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Jamie M · 09-05-2000, 12:58 PM

My last post generated a little debate about the reasonable relationship between length and weight of a striper. I had caught a fish last week that the captain told me was 41 inches and 36 pounds, exactly. Since I haven't seen too many fish in that size range, I didn't know how unusual it would be for a 41-inch fish to weigh 36 pounds.

I spoke to the captain again today, and he faxed me a chart which has, by inch of length, the age it takes for a striper to grow that size (my fish was 14 years old), and minimum, average, and maximum weights for stripers of that length.

This chart was put together by the captain, who has a master's in marine biology. He says that the maximum weight for a 41-inch fish is 38 pounds, which contradicts what #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& told me in my post about the fish. We didn't measure the girth of this monster, but I checked the accuracy of my scale last night, and it's perfect.

Any other info out there about the size/weight relationship? I'd be interested to learn more...

09-05-2000, 12:58 PM	#1
Jamie M Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bristol, CT (the wrong Bristol to live in) Posts: 118	stripers - length/weight My last post generated a little debate about the reasonable relationship between length and weight of a striper. I had caught a fish last week that the captain told me was 41 inches and 36 pounds, exactly. Since I haven't seen too many fish in that size range, I didn't know how unusual it would be for a 41-inch fish to weigh 36 pounds. I spoke to the captain again today, and he faxed me a chart which has, by inch of length, the age it takes for a striper to grow that size (my fish was 14 years old), and minimum, average, and maximum weights for stripers of that length. This chart was put together by the captain, who has a master's in marine biology. He says that the maximum weight for a 41-inch fish is 38 pounds, which contradicts what #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& told me in my post about the fish. We didn't measure the girth of this monster, but I checked the accuracy of my scale last night, and it's perfect. Any other info out there about the size/weight relationship? I'd be interested to learn more...