5lbs Brookie

Now that i have your attention i want to shed some light on a sketchy topic, Over estimation of fish, especially Brookies and Smallmouth. If i had a dollar for every time someone said they caught a 5lbs brookie or bronzeback, and when i asked them how long the fish was, they tell me 17" or 18". Usually that is a 2.5 to 3 lbs fish at best.

So my question to you is how long is a 5 lbs speck or smallie in your eyes? There is an exception to every rule i know, BUT to many times this number has been tossed around with zero accuracy.

the biggest i have caught was a hair over 5 lbs and was 26 inches. edit: brookie that is.

Yup my biggest speck weighed just under 3 and was 18", so it would take a fat speck to be that length...

Not super accurate what you are saying here Kevers. I have caught 18" footballs that were 5 lbs, and I have caught 22" coasters that were 5 lbs. All Specks are not built the same, get a small deep lake with fresh water shrimp and they will football. Get one in Superior and he will be built more like a laker.
I know nothing about Bass.

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Originally Posted by woody1948

Not super accurate what you are saying here Kevers. I have caught 18" footballs that were 5 lbs, and I have caught 22" coasters that were 5 lbs. All Specks are not built the same, get a small deep lake with fresh water shrimp and they will football. Get one in Superior and he will be built more like a laker.
I know nothing about Bass.

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That is why i said there is the exception to every rule Woody, i know that short fat fish can be caught and long slender fish also. But what is more common the 18" 5 lbs or the 21" to 22" 5 lbs? Pikeattack 26" is a MONSTER length for 5 and a bit LBS and super skinny. I would love to see a pic if you could provide one.

Just saying that brookie's seem to be # 1 for exaggeration, at least in my area. Smallmouth are as close comparison to brookies. A 3 lbs brook trout and a 3 lbs Smallmouth are around the same length.

Id trust what woody says about specks. He's caught more specks than most people dream about in their life time.

As for bass, If there is anything I've learned from bass fishing is that all bass are 6lbers, no exceptions, ever... Unless there is a scale around. lol

But seriously, Woody makes a good point which is applicable to all species. There is a no magic length and it is very hard to generalize when it comes to biological entities due to all the variables. I've pulled lots of long bass out of lakes that looked to be 5 or 6 only to find them falling short on the scale and vise versa with short fatties.

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Originally Posted by KEVERS

That is why i said there is the exception to every rule Woody, i know that short fat fish can be caught and long slender fish also. But what is more common the 18" 5 lbs or the 21" to 22" 5 lbs? Pikeattack 26" is a MONSTER length for 5 and a bit LBS and super skinny. I would love to see a pic if you could provide one.

Just saying that brookie's seem to be # 1 for exaggeration, at least in my area. Smallmouth are as close comparison to brookies. A 3 lbs brook trout and a 3 lbs Smallmouth are around the same length.

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i don't have a pic of the ones that were long and skinny, (the 20-26 inchers), as they were caught long ago, in lake superior, when i had a really crappy camera and no camera on my, however i do have a pic of a 21 incher that was caught not even 10 minutes from my house, that i am holding up and a smaller 17 or 18 incher that was pretty fat, too bad i can't find the pic of the 21 incher near a tape-measure but you can tell from the pic its a lot bigger then the others, others have seen me post some with lengths not eh i think but i can't dig up all of the photos now, anyways, here ya go:[URL=http://s879.photobucket.com/user/rainbow256/media/photo-91_zpscb0a5c68.jpg.html]http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/a...pscb0a5c68.jpg[/URL[URL=http://s879.photobucket.com/user/rainbow256/media/photo-90_zps500a6b22.jpg.html]http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps500a6b22.jpg[/http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/a...psa941fc0f.jpg

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Originally Posted by captain cotton

Id trust what woody says about specks. He's caught more specks than most people dream about in their life time.

As for bass, If there is anything I've learned from bass fishing is that all bass are 6lbers, no exceptions, ever... Unless there is a scale around. lol

But seriously, Woody makes a good point which is applicable to all species. There is a no magic length and it is very hard to generalize when it comes to biological entities due to all the variables. I've pulled lots of long bass out of lakes that looked to be 5 or 6 only to find them falling short on the scale and vise versa with short fatties.

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I agree with Woody 100%, he is in brook trout heaven, and he knows what he is talking about. But im just talking about those guys that are always catching big fish, weather it is a walleye, muskie or brookie. When you ask about length because you doubt them it dose not add up.

Those Specks in Pikeattacks last picture, to me would be around 10 inches long. I have seen 10,000 like that, and would bet you a fly in trip I am right.
Not sure where you are on the map Kevers, but your personality comes across on here as being a nice guy. So if you ever get up this way, late summer to early fall, I will take you out and get one of each.

That there is no rule for weight to length with bass too. As the time of the season makes a difference too when it comes to bass. I've landed baaa that were in the 19" range and were around 2.5lbs to 3lbs. But fish for them in the fall, that same length fish can be double the size as they go on an eating frenzy to get through the winter months as they will eat less.