A Fun Experiment

[fishinwrench]

The brickyard strip pit, I guess 7.75.

Laker hit it dead on. 7lbs. 12 oz. on certified scales, caught from a brickyard strip pit.

On a 6' Lew's Speed Stick/Garcia 5000, and 14lb. Trilene XL

[brownieman]

Wrench,

You be the man when it comes to nailing the weight of chubs right on the head. lmao.

You know...

later on

[OzarkFishman]

Well, it was both a good day and a bad day on the pit. I caught lots of numbers, but could manage to boat the big one (I will simply say that next time I will have a net).

The first two pictures were caught on Wednesday. The next two pictures are from previous trips. The last picture is the reason I created this thread. When I asked the guys on here to give my a guess on weight the average response was 5 pounds. I think it is a little bigger than that, but it is hard to tell. Like most have said, weight doesn't matter. But, I wish I would have had a scale to weigh that last one.

Guess the weights on the first 4 pics, I did get a weight for them.

PS - It has been a while since I caught 3 and 4 ... I no longer hold big bass by the lip (unless I am weighing them quickly). Catch and Release is the way to go!!!!

[smallmouthjoe]

The first two I would say are around two and a half, the last two around five.

[eric1978]

I would also guess around 2.5 for 1 and 2. 3 and 4 are really hard to tell from the photos. I would say 3 is somewhere in the 4 pound range...and number 4, no idea...somewhere between 3 and 5...there's no reference in that picture.

[fishinwrench]

#1 is a pound and a half

#2 is within an ounce +/- of 2lbs, even.

#3 is right at 4 lbs. (look at the head on him though, Geeze)

#4 is just a touch over 5

You had a good day man. Good job !

[OzarkFishman]

#1 - 1 pound 15 oz

#2 - 3 pounds 2 oz

#3 - 6 pounds 2 oz

#4 - 5 pounds 15 oz

All weights with my digital scale (I always weigh fish twice).

Pictures have too many variables to account for the size of a fish. I guess that is why I wanted to do this thing. Problem is, I didn't catch enough big ones to drive my point home.

Good fishing to all and stay warm out there,

OzarkFishman