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Location: Green Bay, WI | As we near the start of another season, I wanted to repost this thread for those who might not have seen that the weight calculator programs are available for free...
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=35...
Have a look at the bottom of the first post, under "attachments" and download the .zip file. There are two versions--both for Windows OS. One is for the desktop/laptop PC, and the other is for a PDA-type device.
Enjoy.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Thanks sir, easy to download and use. | |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | You're welcome Steve. It was a fun project, and I sincerely hope it sheds light on the complexities behind the estimation of the live weight of a muskellunge.
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Location: Minn. | I like the Hannon over the Wilkinson as it make my 52", 10 more pounds. But the Wilkinson method was closer to the weight of the fish, weighed in the net.  | |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I guess I should probably take the Hannon formula out--it is NOT scientific at all. I don't to go in to a long story about how it came about, but for the most part the other formulas have much more basis in scientific fact. I am not 100% sure about the IGFA standard one (LGG/800), as their historian couldn't really give me any facts about it--but the other ones are much better.
I only included the Hannon formula because people were aware of it, and it *was* being used at the time. I don't like the formula much at all, but in the interest of being thorough, I presented it--I suppose to show how far off it can be, as much as anything else.
Glad somebody is getting some use out of the program. I use it all the time, but I am sort of biased I suppose!
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | So which one is the closest? I caught a fish last year about this time that measured 47.5x28". I am told by many that the formulas don't really apply to abnormally fat fish. BTW this fish was released for catch at a later date. | |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | There is no *closest* one! That's the beauty (or ugliness, I suppose) of it. There are several body styles possible for muskellunge, and therefore no one formula can describe all body types. The other thing to realize is that these formulae were, for the most part, derived from data collected on MANY fish. So they are in essence the "best fit" models for their respective data sets. Ergo, your musky may not fit into any one of them...
Pretty nifty, huh? Now imagine trying to research the origins of each of them...lol. It took me over a month, and I still didn't get to talk to everyone I needed to.
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Weight calculators...yet again