If you caught a fish to weigh in.....

[Pt.JudeJoe]

When I worked at a tackle shop we had a cooler that I would put my fish in whenI caught them at night. As an experiment I would weight the fish that night and then again in the morning when I opened up the shop. The weight loss was generally only 1 /4 lb.That said ,they can lose water weight as my esteemed collegue Mr Nibs has stated.I bet if you put a cork in the butt and didn't turn the fish upside down you would save weight,but then is all that nasty fluid part of the fish? I suppose it is important if a boat is riding on it.