November Submission

[dos ballenas]

Originally Posted by steveooo

51" That thing should be 50#

hahaha look at the picture of how it was measured... it was measured with the mouth WIDE open. That can add a few extra inches! There are many ways to measure a fish, but most length to weight comparisons are based off fork length.... and fork length is usually measured by holding the mouth closed and measureing from the mouth to the fork in the tail with a caliper (not a measureing tape). The use of a measuring tape actually adds a few inches to the length as well. When you use a measureing tape you're actually getting what is called a "curved fork" length. Of course there are regression equations that can be used to back calculate the actual "fork" length....

Either way it was a big homeguard yellow! You earned that one Ryan! Now go get another one!