Thoughts on Size and weights of fish.

[Horse]

Measuring under different circumstances can make a considerable difference for example today I scored a nice Snapper. It certainly looked bigger than any I had caught on SP's but when I held the still live and kicking fish against a bulkhead mounted sticker it only looked 76 or 77cms . I have picked up quite a few around that size ande I was quite suprised as this fish looked much larger than the others. Once home I laid it out properly and ran the tape over it to find it stretched out to 80cm . Thats quite a variation and it was just down to how accurate the process was

[finding_time]

Horse

80 cm's Nice!!! Any pics?

[Horse]

Yes Ian . Just waiting for my brother to download from his phone . Or then again maybe it was 100cm and unfortunatly I dont have the pics but trust me I'm a fisherman

[daveozz]

You Know What.i Cant Believe I Just Read Through 3 Pages Of Bitching.i Read Justjacks Report And Even Comented On It.if The Bloke Wants To Go Fishing In Those Conditions....let Him.i Mean I Dont Want To Read About Fishing Fatalities,but If He's Gonna Do It,then He's Gonna Do It.

And As For His Catch,well If He Says He Caught Fish X That Weighed Y Kilos And Z Long Who Are We To Argue.were We There?..no.

This Is A Social Site Where Fishos Like To Read About Spots,catches And Conditions.if You Dont Like What You Read Or Dibelieve It,well Then Thats Youir Prerogative.you Dont Have To Bag Someone For It.lets Face It We Dont Believe Everything We Read In The Media,so Why Is This Forum Any Different.

Lighten Up Everybody And Enjoy It For What It Is.

Life's Too Damn Short And You're A Long Time Dead.dont Waste It On Berating Others.i Know That These Comments Will Be Construed By Some To Be What I'm Bitching About...but Think About It.


Cheers All

Dont Take Life Too Seriously....you'll Never Get Out Of It Alive.....

Dave

[PNG1M]

I remember in June 2005 my fishing club had our first ever trip to SUKI on the Fly river in PNG. I think there were 7 of us including a couple who'd never cast with a baitcaster before.

Only one bloke had thought to bring a set of scales. He was the manager of a heavy equipment contracting firm for a mining company so he had a mechanical background.

He was in a different boat to me so whenever he weighed a fish he'd shout out what the weight was. Our boats were usually in the same vicinity so it was easy to communicate.

We hooked up big time on that trip. The conditions were fantastic and the fishing was just 'over the top' too good!! All we wanted to do was cast...cast...cast & haul 'em in. It was cloud nine...

Later on the bloke with the scales re-hashed some of the weights he'd measured. I jotted some down and sent in a report to Fishing World about the trip.

Then a month later a few rumours circulated. I confronted 'ole mate' about the main gist of the talk and he confessed.....When he'd checked later, the scales were actually in POUNDS and he'd been quoting all the weights in KILOS.

I contacted Fishing World to explain what had happened but it was too late - the article was past the point of no return. Talk about embarrassing..!

No-one thought to confirm his weight readings at the time. We were all just super keen to keep our lines in the water. We all just went with the flow, with swelled heads about these humungously heavy fish we were catching.

So the bottom line is: "Verify things yourself" and don't rely on a second party to do your measuring for you.

[PNG1M]

This time it was September 2005 and the conditions at Suki weren't too good.

The Fly River was high and had forced a lot of dirty water into Suki Creek. We had to fish upstream towards the billabong/waterhole, catchment areas.

This time NO-ONE had a set of weighing scales. The barra were very sparce on this trip but the black bass were there & on the chew.

Some of them were monsters at 90cm plus. We did have a soft tailors style tape measure with us so at least we could get lengths.

BUT one bloke was determined to get a weight measurement for a 93cm black bass he caught as it was his PB. He thought for a while about a suitable comparison scale.

Then he decided to compare the weight of the black bass with the weight of his wife's check-in luggage.

He reckoned he'd lugged her suitcase around at airports enough to know. And he knew its exact weight by the readings at the check-in counter.

So the bass's weight miraculously started off at 23kgs neat. I was in the boat & so was another bloke and we had a debate about check-in luggage weights.

The other guy compared the fish to his memory of his own wife's airport luggage and he reckoned 23kgs was too much. So did I...

After 10mins of 'ups and downs' we finally rounded the fishes weight off at 17.3kg (don't ask me where the .3 came from - I think it just sounded good)

And I heard that weight quoted several times over the next 12 months (as an accurate reading), mostly at the bar of our local golf club.

Tru..!