Big small mouth (PIC)

[carlcmc]

Large smallmouth. Was perusing flickr and saw this fish with this description "4.25 pound, 23 inch small mouth caught on Namakan Lake, Ontario, Canada."

[HawgTide]

Nice fish, but interesting stats. I've caught and seen lots of 4lb'ers in the river and they are generally in the 20" range. Being from the river, they are also generally skinnier than lake Smallies. According to a fish weight calculator , a 23" Bass would have to have a girth of only 10" to be only 4.4lbs! I'm not questioning the guy's integrity or anything, just wondering why the fish is so light for a 23" long bass.

[musky hunter]

Nice fish but I also question if someone's scale needs to be recalibrated. A 23" bass could easily be up to 6, maybe even 7 lbs if it's well fed. I'd have guessed at least 5 lb. I've been reading so much about Loui Spray's "world record" muskie and all the experts think it was a little overexagerated, now we've got fishermen going the other way. You're an honest man Carl.

[bass-o-matic]

Look at the fish again. It's a nice fish, don't get me wrong, but for 23" long, it's skinny. You can tell that with just a quick glance.

[Mark Christianson]

My son got a 21 incher from the Miss 2 summers ago that was 4 lbs 7 oz. And it was verified by a DNR fisheries guy on the water as luck would have it.

23 inches and only 4 1/4lbs? I have my doubts.

Bigger than any smallie I have ever caught. Absolutely.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Maybe I am looking at the pict wrong.. but I do think its about a 4.5 lb fish..... I dont think its 23".. I have seen in my days quite a few different ways to measure a fish. A tape measure will always measure longer than a bump board. Mouth open longer than mouth closed by a long shot.. ect...

[LEECH21]

I agree with Deitz, I think its shorter than 23"

[musky hunter]

Looking at the pic's of the two fish on this thread, both are close in size weight wise but one was verified and one was not. Because the fish in both cases are held away from the body, one by a man and one by a boy, it's hard to judge from the photos which one is bigger. I too am agreeing with Dietz, the fish probably does not stretch out 23". If the measuring tape was one of those vynil ones that adhere to the inside of the boat, I've found that they are not all that accurate. The one I have almost got me in trouble over a slot size walleye, it was easily a half inch off, said the fish was longer than it really was. It might be that a combination of factors, bad tape, wiggling fish, etc. lead to thinking the fish was 23" when it was not. But it sure is fun to try to figure out the size of that nice bass there. I hope it is still swimming.

[Wayne Ek]

Deitz, both are nice looking fish and I don't care how long they were... I would have given my eye-teeth to have either one of them during a couple of tournaments last year.

[Mark Christianson]

Agape

We would have too. My son got that one prefishing a tourney just days before it. Argh!!!!!!

All I could muster out of the spot was a big old muskie that straightened my darn hooks on tourney day.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I agree Wayne.. great fish... and awesome pict of the kid with the monster bronze back!

[Captain B.R.K]

This thread reminds me a lot of the older summer threads where someone posts a picture of fish and we guess the size.....thats a fun game

Nice lookin' smallie!

[Mark Christianson]

Guess the size BRK.

[HawgTide]

At first sight, I was going to say 48" because I know how big your head is... But my guess is 17.5"

[LEECH21]

20"...what do I win?

[river rat316]

LOL @ HT

Leech you must not knw blb to well, he's the kiss of death for 20"ers on the river. I say 18.25

[Mark Christianson]

Still waiting to see pics of your "claims" of 20's boy.

[ChuckN]

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20"...what do I win?

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BLB can't catch a 20" or larger smallmouth for the life of him. Of course, when he takes me out I catch one. I won't repeat the words he said to me that day....LOL

[musky hunter]

All right, I'll enter my guess on the bass. 16" tops. A great camera angle to make it look bigger. Still a nice fish.

[river rat316]

got one for ya its a horrible pic but you can see she's a hawg Ill email it in a sec, and you can post it if you wanna embarras yourself

[blakjack23]

I would also say its around 16" by looking at the hand for comparison.

[HawgTide]

Ok, here's a good one because I have another picture of this fish on the measuring board for proof.

How long is this fish? All you fellow river rats that know this, do not answer! You'll ruin it!

[carlcmc]

19"

nice fish.

[musky hunter]

Hawgtide appears to be about my size. The fishes nose appears at about armpit level, the tail at the belt line. On me, my ruler says that's about 17". Also, just looking at the proportions of the fish, it seems a little skinnier than some larger bass that I have seen. So I've got to stick to 17". Nice fish. Let's get some other guesses posted, I can't wait to see the "truth" photo.

[Mark Christianson]

Mine was 19.

The one HT posted is actually Riverwader.

HT's mug aint fit for posting on a family forum.

I'll keep the size of the fish quiet, and see how the guesses cover the board.