08-25-2007, 03:46 PM
we all have picked up a 10-13 pound bowling ball, we all know the gigantic differance is weight from one ball to the other.
personaly before I ever put a fish to scale, I give it a weight, then check to see how close I am to my weight, I am not a pro guide but I have never been off more than a pound and usualy I am with in a half pound.
a gallon of water wich weighs 8 pounds, that in it self should be a quick refferance point. a 2 1/2 gallon jug of water weighs 20 lbs. When a 36 inch fish wants to wheigh 42 lbs that baby better have some girth to it like this one...
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[/url][/center] [center] [/center] [center]this 31 inch carp weighs 16 pounds[/center] [center] [/center] [center][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6675/cat/500/ppuser/89"]
[/url][/center] [center]This 36 inch carp weighed in at 42 pounds[/center] [center] [/center] [center]
[/center] [center]This 24 inch walleye weighed in at 3 pounds[/center] [center] [/center] [center]I cant see a pro getting that excited.[/center]
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personaly before I ever put a fish to scale, I give it a weight, then check to see how close I am to my weight, I am not a pro guide but I have never been off more than a pound and usualy I am with in a half pound.
a gallon of water wich weighs 8 pounds, that in it self should be a quick refferance point. a 2 1/2 gallon jug of water weighs 20 lbs. When a 36 inch fish wants to wheigh 42 lbs that baby better have some girth to it like this one...
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![[Image: 36_inch_carp.jpg]](http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/data/500/thumbs/36_inch_carp.jpg)
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