On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:00:34 -0500, "Gene"
wrote:

We caught this bass ~10PM , July the 14th , 2006 on
Stillhouse Lake, near Killeen, TX - then chunked him
back into the water.

The aluminum net rim measures 22" center to center - so
the bass must be ~ 23" long. It was really fat (thick).

We did not want to take the time to find the scales and measuring
tape, as we really wanted it to survive - which it did:-)

Please post your best guesstimate here - possibly we can come up
with a length and weight range. Just curious:-)

See bass photo he
http://www.io.com/~genes/bass.jpg

I've gotta base my guestimate on the "big toe" that is in the
left corner of the pic as it's the only thing that gives the bass some
scale. Figure a big toe is 2" long. (See
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...5044604AA0Ok7p and
assuming that we're looking at a bigger toe than normal - I heard
Texans have some big feet). I count approximately 11.375 big toes
across = 22.75 length and about 2.75 toes down which is 5.5 inches
broad (obviously a healthy fish). IMO, that would account for about 6
lbs 11oz. based on my "Big Toe" weight formula...which I'd say has to
be about as accurate as any other formula I've seen out there...:

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