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Mr. Sandman · 11-12-2006, 05:29 PM

I AGREE! Stripers should be measured by the pound not the inch. (but there is shrikage in weight with time too)

But I can tell you Albies do indeed shrink lengthwise and it is measurable. I have seen it with my own eyes. I rigged up a pretty accurate means to measure these fish once that allowed me to slide the fish to one side to a stop that held the mouch closed and I could measure his lenght at the tail without much fudging. If you measure him when he is right out of the water, wait 3 or 4 hours and remeasure him HE WILL BE SHORTER...My crude study showed between 1/4 and 1/2" shorter. Some claim more but I can tell you it is possible for 25" fish to measure 24 1/2 later that day. On a percentage basis that is close to 3%

11-12-2006, 05:29 PM	#6
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	I AGREE! Stripers should be measured by the pound not the inch. (but there is shrikage in weight with time too) But I can tell you Albies do indeed shrink lengthwise and it is measurable. I have seen it with my own eyes. I rigged up a pretty accurate means to measure these fish once that allowed me to slide the fish to one side to a stop that held the mouch closed and I could measure his lenght at the tail without much fudging. If you measure him when he is right out of the water, wait 3 or 4 hours and remeasure him HE WILL BE SHORTER...My crude study showed between 1/4 and 1/2" shorter. Some claim more but I can tell you it is possible for 25" fish to measure 24 1/2 later that day. On a percentage basis that is close to 3%