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Originally Posted by Mike P
Jon--it's the girth that gives weight to a fish, not the length. That's why you square the girth, not the length, when you use the weight calculator. There are 50" fish that don't make it to 40 pounds, too. They're racers that are all head with no girth.
I can give you absolute proof that a low 50" fish can weigh over 75 lbs---Al McReynolds. That fish is well documented and it went 53-1/2", but with a massive girth at 35". At that length, it was a pound and a half short of 80 pounds. A 54" fish can easily go 80 lbs if it has the girth to go with it. Don't judge a fish's size by a bad picture. I've done it in the past and had to eat crow later.  |
If that fish was 54" and it had the girth of some of the fish Ive seen agreed.. I never said a 54" fish cant be 80.. A 49-50" fish, it would look like a footbal, 1 " Is a huge amount on a fish.. That fish doesnt have the broadness... No way. And yeah., I personally measured a 52" fish that was 35LBS on the Cape, thin as could be... Common Guys, This is supposed to be a world Record striped Bass, big news, bigger that OTW or FS, why the quietness and been nearly 48 Hours????