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Old 06-16-2010, 06:44 PM
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Default Fish weights by length and girth

There are alot of different formulas out there to estimate the weight of you fish. I was wanting to know what will give me the closest possible weight. I landed a 48 inch long 21.5 inch Northern Pike last weekend and my scale only goes upto 25lbs. I had the fish on 2 other scales before I released the fish but they both said "E" so either the batteries were dead or the fish was to big. If i had to guess i would say it was around 30lbs. the calculaters that i've found online put it between 27.7-30.5lbs. Who make a good scale i'm in the market for a new one?

Thanks for the info Cameron
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Old 06-16-2010, 06:50 PM
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I have a berkely digital that seems pretty good. Goes to 50 pounds. Except all the fish I catch are MUCH heavier than it says
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Old 06-16-2010, 09:11 PM
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any pics of the pike thats one nice fish good job did you release or stuff it must of been a real hog
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Old 06-16-2010, 09:21 PM
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Length x Girth x Girth divided by 800 = 27.73 lbs.
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Old 06-17-2010, 10:31 AM
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these are the formulas that i use and they are awfully close

for walleye = length x length x length in inches divide by 2700 =

for pike = length x length x length in inches divide by 3700 = so your pike work's out to 29.88 lbs
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Old 06-17-2010, 11:57 AM
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for pike = length x length x length in inches divide by 3700 = so your pike work's out to 29.88 lbs[/QUOTE]


I was told length x lenght x lenght in inches divide by 3500 =31.597lbs

either way it is still a estimate

if you want pics send me your email and i will get them sent out.
I can't seam to make the pic small enough to upload on there
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if you want pics send me your email and i will get them sent out.
I can't seam to make the pic small enough to upload on there
photobucket.com is your friend
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:06 PM
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yes your right either way it is an estimate, and that is a very large pike in any ones books.
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:13 PM
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never entered any before i am going to enter this one and see what they say. I have caught one i know was bigger than this one but it wasn't as long. I don't care one way or the other i just like to catch big fish on light line and small rods. I caught this one on my 5.5 foot ugly stick with 10 lbs test. Usually i only run 6 on that setup but that was all i had to up on there before i went out
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