hooksetter | Mon Dec-01-03 08:44 PM |
Member since Feb 27th 2003
103 posts
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#3330, "RE: Could this be THE RECORD???"
In response to Reply # 0
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14 with an appetite for softball size rocks. I'm just wondering if it sunk to the bottom when they released it.
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Fish Chris | Tue Dec-02-03 07:20 AM |
Member since Jul 07th 2002
700 posts
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#3332, "RE: Hey hooksetter........"
In response to Reply # 4
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I think that the rock is a distinct possibility :-)
Seriously though, photos are so unreliable, that I don't think anybody should even ask "if it looks 22-8, or if it does not"....... We have all seen 12 lb'ers that looked 8 lbs, and 8 lb'ers that looked 12......
But the fact is, this fish was reported to be 29 inches long, and 25 inches in girth. This info, along with this shape, says that beyond any shadow of a doubt, this fish did not weigh an ounce over 19 lbs, but more likely was closer to 18. This is not just MPO, but rather, it is straight up fish science.
Peace, Fish
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hooksetter | Tue Dec-02-03 03:10 PM |
Member since Feb 27th 2003
103 posts
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#3336, "RE: Don't think so..."
In response to Reply # 7
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Interesting. I used those IGFA calcs on two of my fish and one was near dead on and the other was off by a pound. I guess in the end only a certified scale is the most guaranteed way to tell the truth. I think ultimately length is more accurate to correct weight than girth is. I have a friend who stick big pigs all spring and he has an adhesive tape measure on the lip of the boat. Everytime he catches one and it measures 24 inches long, he says it's a ten. I've said he was full of it countless times and weighed the fish and guess what, every time he was right. He said a 22 is almost always an eight. Conversely an 11.2 I caught was 24 inches long while a 26 I caught was 15. I caught a spawned out 23 incher that only weighed 6.7 pounds once. So anything is possible. Again I think the certified scale is the most accurate means of knowing the truth about each fish.
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