rsimms?

[Football Hunter]

In SC visiting my mom,and stumbled across a video called,Big smallies of the Tennessee.You look good in the video,btw. :) Never heard of Benny Hull,just wondering some background on him.

Not in the section you were in,but he called several of the smallmouth 6 or 7 pounders.Hope he was right,one he measured at 22 inches and called over 6 lbs.Could be I guess,just wondering.

Not looking for you to slam him,just wondering your thoghts.

 

[bigluresonly]

not tryin to hijack but I googled 22 inch 6lb smallmouth and got this conversion chart. check out the weight of a 24.5" :)
http://windycityfishing.com/bass_conversion_chart.htm

 

[Football Hunter]

ttt

 

[rsimms]

Benny is a great guy. Amazing fisherman... there's not much in freshwater or salt that he doesn't know how to catch. He has done a local cable fishing show around here for 20 years. He was nationally syndicated for a while.

Benny is like most fishermen (including me), he's been known to fudge on weights. :grin: However he and his wife both have multiple IGFA records, so they are pretty darn good at eyeballing weights.

I'm not sure I ever got to see the video we shot that day (below Watts Bar Dam I think?). But I know we caught some quality fish.

As for weight... it is more determined by girth than it is length. I've caught 20-inch smallies that didn't weigh 4 pounds. Than I've caught other 20-inchers that weighed 5 pounds-plus.

There is a tried and true formula for calculating weight. I trust it more than I do most scales. length x girth x girth divided by 800 = weight

22-inch fish with 15-inch girth... 22 x 15 x 15 = 6.18 lbs.

22-inch fish with 13-inch girth ... 22 x 13 x 13 = 4.6 lbs.

In other words, telling the length of a fish is only half the story when it comes to weight.

BTW, if that video is online, post a link to it please.

 

[Football Hunter]

I found it at a Sportmens Warehouse in SC.Dont see many of them,or any I can think of around here.

Oh yeah,I know about girth,caught one on Dale Hollow a couple years back,231/2 inches,flat as a board,spawned out,maybe 31/2 pounds.:) ? :( ?