Did you take the yak out 
The shoreline only accessible by boat with flossed brush. And trees.
Is where I caught this pig.
There was a lot of bass way up in there.
I had another big fish hit on a black red jig with chigger craw. Missed it but it was way up in the brush!
Just look at his boot. I have a size 10 foot and my shoe measures 12 inches in length. That fish is more than twice the length of his boot. That puts it at around 25" and in the neighborhood of 8-9 pounds based on several of the online conversion charts.
That is, unless he is lying about his shoe size
Oh, and I realize that this is only going to fan the flames of controversy because that's what always happens in these discussions
You're all a bunch of size queens!
Just look at his boot. I have a size 10 foot and my shoe measures 12 inches in length. That fish is more than twice the length of his boot. That puts it at around 25" and in the neighborhood of 8-9 pounds based on several of the online conversion charts.
That is, unless he is lying about his shoe size
Oh, and I realize that this is only going to fan the flames of controversy because that's what always happens in these discussions
Yup its tough, I could post pics of tons of 3's that look 6+ Then another dozen big girls that look puny to what they actually were.
I hate these kinds of conversations because most people can't guess the weight when they see the fish in person. It's a big fish, there's no doubt about it. But all the pics are deceiving. The pic of the fish next to his boot that you are referring to. His boot is a couple of inches below the fish in the snow.
So I think I'm going to start an argument about the relative proportional distortion of perspective in photographs when the subject is shot from a height of 4.5 feet on a white background using a crappy cell phone camera...
I hate these kinds of conversations because most people can't guess the weight when they see the fish in person. It's a big fish, there's no doubt about it. But all the pics are deceiving. The pic of the fish next to his boot that you are referring to. His boot is a couple of inches below the fish in the snow.
So I think I'm going to start an argument about the relative proportional distortion of perspective in photographs when the subject is shot from a height of 4.5 feet on a white background using a crappy cell phone camera...
The key is to just use a working scale if you want to know the weight and all unweighed fish are referred to as pigs, beasts, fatty, lunker, biggun or any other name that we call them. That's all I'm saying. The only way to know is to weigh it. Everything else is just a guess and like Josh said some fish just look bigger or smaller than they really are.
And I'd save that argument for the Mass Photography site