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a recent post made me wounder how some people judge their fish if the fish is over 28 inches or so i always stop in at the store and have it weighted so here is a few pictures i'll let you try and tell me what they weigh in a day or two i'll tell you all how long and what the actual weights are
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Great post!!
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Of topic, but did you make it to starvy?
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Sorry missed pic 6, 12#
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The problem I think a lot of anglers run into is that they don't carry a high quality scale with them (or any scale) and when they catch a fish they just guess what it weighs. Or they catch a fish, don't measure it, and then claim it was a 20" fish.
That really has never made a lot of sense to me. If you catch a big fish, call it a big fish...why even bring weight into the equation if you haven't weighed it? Guessing weight and length can be very tough to do.
Only way to tell how much a fish weighs is to weight it. Only weigh to tell the length of a fish is to measure it. Guessing is weird to me.
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man you get some nice trout out of the berry.[cool] im to lazy to guess but there are some toads there for sure.
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1: 3lbs, 2oz
2: 3, 13
3: 5, 2
4: 5, 5
5: 5, 5
6: 8, 9
7: 5
8: 6
It's hard to gauge with the kid holding them, but those are honest guesses, maybe on the liberal side.
Ever since I started using a scale, I've been very surprised as to how big a 5lb trout really is.
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[quote Gemcityslayer]The problem I think a lot of anglers run into is that they don't carry a high quality scale with them (or any scale) and when they catch a fish they just guess what it weighs. Or they catch a fish, don't measure it, and then claim it was a 20" fish.
That really has never made a lot of sense to me. If you catch a big fish, call it a big fish...why even bring weight into the equation if you haven't weighed it? Guessing weight and length can be very tough to do.
Only way to tell how much a fish weighs is to weight it. Only weigh to tell the length of a fish is to measure it. Guessing is weird to me.[/quote]
+1 all the way. Hard to guess with fish held at arms length in the camera making their hands look HUGE too, no idea how big the child is.
No ruler, lay it next to a rod and mark it. Then measure when you get home.
If you have a tape ruler, get length and girth and you can calculate a weight.
This topic was brought up because of me I am sure.
It doesn't matter to me what a fish weighs or how long it is, just seeing people catching them and showing them off is great.
People work very hard to get that Trophy. They deserve the bragging rights. But, to have a picture posted that is a guess and way off guess from common knowledge is not right. Sticking the fish in the camera ans saying it is this big does not make it so.
This is MY opinion...that is all.
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here is a hint #6 is the heviest fish we have got out of the berry yet it was caught by my then 7 year old son that is now 12 it was 31.25 long and 12.47 pounds IT WOULD OF BEEN A TOAD!!!!! by now i dont have a pic of the longest caught by my youngest son it was 33 inches long but only weighed 8.72 pound (it looked like a eel) we just ate it
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duckdog,
we need to get you to pose and do some different angles to show off those big fish. I'll gladly hold the camera and take them for ya [sly]
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i think fly goddess is right must look ad the hands in a picture
#1 deer creek fish 20 inches just over 2 pounds
#2 is a berry bow 24 inches and 4.5 pounds
#3 this fish is just over 28 inches and just under 9 lbs.
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#4 is 28.5 just over 9 lbs
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#5 &# 8 are the same fish and my biggest 30.25 inched
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#6 has been explained
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#7 i think it was 26 and 4.5 but tie die would know better then i
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8 pictures 7 answers and on my way out the door to starvy now
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