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Has anyone read what Dotties length and girth measurements were?
Tom

Frozen solid and slightly askew "dottie" is ~29"-29 1/2" long and 27" girth. I need to thaw her out for precise measurements though.

So what... Dottie died? How'd I miss this?

Died after this years spawn...They found'r float'n....

dottie croaked a long time ago.

Thanks for responding. The measurements are good for 19.5 lbs that she weighed when found floating. Too bad the measurements were not taken right away. Frozen; the fish will shrink, the tail dries and shrinks.
If Dottie was a 100% girth bass; girth equals length, then a 29 1/2 long bass X 29 1/2 girth would be close to 21.5 lbs. So it's possible that Dottie was 30" or maybe a lttle longer and over 22 lbs.
Dottie would need to be over 32 inches with close to 100% girth to make the 25 lb mark and I don't think she lost 2+" in length.
Whatever length Dottie was, she was a giant bass and possibly the world record.
Tom

if i remember correctly she was all of 25lbs. on a certified scale but snagged instead of caught in the mouth so she won't get to be a do over since she died! I'm sure there are still a few lurking around in the spring justing waiting for stardom!

A lot of conflicting weights were reported for this fish. The 25.1 was the weight that was reported by the angler on his digital scale, 21+ was another weight at the boat dock. To the best of my knowledge the bass was released before being weighed on a certified scale and validated.
I agree a world record bass could be out there somewhere. Dixon for example could have several "Dottie" bass with identicle dot marks, they are not that uncommon.
Tom