Cumberland for 1/6 and 1/7

[mhall]

>You know what I find AMAZING is how all the big fish that
>have been MEASURED to find, (or guess) their weight here
>recently are ALL EXACTLY on the inch mark; 26 long, 21 girth.
>Amazing never 25 and 3/8 or 20 and 3/16, ALWAYS dead on the
>inch mark !!! OK If you are going to use a "formula"
>AND you want to even get near the actual weight you can't
>round up ..
>AS for people guessing wrong as being newbys just watch a
>weigh- in a listen to how many people guess smallmouth weights
>WAY off. I have only seen 2 guys who can guess weights and be
>accurate within 2-3 ounces on smallmouth and that is because
>they have weighed HUNDREDS of them in at tournaments. Lots of
>times they will guess other peoles weight dead on so many
>times it is scary. Don Smith knows them one of the best small
>mouth teams on cumberland


I don't have to worry about this, I have good scales and I use them on EVERY really good fish I catch before releasing the fish, I DON'T GUESS. Oh by the way my scales are very accurate they have been crossed checked and I have two different pairs I use to cross reference with each other. I tell ya what, I can guess smallmouth weights extremely close most of the time, I do so before I weigh THEM ON SCALES. Where are you going with all this anyway???

[SpotBoy]

Not going anywhere just wondering how so many big fish are just always 26 inch . Been several here lately and I got slammed for saying I think formulas are WAY off actual weights. OH yea by the way that 26- long 21 girth fish by the FORMULA weighed 13 1/2 pounds NEW WORLD SMALLEY . BUT no one seems to know who caught it or has seen it !!!!!!!! JUST OH I HEARD ????

[jcb]

> and I got
>slammed for saying I think formulas are WAY off actual
>weights.

Spotboy, I think I've been reading pretty much all these posts and I can't recall someone slamming you for saying formulas aren't accurate. Who/when was that?

[SpotBoy]

>>You know what I find AMAZING is how all the big fish
>that
>>have been MEASURED to find, (or guess) their weight here
>>recently are ALL EXACTLY on the inch mark; 26 long, 21
>girth.
>>Amazing never 25 and 3/8 or 20 and 3/16, ALWAYS dead on
>the
>>inch mark !!! OK If you are going to use a
>"formula"
>>AND you want to even get near the actual weight you can't
>>round up ..
>>AS for people guessing wrong as being newbys just watch a
>>weigh- in a listen to how many people guess smallmouth
>weights
>>WAY off. I have only seen 2 guys who can guess weights and
>be
>>accurate within 2-3 ounces on smallmouth and that is
>because
>>they have weighed HUNDREDS of them in at tournaments.
>Lots of
>>times they will guess other peoles weight dead on so many
>>times it is scary. Don Smith knows them one of the best
>small
>>mouth teams on cumberland
>
>
>I don't have to worry about this, I have good scales and I use
>them on EVERY really good fish I catch before releasing the
>fish, I DON'T GUESS. Oh by the way my scales are very accurate
>they have been crossed checked and I have two different pairs
>I use to cross reference with each other. I tell ya what, I
>can guess smallmouth weights extremely close most of the time,
>I do so before I weigh THEM ON SCALES. Where are you going
>with all this anyway???
SO are you the one that caught the 8lb 4 oz smallmouth? that is the fish we are wondering about