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<b>Name:--></b> Gord.Lurker
<b>Nickname:--></b> Gord.Luker via Sportspal
<b>From:--></b> Ottawa I suspect
<b>Date Caught:--></b> Aug 17, 2008
<b>Weight:--></b> 5+
<b>Technique/Lure:--></b> Weedbad, Gary Yamamoto Watermelon Senko

20 inch Largemouth Bass

a 20 inch fish would need a girth of 14inches to get close to 5 lbs.

while it is 20 inches it does not look thick.


My guess would be about 3.6 lbs. Scales i the boat are a good idea.

nice largie though

Three pounds fifteen ounces..

Nice bucket Sportspal!!!....but not a Kaaanickle....sorry dood!

That is 5+... Bass looks real thick. Congrats!!!

Nice bass but looks like 3.5- 4 pennies.

SORRY DUDE... not a nickle... but a dandy fish for sure... i'd say close to 4lbs

That bass is 4 pounds or over no doubt. Great catch!

OK, I think its time to finally cast some light on this.
As per ChampionNorm, this fish would need to have a 14 inch girth to be 5lbs.
For most men, from wrist to finger tip is 6 inches. Put both hands next to each other, thats 6 inches X 2 hands. Now, that fish was at least 3 inches thick, top and bottom, so add the 12 for height plus 6 inches wide is 18 inches.
If this fish wwas 3.5lbs like some of the "experts" say, then this fish would need a girth of 11 inches, which is your hands together minus a bit, no width.

Now think about that, and then think about how you voted. I think most of you missed the boat on this one. Plus, notice how the fish is against his body, and not having the Bob Izumi pose that most of you guys do to make the fish look bigger.

Regardless, this is all for fun, but expand the picture, look closely, and you'll see that either this fish is 5lbs+ or all the other entries that people voted as being a Nickel are smaller or the same size as this one.

20 inch largemouth can and normally are 5 lbs but that one does look skinny. I'd say it's over 4.5 but less then 5. Maybe that's a really big guy and makes the fish look smaller.

I don't think it needs a 14 inch girth ether, my 6 lb 10 oz LM was 22 x 15 and it was fat.

Trophymuskie wrote:20 inch largemouth can and normally are 5 lbs .

That fish is about 1.5Lbs short of the nickle. Good fish though.

This thread kills me.

I love the comments. 'That fish is 3.5 lbs.' 'That fish is only 4 lbs.'

Man you guys are good!

Take 4 different pics of the same fish and guess what, it's going to look 4 different weights!

I will say, based on the length of 20" that fish could be very close to or slightly over 5 lbs. I got 3 largies last year that were 4.75 and they were 19.25" to 20.5". I'd bet money every time on a 20" largie being over 4lbs. My 5.5 was a hair under 21".

Oh, and for the record, my 'guess' is 4.5 to just over 5.

Ok I'm done

Ya know, I've been thinking about how this is done and perhaps a change is needed. It seemed like a good idea to have a voting system at the beginning, but I think it's just kinda opening a can a worms for the last few, and perhaps really isn't that fair since it's hard to tell from a photo just how much something weighs.

I think this fish is close to 5, but I don't think it has the look of a nickle. There is a special kind of look, that I see anyway, that says...."yes indeed, this is a 5lbs fish".

Let me think about this a little and if anyone has some suggestions, send me a PM.

Cheers,

30 bucks will get you an accurate and reliable digital scale...

'nuff said...

Good Fishing,

Justin

I don't think it's 5lbs but it's probably mid-4's. I caught a 21.25" LMB opening weekend on White Lake and it was about 4.4 lbs on a spring-scale (didn't have a digital on-board). It wouldn't have won big-fish which was about 4.96 if I recall.

Mind you, my 21.25" fish was NOT fat. Didn't have that big flabby gut that many nickels have. If I have caught that fish after a few good meals, it'd definitely have been over 5#.

Either way, nice fish man!! If it's a personal-best, then congrats and keep up the good work - a nickel will soon be yours! (I hope!).