Bass size???? i found one!!!!

[wilky83]

Hi need help i caught a bass two days ago and it measured 52cms i was wondering is there some chart which will tell me how much it weights??????


Total length (cms) weight (lb) weight (lb)
36 1 lb 1 oz 0.487 kg
50 3 lb 1.348 kg
52 3 lb 6 oz 1.522 kg
54 3 lb 13 oz 1.71 kg
56 4 lb 4 oz 1.914 kg
58 4 lb 12 oz 2.134 kg
60 5 lb 4 oz 2.371 kg
62 5 lb 13 oz 2.624 kg
64 6 lb 7 oz 2.895 kg
66 7 lb 2 oz 3.185 kg
68 7 lb 12 oz 3.493 kg
70 8 lb 8 oz 3.821 kg
72 9 lb 5 oz 4.169 kg
74 10 lb 2 oz 4.539 kg
76 11 lb 4.929 kg
78 11 lb 14 oz 5.342 kg
80 12 lb 14 oz 5.777 kg
82 13 lb 14 oz 6.237 kg
84 15 lb 6.711 kg
86 16 lb 2 oz 7.228 kg
88 17 lb 5 oz 7.761 kg
90 18 lb 9 oz 8.321 kg

[wilky83]

ok its not the clearest but you get the idea hope!!!!
So my bass weighted 3lb 6oz

[Security man]

Nice find.
Be interesting to see how accurate it is (if I get any more bass that is!! )

[eyesreilly]

I'm supposed to be 11 and a half stone for my height,,,,,,,,,,but i'm not . Got a bass 2 weeks ago,,,,60cms,,,,,,just over 6 lbs on scales in shop.

[teacher]

That's the UK B.A.S.S. chart. There's more info on it here:

http://ukbass.com/fishingbits/weightforit.html

The same table also appears inside the back of the new book "B.A.S.S. on Bass", edited by Geoff Gonella.

http://www.anglersbookcase.com/

B.A.S.S. also supply a measuring tape with weight conversions printed on it.

I weighed a few fish this year to compare lengths and weights and I found the above table to be quite accurate. If anything, it very slightly underestimated the fish I've weighed, but only by a few ounces.

A lot of bass anglers I know have taken to talking in cms rather than lbs. It's much easier to carry a little drapers tape with you, measure your fish and return it. Fiddling around with scales and slings wastes valuable fishing time!!

[wilky83]

Ok yes i got it from the ukbass site thought it might help

[JOHN1]

I'm supposed to be 11 and a half stone for my height,,,,,,,,,,but i'm not . Got a bass 2 weeks ago,,,,60cms,,,,,,just over 6 lbs on scales in shop.

thats from gorging yourself on whiting and bass fillets

o yes and from fishing from the handy spots you need to go on long walks like you dream of your wife doing .

john......

[eyesreilly]

thats from gorging yourself on whiting and bass fillets

o yes and from fishing from the handy spots you need to go on long walks like you dream of your wife doing .

john......

, you obviously didnt see the whiting fillets John ,,,fish fingers size but tasty,,,,,and anyways I thought fish was supposed to be good for you

[shamoo0804]

Sure, I'd say it can only be used as an approximate guide.

I had a 51cm bass last week, weighed 3lb 15oz (gutted), so doesnt quite tally up to the table accurately.

Handy to have as a guide though if you have no scales, or release the fish

[JOHN1]

thats from gorging yourself on whiting and bass fillets

o yes and from fishing from the handy spots you need to go on long walks like you dream of your wife doing .

john......

, you obviously didnt see the whiting fillets John ,,,fish fingers size but tasty,,,,,and anyways I thought fish was supposed to be good for you

it is good for you dave .
its all the beer batter you put it in thats the problem.
and prob 5 or 6 cans you wash it down with.

[wilky83]

My bass guide scale is turning into a personal fitness ( or lack of ) test hahahaha tight lines everybody

[Pat]

That chart is way out...a 76cm bass will not weigh 11lbs. The B.A.S.S. society tape is more accurate and indicates that a 76cm bass will weigh just under 10lbs. Matt Spence of B.A.S.S. gave me one of these tapes, but he cautioned that while in general it is accurate there can be upto a 10% variation on weights. I have found this in practice. For example, last month I had a bass that measured 76cm but weighed 9lb 2oz. A couple of days later I had another thicker set fish that measured 74cm but weighed 9lb 14oz. A chart based on the tape would look like this:

Total length (cms) weight (lb)
40 1 lb 8 oz
44 2 lb
51 3 lb
53 3 lb 8 oz
56 4 lb
58 4 lb 8 oz
60 5 lb
62 5 lb 8 oz
64 6 lb
66 6 lb 8 oz
69 7 lb 8 oz
71 8 lb
72 8 lb 6 oz
73 8 lb 12 oz
74 9 lb 2 oz
75 9 lb 8 oz
76 9 lb 14 oz
77 10 lb 5 oz
78 10 lb 11 oz
79 11 lb
80 11 lb 8 oz
81 12 lb
82 12lb 8oz
Measure total length from the nose to the tip of the tail.

[Matt Bass]

Measure total length from the nose to the tip of the tail.

Pat, glad your using the tape, its wise to see you only took the tape to be an indicator of aproximate weight not a true measure (you would not rely on your rev counter to measure your speed). Some mistakes are made that result in ovestimation of fish size with the tape as when measuring total length you do not measure the diagonal length from nose to tip of tail, but lay the tape next to the bass laid on it side, transpose a line down from the tip of the nose to the tape and then measure the distance from this line to the tip of its tail.

Tapes cost 2 pounds, all procedes go to the BASS conservation fighting fund. Its arguably worth joining if you are a UK bass fisherman - and even if you are an Irish based one - for the quarerly magazine alone, let alone for supporting a campaigning group for the benefit of British (and to a degree for Irish) stocks.

I might be guilty of promoting something with this post but it is for the benefit of the bass not my own benefit, so I hope it is deemed acceptable!.

[wilky83]

If i measure a bass is it to the tip of the for of the tail or the inside of the two tips??? The part like a sideways V?????

[Pat]

Matt, your tape has proved invaluable. I use it all the time and rarely weigh fish now unless they are very big. Allows me to get the fish back as quickly as possible.

BTW I think you have me sold on B.A.S.S. membership.

[Pat]

If i measure a bass is it to the tip of the for of the tail or the inside of the two tips??? The part like a sideways V?????

For use of the tape or the above chart measure to the tip (the extreme end) of the tail fin, rather than the inside of the fork.

[wilky83]

Ok thanks

[thebigman]

There's a downloadable pdf for bass sizes over here - www.planetseafishing.com/downloads/bass.pdf

Seems not bad for accuracy.

[Amateur Shore Angler]

Hi re Bass size guide Got a bass my first for a long long time at Greenore 2 days ago 58 cm lovely fish!. Am wondering has there been many caught round rhere this year??.Getting back to guide it was about 4 ounces off but will be printing and carrying guide with me as I have released fish before and wondered abou there size

[Danny M.]

Interesting thread.

Just to throw the Seal amoungst the Bass here :

I got a 64cm Bass last month and I weighed him as he 'looked' around 6lb but he weighed in at 4lb 2oz on a digital scale which was accurate.
And the fish was in good condition, not too lean.