My buddies claim they caught a 7 pound smallie at Dale

[mhall]

>well I caught a smallie that was 231/2 by 18 girth,,that
>makes it over 8 then at cumberland and a smallie that was
>221/2 at green last year mmmmm i figured guessing 7 at
>cumberland and over 6 at green,,,i like that way of
>adding..LOL and have people that seen them
>
>Doug


Doug it's not an exact science however it gets pretty darn close. Try it next time and then after you do it put it on decent scales and see how close it is. I didn't believe it either until I tryed it a few times. 18 inch girth, that's a dude, good job, Mark. :7

[onemorecast56]

Well mark, I`m like you,,,I don`t think it was a 8 either but a good 7. I`m going to have to buy a good set of scales. I didn`t want to hurt the old girl so I snapped a couple of pic`s which is in to photo site here. I released her so she could make a whole bunch of babys. Who knows one of them babys may be the new record some day. I`ll never kill another big fish just to mount. Killed to many already.

Thanks
Doug

[mhall]

Doug sounds like a strong 7 to me, wow what a hoss. One of my goals in fishing is to land a 8lber, brownie before I die. I sure hope I get that accomplished. I love smallmouth, they are special, they have attitude for sure. Did you catch that one with ole Elnut in the boat??

[dcbasser]

My biggest came from dale. It was a shade over 24. was weighed twice and the first weight was 7lbs 3 ounces. and later at 6.14 on a different set of scales. I go with 7.3 because it sounds better lol but i will tell you she was a heck of a fish.