>Length X Girth X Girth divided by 800. If you can come up
>with the girth guess, there you go.....


I have read that it is Length X Girth X Girth divided by 1200.
He measured the length, mouth closed, flat and got the 25.5 inches.
He also took a piece of line, and wraped it around the fish, and got 23 inches, but he is not sure if he measured the fish at it's widest point.
25.5 X 23 X 23 divided by 1200 would give 11.24 pounds which does not sound unreasonable.

Thank you for the comments--my friend just wanted to know if the fish MIGHT be over 10 pounds, and he appreciats your positive comments.

I looked at the data for 13 fish caught last week at Biwako. The fish are ready to spawn, and are heavy now. The average weight on a 25 inch fish is 10.5 pounds.

What would a prespawn 25 inch weigh in Cali?:P

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