Hey Tunaman!!!!!!

[19X]

saw your pic in the WON bass issue. You are gettin good with those 7+ lbrs..Good Job

[tunaman]

Thanks much! Funny, can't seem to get out of that bracket, but at least I've gotten lucky and landed a couple now... these fish seriously need the trout plants! They're very under-weight, according to the formulas. Can't wait to get a legit double-digit so I can get a wall-mount (fiberglass replica, of course!). Sure is fun catching the larger grade though... now I have a little idea what fun you guys have been having all these years!

[Dan P]

Saw it to. Nice Fish

Dan

[DAKINE198]

Nice fish Tunaman, What are the formulas? LxLxL/?=weight

[tunaman]

There are three formulas that I've found, commonly used to calulate the weight of black bass:

• Total Length * Total Length * Girth / 1200 (Rough estimate for torpedo shaped fish like bass)
  Total Length * Total Length * Girth / 1000 (Rough "California" estimate for full-bodied fish like gravid bass)
  Total Length * Girth * Girth / 800 (Rough estimate for bass, per Outdoor Life and Hal Schramm)

There's a cool estimator located on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's web site.

[StickbaitAZ]

Hey Tunaman two of those were the same. Were you thinking

Total Length X Total Length X Total Length / 1600

???

[DAKINE198]

THATS the one i'm looking for... thanks

[tunaman]

Sorry for the typo... the second was supposed to be 1000, not 1200.