Guess the Weight.

[fishbones]

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.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by fishbones

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.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

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...

[steve]

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 !

[fishaholic18]

yup, nice 1

[Slipknot]

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.

Originally Posted by fishaholic18

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???

it is a nice fish

[Rockport24]

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!

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

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

I guess.

[Blitzseeker]

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.

[steve]

Nice fish Paul! Photos can be deceiving!

[piemma]

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.

[zimmy]

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.