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Don In Denver |
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| A friend's wife caught this tiger muskie this morning. Any ideas on what it weighed? It was 43.5" and, as you can see from the pictures, it had a healthy girth. He said it easily bottomed his 25 lb. scale. I would appreciate your educated estimates. Thanks. Attachments ----------------  In-Boat.jpg (71KB - 151 downloads) Nice-Job-Mrs-Coot.jpg (67KB - 196 downloads) | |||
| chico |
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Posts: 502 Location: Lincoln UK | |||
| chico |
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Posts: 502 Location: Lincoln UK | |||
| ToddM |
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| Don In Denver |
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| muskyboy |
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A fish that size is about 25 pounds on average, and don't trust a scale that bottoms out. A great looking, girthy tiger that might go 26 or 27 pounds. Congratulations!  I hope to catch a giant tiger one day so I can get a digital replica of one!  | |||
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| sorenson |
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Posts: 1764 Location: Ogden, Ut | I fish Pineview a lot and that is a pretty typical fish (w/ respect to length/girth). It is certainly a great fish, but probably not over 25lbs. Our state record (Utah) stands at just over 31 lbs and was a fat 48 incher (our c & r record is over 53 inches). Fish weight estimators based on length make nice coffee shop conversation, but are really not much more useful than that as far as accuracy is concerned. There are far too many variables (even within the same body of water) that make fish weigh more or less to make accurate weight estimates depending on their length alone. Please understand that I am not trying to diminish the significance of this catch in any way - it is truly a fantastic fish; I am more trying to downplay the importance of trying to figure out a weight in a post-hoc fashion. I contend that it really doesn't matter how much it weighed. It was 43.5" long, was a great battle, was caught in an area not known for it's trophy muskies (by any stretch of the imagination - who really thinks of Utah when they are thinking muskies? ) and was apparently released unharmed. What more can we ask for? To me it appers to be a trophy in every sense of the word. Congrats on a fine fish. And now that I know it came off Browning point... Kent Edited by sorenson 7/6/2004 3:02 PM | ||
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| Beaver |
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Posts: 4266 | I don't care what it weighed! Beautiful fish and it was obviously handled with great care. I wouldn't venture to guess, and don't care. It's big and healthy and swimming. It's like your first girlfriend....who cares what it weighs as long as it looks good Beav | ||
| Mauser |
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| Wouldn't guess on a bet but will say that you've caught a beauty. Nice job and keep on castin'. Mauser | |||
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| chico |
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