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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Guest,
The weight formula, I would presume. |
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| Do whatever you want.
I appreciate seeing the measurements of a lot of the giant fish I see caught in places I have never been. |
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| He knows his point is ridiculous since he has to post it as a guest. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | guest, it's the same thing with the buck analogy... take 100 8 pointers and they are all different, some impressive some not, in your post you'd rather catch a skinny 52 than super fat 48, most if not all the guys i fish with would rather catch the super tanker 48, why? cuz it weighs more than the skinny old 52... to put it another way, would you rather catch a fat 52 or skinny 52. simple right...it's all about the girth ! to each their own tho.... i love this time of year when some crazy girths get thrown around on the net...
Edited by BNelson 10/30/2013 8:25 AM
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| I fish Pewaukee a lot. No real reason to girth 34-42 inch fish. I even stopped taking pictures of them. Wife thought I was crazy, but how many pics of a 37 inch fish does a guy need?
But when I go north in the fall and get a bigger one that looks fat? Yah, I'll get a quick measurement. Know what I found out? Lakes with ciscos produce girthier muskies. Go figure, right?  |
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| I don't measure girth, but a picture of a fattie always catches your attention. |
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | Haven't girthed one yet. There's a few I wish I had. When I get a super fat 54 I will. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | I girthed only one fish,.... a 52x24
But I did catch a 49.5 about six months later that was the FATTEST fish I ever caught and wished I would have girthed her... It was some what Heavier than the 52 caught earlier. I knew that as soon as I pulled her out of the net......Definitely a better fish than the 52...It even fought harder, for sure.
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Location: NE Wisconsin | I have had many, 48-49" in my boat, some from WI inland lakes, many from LOW and many from Green Bay and the Fox, both in the summer and late in the fall. A true 48 or 49 with a true 25"girth is very impressive, but I have never caught a true 52 skinny or otherwise. Give me any true 52" muskie. |
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| I have a formula that uses pectoral girth, max girth and length to calculate weight so I routinely take all 3 measurements on fish I catch. Girth measurements in the net, length on the bumpboard. The formula is very accurate as it uses over 300 known actual weights of muskies from the Iowa Great Lakes.
I'm curious to what each musky weighs and I don't have to add any extra stress to the fish. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I don't think I've ever girthed a fish under 50, and even some of my 50's that obviously weren't fat, I didn't bother. I girth them in the water and it goes quickly. |
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Location: 31 | esoxfly - 10/31/2013 8:53 PM I don't think I've ever girthed a fish under 50, and even some of my 50's that obviously weren't fat, I didn't bother. I girth them in the water and it goes quickly.
I normally don't bother with the girth anymore (or length for that matter), unless my boat partner asks, or it's a giant. When I have girthed them in the past though, it’s always been in the net. However, when those fish were frisky, or in rough water (or at night) I've had some issues trying to obtain a good measurement. I really like Brad’s method on the board, and will use that method in the future… hopefully sooner rather than later.
Edited by Jerry Newman 11/1/2013 12:46 PM
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