WEIGHING FISH BY THE INCH

I saw this and thought those of you that fish a lot with out a scale may want to be able to weigh your fish!!!!

One of the best ways to weigh a fish is to keep a ruler or tape measure in the tackle box.

Wanting to know how much that trout weighs, but you don't have a scale?

To estimate the weight of a trout, use this formula:

* Weight (lbs.) = length x girth x girth

800

For example, if the trout is 15 inches long and its girth (the distance around its body at its widest point) is 9 inches, it weighs about 1.5 pounds (15x9x9 = 1,215 / (divided by) 800 = 1.51).

Formulas for a few other species are as follows:

* Walleye: length x length x length / divided by 2,700

* Northern Pike: length x length x length / 3,500

* Bass: length x length x girth / 1,200

-fwp-

That's a pretty handy formula! Might keep that in mind next time! But's it's easier to lie...I mean guess their weight! hehe

Is that how the golden pond turned out those five pounders?
I too am good at (guessing)with the best of them.

PotatoWhisperer are you saying "FISHERMEN" are like women they lie about there weight?
Delw

I would NEVER implicate such a thing. Nor would I say Hunters are like men...always say they're bigger then they really are...that would be inconcievable of me to do! hehe