass is when it's injured beyond hope and looks close to being legal size. And then, it's done the way the state madates--total length to the farthest extremity of the tail.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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10-16-2006, 09:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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You guys know they do sell scales...  |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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10-16-2006, 09:18 AM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
You guys know they do sell scales... |
I already carry too much into the surf. |
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10-16-2006, 09:20 AM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
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I think someone posted previously for fish 40" or over it was a safe bet to say they were a 20# or better fish. I would agree with that.
For me after that it's difficult to tell much more than that. Larger fish seem to vary so much in girth.
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10-16-2006, 09:30 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
You guys know they do sell scales... |
already carrying too much stuff, plugs, eels, korkers, waders, gloves, pliers, flahlight....soon I'll need a shopping cart to push along the rocks |
making s-b.com a kinder, gentler place for all 
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10-16-2006, 09:16 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Total length is the only way as far as utilizing length. However, the true measure of a bass has and will always be pounds. The pound per inch over 50" thing is a bunch of B.S. too. I used to catch a lot of 50" fish in my commercial boat days that weighed only 35 or so pounds. Show me the(weight) slips.  |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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