10-14-09, 09:01 AM | #1 |
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Maybe a Pink Hoodie?
A guy on a local forum caught this fish. His scale read 10lb 13oz, but no one on the forum seems to think so. And we all know scales can give a bad reading occasionally or even not be set up good. I personally don't think it looks like a 10lb fish, but it is still a VERY nice fish for around here.
Most of the guys on the forum said 7-8lb, and I think that is a bit more accurate. What do you guys think about the weight? BB
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10-14-09, 09:14 AM | #2 |
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That fish is SEVEN pounds, not an ounce more. It's not even belly heavy. He needs to buy a new scale, or take his other hand off of it while he's weighing it.
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I did not realize I caught a 10 pounder a few weeks ago! <sarcasm> Looks no bigger than the pics I put up under "can I get an estimation"
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The scale is probably gave an incorrect measurement. This is not to insult the fish or the angler. I'm just stating from the looks of the picture, even given its length, it just doesn't seem that its girth is where it needs to be to make it 10lbs.
JMHO. It is still an awesome fish. 7 lbs or just over 7 is my amateur guess. Fish Calculator, basing it on a length of 23" If girth is: 14" (the spread of my hand from bottom of palm to the tip of my middle finger) = 7.26 lbs 16" = 8.3 lbs 18" = 9.34 lbs 20" = 10.37 lbs It would need a 20" girth to crack 10 lbs. Did they measure its girth?
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No they didn't and I doubt it's anywhere near 20".
Compared to some other 6-8lb fish, the fish's head and mouth is fairly large. I wouldn't doubt this being a 9-10lber come spring. Like you said, by no fault of the angler, I think the scale gave a bad reading. He said in his excitement, he didn't take another to double check. Either way, still a huge fish around here. BB
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Im going to put up my pictures of the twelve pounder i caught then you will see big. But I would say that fish looks about 7
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Yup! Pink Hookie for sure!! Only as 6-7lber. Nice fish, but no 10lber.
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naw man.....that is every bit a 20 pounder fer sure. see the scale only goes half way. so double the weight shown and u have the CORRECT weight.
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Nope. No way. Not a chance in H-E-double hockey sticks.
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I hate to burst the poor guys bubble....look at the fish in my avitar it was 25 inches long and it barley weighted 8 lbs.
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Thats a nice fish Baron.
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8.5 pound at best with some lead in it.. most likely 7... i caught one that was 7.75 (7lb 12oz) that was 22 inch and was full of eggs in spring.. it was chunky, real chunky
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Sometimes people honestly but badly overestimate their catch. They arent damned to wear the pink hoodie, they just need to hold a few larger fish to get an appreciation for what weighs what.
Last year, I hit a small pond for the first time close to by neighborhood. A kid was already there, flinging a spinnerbait wildly. I asked him if he had done any good and he said he had caught a 7 pounder earlier that day. Looking at the pond, I doubted that it was possible given the water, but I kinda understood that to an 8 year old, a 3 would look like an 7, and didnt fault him. One day that kid really will catch a 7, and it will be so much sweeter.
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I will admit, when I pulled my first 5-pounder up this year, and it sorta laid there in the water by the side of the boat, it looked like so huge to me, I thought it would surely be a 7 pounder. However, once it hit the scales, I knew otherwise.
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EDIT: LOL you can see the illegals over his shoulder fishing out 2 feet from shore for 4 inch bluegill with 9 foot surf rods. They were soooooooo pissed when he pulled out that fish and then they had the nerve to send one of their 20 kids over and have them ask us to give them the fish. Told them to pound sand and ceremoniously released the hawg back for them to never catch lol. Last edited by Panthrosan; 10-20-09 at 02:53 PM. |
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This pond was 1/3 acre. I have since fished it many times and never beaten 3 and some change. I'm not saying the kid was necessarily wrong, maybe he did catch a 7, but I almost am willing to bet I caught the same fish he did.
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Then again, you might have the same situation I am dealing with (poor me ). My buddy's mom's pond, which is half an acre maybe, has the benefit of Mark bringing every good sized bass he catches home to it. And what is even better, somehow those fish are thriving! At least one of them is around 8 pounds now, and I am just chomping at the bit to catch her one of these days...not to keep her obviously, but to feel what an 8 pounder feels like.
I think the big fountain in the center of the lake is one of the reasons that little pond is able to support that much biomass. There are 50 lb catfish in this pond as well. Nuts....
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We catch an average of 2 to 3 lbers out of our pond...This pond is seriously less than a quarter of an acre.Well? maybe a quarter at best...I mean its small,but deep and feed by the lake...We've caught bass,crappie,gills,bowfins,rockbass,and seen a gar in it...I know it holds bigger bass,and I know where they rest,lol....Just cant quite get there because of the terrain and my cast falls about 10' too short
The only problem is I know the locals are bucket fishers...But hopefully the bigger ones are still swimming!
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