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Old 11-02-2008, 06:07 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Mike P View Post
One 39" bass in 1000 weighs 24.5 lbs. Most weigh between 19 and 22 pounds. Especially today with the skinny bass that currently dominate the population.
I'm agreeing with you that's why I said those figures I posted are high. They must be very old or possibly measured to the fork. The stats on SOL do seem much more realistic.

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Bluefish simply don't have the girth to top 20 lbs at 38".
Of course they do since the Rhody record is 26lbs. at 39" Although certainly an anomaly there must be plenty of blues that went 38" and went over 20lb.

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