Isn't it interesting how since c&r became fashionable, the average size of salmon caught seems to have increased! Also, no one ever catches a nineteen pounder any more, they seem to make the jump from eighteen pound, to "around twenty pound", or "just over twenty", without getting caught! Just a thought,I'll apologize in advance!
C&R, and fish size!
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You are correct
I had an old tartan cock fish in September.
Once landed the Ghillie guessed it around 21/22lb.
Thankfully I had my McLean weigh net. It was 18 lb
Plus 20 lb sounds better than 19lb
Hen's?
Cock fish under 10lb on the Tay.
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They made a cast based on the measurements, so there should be some pictures with thetape measure along side.
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Aye me too, easier to hide down the waders as well
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Is that why you were seen walking away from the river like a penguin earlier this year??Aye me too, easier to hide down the waders as well
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My arthritis, honest!Is that why you were seen walking away from the river like a penguin earlier this year??
I agree , does it matter. Lb oz and dms are immaterial and if a fish is really 19lb but someone calls it 20 lb that's fine with me - it's still a bloody big fish and it's gone on to spawn - that deserves a lb in my book.
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I test my pocket scales with a 5kg weight in a carrier bag.
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Nice pike!
Yes, I chapped a 13lber first time I used my weigh net and a pal with a proper spring balance gave it 15.25.
Ever since I hang it up and chuck in loads of 2lb bags of sugar at the end of the season (jam time!) to calibrate it (using a graph
).Everyone an individual: It get's worse over 26lb so I live in hope...
Weight has always been the defining measurement for our sport and if an angler wants to claim a weight for a particularly big fish then guessing is in my opinion is unacceptable. If not weighed then the weight is unknown and a figure should not be claimed by the angler.
As far as the general run of the mill fish are concerned then a guess for the returns is acceptable and I do it myself. However, if I think the weight is significant or I particularly want to know the weight then I weigh it in the net and deduct the weight of the wet net. To do this I carry a spring balance in my fly vest so it is always with me. There is also a tape measure in the same pocket.
I know some anglers don’t use nets and in such instances a carp fishing weigh sack would be ideal and weighs nothing and could be easily stuffed in a pocket.
For large fish I like to take measurements as well as weight as these help confirm the accuracy of the spring balance. This was instilled in me from the days of fishing Shrewsbury Corporation water on the Severn where, back in the 70s, the fishery rules required you to submit the weight, length and girth of every fish caught.
As far as the general run of the mill fish are concerned then a guess for the returns is acceptable and I do it myself. However, if I think the weight is significant or I particularly want to know the weight then I weigh it in the net and deduct the weight of the wet net. To do this I carry a spring balance in my fly vest so it is always with me. There is also a tape measure in the same pocket.
I know some anglers don’t use nets and in such instances a carp fishing weigh sack would be ideal and weighs nothing and could be easily stuffed in a pocket.
For large fish I like to take measurements as well as weight as these help confirm the accuracy of the spring balance. This was instilled in me from the days of fishing Shrewsbury Corporation water on the Severn where, back in the 70s, the fishery rules required you to submit the weight, length and girth of every fish caught.
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That would have gone down a bomb with today's "don't take it out of the water/net " brigade........
Bleeding Hell ? Mclean nets at £120 bit of a waste of space 4.5 lbs out
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