What does that tell you if the Perry fish wieght is close and the Long Dickerson fish are way light? It tells you the formula is weighing light. As you noticed those bass weights that were actually documented.(Long's & Dickerson's)Are much lower and they have their actual measurements and wieghts. So if you added the 5 or so pounds to the formulas to get them around their actual wieghts Perr'y fish should have weighed more than 25lbs. I do not claim that any of the formulas are accurate. most work well on small fish but not on big ones. The problem is Perry's fish was so much longer and even fatter but only weighed a little more. The measurements are just one of the many unbeleivable parts of the story. My main point all along has been NO PROOF = NO RECORD Thats the way it should be.
This thread has been very interesting but it isnt going any where and we could debate every little thing for ever but nothing will change. The Perry fish is recognized as the record so it is the record. Im done with this thread.