First push gone through?

[piemma]

WAIT!!!

29.50 pounds and only 35.5 inches. I never question you DAWG but Holy &*&% that fish would have to have been 35" around. 36" fish is usually around 20#. Always has been as long as I have been doin' this and that's coming up on 45 years.

You got a picture? I would love to see that fish. The fish in my avatar is 31# and 39 inches long.

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by piemma

WAIT!!!
The fish in my avatar is 31# and 39 inches long.

That is a pig

[Bill L]

WAIT!!! 29.50 pounds and only 35.5 inches. I never question you DAWG but.....

OK, I'll say it ---- BULLSH!T

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by Bill L

OK, I'll say it ---- BULLSH!T

i sort of agree with you on this one, Bill L~~

but that is what the scale(OTW certified weigh station) at Winchester's of GLSCTR showed and what they put down on the slip??

something about those ###'s seems highly suspect to me, also.
it felt more like a mid-thirties, next time i'm doing the measuring!!

[bart]

[piemma]

Originally Posted by BassDawg

i sort of agree with you on this one, Bill L~~

but that is what the scale(OTW certified weigh station) at Winchester's of GLSCTR showed and what they put down on the slip??

something about those ###'s seems highly suspect to me, also.
it felt more like a mid-thirties, next time i'm doing the measuring!!

So here is the weight chart:

Length 34" 35" 36" 37" 38" 39" 40" 41" 42" 43" 44"

Max lb 19.0 20.5 22.0 23.5 25.5 27.2 29.5 31.0 33.5 36.3 39.0
Avg lb 16.5 18.0 19.5 20.7 22.0 24.5 26.0 27.3 29.7 32.0 34.0
Min lb 14.0 15.5 16.8 17.5 19.0 20.7 22.0 23.0 25.0 27.0 29.0


Bass weight = (length x length x girth) / 1,200

35.5 x 35.5 x 28.5 /1200 = 29.40

So your bass had almost a 29"waist

[BassDawg]

that "seems" about right,

hard tellin' not knowing and foolishly NOT measuring on my part!!


will be more diligent, next time! was in a stinking rush to get it on ice and had to beat the clock at Seabrook Station and the commute. thanks for the numbers, piemma

[DZ]

Originally Posted by BassDawg

that "seems" about right,

hard tellin' not knowing and foolishly NOT measuring on my part!!


will be more diligent, next time! was in a stinking rush to get it on ice and had to beat the clock at Seabrook Station and the commute. thanks for the numbers, piemma

Jess - no need to measure just go by this method:

"In the arm, shoulder or brain of a striped bass fisherman is a scale, and the moment the bass goes in the air the striped bass fisherman, no matter what his blood pressure is, places that imaginary scale under the bass and coolly weighs it."

One of my favorite quotes.

Original quote by Norman Maclean was edited by DZ to encompass striped bass fishermen.

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by piemma

WAIT!!!

29.50 pounds and only 35.5 inches. I never question you DAWG but Holy &*&% that fish would have to have been 35" around. 36" fish is usually around 20#. Always has been as long as I have been doin' this and that's coming up on 45 years.

You got a picture? I would love to see that fish. The fish in my avatar is 31# and 39 inches long.

that's why i weighed it, my man!! i'll bring the pink OTW slip to The Fest, what a noggin' on that cruiser, too!! i could not find the camera that night before i went out, but a friend of mine took a rigored-up shot before we cleaned it. there was nothing in her belly, weird, huh? this fish looked heavier on the water than she really was, no girth measurement, and she was a pig!! i had to get to work and was in a hurry to get her back on the ice.

i only kept her because i ALWAYS keep my first keeper of every year.
goes back to my Choctaw heritage and my thanks to God for providing me with a small portion of His Glorious bounty!!

am kicking my self for not being more thorough with the pix and a girth size, now that you mention it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by piemma

The fish in my avatar is 31# and 39 inches long.

NAHIIIIICE HAWWWWWWG, by the weigh!!