A Fun Experiment

[OzarkFishman]

Based on my past thread I am going to try a little experiment.

I am going back to the pit that I caught my 5 lb 15 oz and 6 lb 2 oz in the same day earlier this spring. I get to spend all day in a 14 foot jon boat trolling around fishing with nobody around (This is a treat for a dad of a 19 month old boy, I like to think of it as meditation).

I will take my digital scale and hopefully catch some hogs. I will take pictures quickly and then release them. I will then post the pictures and have you all guess the weight. If you don't want to join the fun, then just sit back and enjoy where this thread hopefully goes. I don't really know that I will prove anything, but hopefully it will be fun.

I will let people post the guesses and then post the EXACT weight of each bass.

Sounds like fun ... right?

OzarkFishman

PS - These bass will have big heads, which is typical of pond/pit bass.

PPS - Hopefully I don't get skunked or only catch shorts ... man would I look stupid ... but what is new .

[fishinwrench]

I predict that this Wednesday is going to be a tough pond fishing day.

[eric1978]

I predict wrench is right but just in case I'll add this suggestion:

Be sure when you take the picture that you have the fish laying next to something of which the size is universally known. Your hand is no good. A reel is pretty good, but no one knows what size rod you have and that may skew our perception. Something like a tennis ball would be perfect, because all tennis balls are the same and we all know exactly how big they are.

Sounds like a fun idea though. Maybe we could make it interesting and all throw in $5.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Sounds like the basis for a good thread, but the task will be near impossible without a reference point. I would think length, or girth, not both would be best.

PS - These bass will have big heads, which is typical of pond/pit bass.

I wouldn't call this typical, but it is on overprotected and poorly managed ponds. I'm not ripping anyone's management, most farmers have other things to worry about, but it does happen.

[Geoff]

I wouldn't call this typical, but it is on overprotected and poorly managed ponds. I'm not ripping anyone's management, most farmers have other things to worry about, but it does happen.

i agree. Big headed bass are a sign of a stunted fish population. if you are catching fish with big heads and 5-6 pounds then you are prolley missing out on 10 pounders in that pond. you should really start to cull some of them

[Ämp]

lol .. go to the pet store and buy one of those little tiny tennis balls for small dogs and make that 1lber a 6lber

[eric1978]

lol .. go to the pet store and buy one of those little tiny tennis balls for small dogs and make that 1lber a 6lber

You must be one of those guys who likes to use those little hotel soaps and pretend you have huge muscles.

[fishinwrench]

I think the point of the exercise is to see how closely it can be determined by a photo alone. And to see which direction the camera image tends to lie.

A common reference such as a reel or crankbait would be ok, but I think you should keep the ruler out of the pic.

[fishinwrench]

Ok, I dug up a few old pics of fish that I know the exact weight of.

This is from 1982 so please ignore the stoned punk holding it and take a stab at what this Audrain county pit bass weighed out at.

[FishinCricket]

Ok, I dug up a few old pics of fish that I know the exact weight of.

This is from 1982 so please ignore the stoned punk holding it and take a stab at what this Audrain county pit bass weighed out at.

My official guess on this one is two and 1/4 pounds, based upon my estimation of Wrenchs total weight back then, which appears to be around 95 pounds.. :cheesygrin:

Wonder who's put on more girth since then, Wrench or the Fish?

BWAH HA HA HA