The fish is a beauty, but looking at the belly and the size of it compared to the gentlemens hand 7 lbs is probably close. I have seen 8 lb bass weighed in at bfl events and the average man could get BOTH fist into their mouths. Just look at the gentlemens hand and then the fishes mouth ...... NO WAY is that fish 9,10 or even close to 12lbs.One thing you have to remember about formulas is just how accurately do "we" measure a fish.