yeah Steve been a lot of pressure this year , i didn't bother to weigh it as even tho it was near dark it was still unbelievably hot and i wanted to get it back in the water as quick as possible ,i would put it at around 6.5 it was putting on the feed bag for sure,it swam away strong and was only out of the water for about a minute . really have to watch CPR (catch , photo, release ) this year as the water is around 84 anything that is brought up out of deeper water will die within minutes , lots of people bitchin this year about the die offs from tournaments , but i think a lot has to due with the rapid rise in Temp , tho tournys don't help, remember ice is for beer and livewells