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Old 10-30-2006, 08:08 PM   #27
Mike P
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Originally Posted by jkswimmer View Post
Someone said the measurements do not make sense. Do the math the(girth squared) x (length) divided by (800) = 78.8 ?????
I have. It works out to almost 82 pounds--which is what the fish probably weighed when Al caught it, seeing as how it wasn't weighed in until hours later

BTW, you use fork length, not overall length, for this formula. And fork length was the universal way to measure bass in 1982.

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