How much does this fish weigh

[MuskieJunkie]

Caught and released this fish on Mille lacs on Saturday. How much do you guys think it weighs, 21x17. Thanks

[Cecil]

5.5 ish

[derek5]

5.5-6lbs

[bassfshin24]

I would say around 5.5lbs.

[hockeybc69]

6.24 lbs

http://www.myoan.net/fishing/weight_calc.html

[harvey lee]

Nice fish! Congrats on a dandy.

I am poor at guessing the weigh of a fish in a photo.

[hockeybc69]

Its pretty easy when he provides the length and girth.

[MuskieJunkie]

Yeah I looked at that online calulator and 3 others, they ranged from 5.5 to 7.3.

Bassfisn24 - I just saw your posts and weights in this forum. I'd say your the best person to answer my question about October 13th 2012 21" mille lacs smallies HA!

5.5 it is, thanks guys that's exactly the info I was looking for.

I have to admit I had the big eyes going and thought it would have been more. Geez what does a 8lbs smallie look like....

[Cecil]

You are asking the wrong guys! I have seen pictures of two smallies from Mille Lacs that were just shy of 8 and they were jaw dropping.

[Presco]

Cecil, not sure if this is one of the ones you saw....but this pic made the rounds a year ago. This fish was apparently in the upper 7lb range. Terrible picture and there could be some catch and "release" issues here, but guy claimed it was 7lbs 15oz.

[TruthWalleyes]

I got a 21.5" fat and healthy large mouth friday night. Would you suppose it would have about the same girth as the smally above? I'd say it had about the same shape. Never took a girth measurement nor had the camera.

[Cecil]

yeah, that was one of them that I saw. I trust that its a close to 8 pound fish. Its an absolute tank

[GooBack]

No way that second fish is over 4lbs. Look at the size of the guys hand.

8lbs...no fricken way.

[Cecil]

There is another pic of it out there too. Its legit

[GooBack]

Where is the other photo?

This picture has everything wrong with it.

[Presco]

Here's the other image I've seen. Again, not a great pic, but thats a hawg. Even if the guy has massive hands, thats a 22.5-23" fish.

Second pic (on the left) is a 7.5lber from another locale (Cecil knows where). Fish on the right was 6.5lb if memory serves.

You can doubt all you want,but both of these fish are loads bigger than the original posters fish, which should not be taken as a negative, that is still a really nice smallie.

[mww24]

Presco. Those bottom two are amazing fish. That one where you see his mouth. It looks like a largies mouth. and those colors are amazing.