Did you guys see this a few years ago?

[taxid]

http://www.telegram.com/article/20130730/COLUMN10/107309945

I'm not big into green carp but a 14 pound bass is big anywhere. The picture makes it look smaller but if you extrapolate the fish compared to his body length (collar bone to his crotch)  it truly does seem to be that big.

Girth has me skeptical though. Maybe a typo? Should be 20 1/4 inches instead of 30 1/4 inches?

[bogtrotter]

http://www.telegram.com/article/20130730/COLUMN10/107309945

 . . . but if you extrapolate the fish compared to his body length (collar bone to his crotch)  . .

Fish have collar bones?  And crotches?

[taxid]

Fish have collar bones?  And crotches?

You're kidding right?

[boondox]

Ya not a typo I. Have cought a few small mouths in the 26 in length range but girth was around 20 to 25 depending on what is eaten... also bass in the southren states tend to be bigger then in northren states..  if you think about feeding seasons versus spawning seasons.. southren fish there longer feedin season  then in northren states.. this is  cause of water being warmer longer.. for like a month or two longer then northen fish...so they see 6 months of warm weather ware we see 3 maybe 4  as they say things are bigger in Texas..  same seems to be true  with florida.. look up there state records and compare to a few northren states  records for bass there much bigger?? Why I think it's growing time..

[taxid]

Ya not a typo I. Have cought a few small mouths in the 26 in length range but girth was around 20 to 25 depending on what is eaten... also bass in the southren states tend to be bigger then in northren states..  if you think about feeding seasons versus spawning seasons.. southren fish there longer feedin season  then in northren states.. this is  cause of water being warmer longer.. for like a month or two longer then northen fish...so they see 6 months of warm weather ware we see 3 maybe 4  as they say things are bigger in Texas..  same seems to be true  with florida.. look up there state records and compare to a few northren states  records for bass there much bigger?? Why I think it's growing time..

The fish was caught in Massachusetts. Hardly a southern state.

[boondox]

I know just throwing out stuff about fish groth..

[SizeMatters]

http://www.telegram.com/article/20130730/COLUMN10/107309945

I'm not big into green carp but a 14 pound bass is big anywhere. The picture makes it look smaller but if you extrapolate the fish compared to his body length (collar bone to his crotch)  it truly does seem to be that big.

Girth has me skeptical though. Maybe a typo? Should be 20 1/4 inches instead of 30 1/4 inches?

I'm with you.  I'm not sure that fisherman has a 30 inch girth much less the fish.........

[Baitbucket]

I'm with you.  I'm not sure that fisherman has a 30 inch girth much less the fish.........

Lol i was thinking the same. It was in gardner.. The scale probably said 1.4 and they didnt know howto read it. 

[SalmonAndStriper Stalker]

No where near 14lbs lol. Maybe like 5

[filetandrelease]

Here is a 14# LGM

[bobbyg]

28 inch length with 30.4 girth would put that fish around 20+lbs... it looks more like 5-6lbs

[taxid]

I hear you guys but the thing that still makes me wonder is comparing the fish to the torso of the guy holding it, it could very well be 28 inches in length.

I'm not a big believer in the formulas to estimate weight of bass. As a taxidermist that takes in some big ones I have compared formulas to actual weights on a certified scale and they are way off at a certain point. I mean ridiculously off.

[taxid]

Here is a 14# LGM

Two ways a fish can weight a bunch: Short and stout or very long and medium girth.

[filetandrelease]

We to catch eyes in the double digits and are very deceiving , long and the stubby and fat  , like the bass pic I posted

[taxid]

We to catch eyes in the double digits and are very deceiving , long and the stubby and fat  , like the bass pic I posted

Yep the female walleyes from Erie with eggs can really put on the weight! Come to think of it I have a 14 pounder I need to finish.