The guy who thinks he cut up the world record smallie...
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SpurHunter
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Wow, I feel bad for the guy.
craazyboutbass
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Thats bad... That sucks... REALLY... 
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Nice photo, but I highly doubt that fished weighted over 6 lbs. Check out the scale of his fingers to the length of the fish.
inthebox30lbs
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if thats 12.6 pounds the spots I have been catching down in the river are all between 4 and 5 pounders
harbuck handyman
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Nice fish.If it was 22 inches long I would guesstimate about 6 or 7 pounds.It didn't seem to have a big belly. I like to hold them way out to the camera for effect too.
craazyboutbass
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Well now that ya'll have mentioned it, the fish had to be less than 7lbs. (Definately)
Just like what R14 said, look at the guys fingers and then look at the fish. Also the heaviest bass I've caught at 22 inches was 6lbs, but had a big belly on it.
Just like what R14 said, look at the guys fingers and then look at the fish. Also the heaviest bass I've caught at 22 inches was 6lbs, but had a big belly on it.
fish4thepeck
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it might weigh 6 lbs but I doubt it.
EricM
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A 22 in. smallmouth is a great fish, but there has been a 24-1/2" smallmouth caught right here in Chickamauga according to the TWRA website. One has to be at least 20" just to be a TARP qualifying smallie. A 25" girth?????? NOT!!! And using the general formula length x girth x girth divided by 800, the dimensions he claims would give a weight of 17+ pounds. Something smells fishy with this one!
nimrod777
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Nice that this idjit makes international news thanks to a service like ESPN, who apparently has no one on staff who can judge a fishing photo. I concur, nowhere near a record, and I am "not a smallmouth fisherman." He knew what he cut up, but he and his buddies figured that picture came out oversized enough they just might convince some folks that it had been a record setter.
He may not fish for smallmouth, but he sure does fish for suckers.
He may not fish for smallmouth, but he sure does fish for suckers.
CATCHMAN
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Unless that guy is 12" 2", there's no way.
</p>inthebox30lbs - 9/21/2007 6:01 PM if thats 12.6 pounds the spots I have been catching down in the river are all between 4 and 5 pounders
If he weighed the head and guts along with the filets, it probably had 5 lbs. of maggots mixed in!
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I got a 24 1/2 '' smallie up near the nuke a couple of years or so ago. It had a 16 1/2 inch girth and was only 7lb 10 oz.. on a digital scale. I have the tarp for it.
EricM
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Steve, that must be the one listed! I didn't look up who. Congrats! That would be the largest one caught and submitted since TARP started, right? Whoo-eee! Congrats again!!
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<font color="#000033">I think when he weighed it he forgot to thaw the fillets out and ended up wieghing about 5 or 6 pounds of good ole frozen H2O
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Liveliner
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I just do not think that fish in the pic is all that big. If it is then that guy has got some mamoth sized fingers to go with those dirty nails.</p>
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micropterus
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No way 12 pounds. I've caught a spot below Chickamauga Dam bigger than that. 5 pounds maybe. The spot I caught was 20.5 long 16" girth if I remember right. It was just 5pds. and change.
FISH HAWK
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That man has got to be crazy if he thinks that is the world record. It sure is a nice fish, but i have cought bigger on a fly. That fish may weigh 6lbs or so. NO WAY THAT FISH IS A RECORD!
