Mel has been bass fishing for 2 weekends spread over the last 3 weeks. This is her 17½" bass she caught June 17 on a crankbait. Her almost 15" sje caught last time was on a jig. I think she is learning right. In the new photos is a photo I made of it on the measuring board. I had scaled it and was preparing to pan dressit, when I thought maybe she would want a photo to show its length. We had no way of weighting it, although her 15" was heavier bodied. SHe will have a different photo of it on her photos with the story of the catch.