Tailor Sizing & Names

[fish2eat]

We had the discussion a while ago on squire/snapper

When does a "chopper " grow big enough to be called a "greenback"

anyone think less than 60cm ??

[Lone_Wolf]

anything up to 1.8kg is a small chopper Stu

[fish2eat]

anything up to 1.8kg is a small chopper Stu

you're a funny man Mr Wolf, I think you just got me under rule 7 !!!!

[Slider]

I call anything under 2kg a chopper - but not sure I'd call a 1.75kg fish a 'small chopper' Scott?

[Lone_Wolf]

Re: Tailor Sizing & Names
« Reply #3 on: Today at 12:52:20 » I call anything under 2kg a chopper - but not sure I'd call a 1.75kg fish a 'small chopper' Scott?

Lindsay, it is when that's the biggest Stu got on the weekend!

[Slider]

Ahh, I see. Well under those circumstances then yes they are crap fish at that size Stu .....

[fish2eat]

yeah thanks mateys........where is Chris AKA GWH for some sensible comment to raise the cerebral tone of this site.

how does that song go?

I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down..

[Lone_Wolf]

Chris has a real job Stu, ya won't see him online til after 5pm and I sure he will have plenty to say(even though he is sober now)

[Slider]

Was bigger than anything I caught earlier if that helps you get back up Stu.

Am serious though in that anything under 2kg is a chopper. 2kg to 3kg is a small greenback and anything bigger can be considered to be a greenback. Is the way we have always worked it around here but the number of times I've heard people refer to their choppers as greenbacks means that you may not get a unanimous answer to your question Stu.
Probably depends on how many and how large the fish that an individual has caught as to their interpretation.

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

I'd probably be calling a 3+lb a good chopper and start referring to them as greenbacks around about the 4lb mark assuming the colour has changed to a definite green.

Which raises another question; anyone know what causes the change in colour?

Is it a sign of sexual maturity?
A reflection of how long they have been an ocean going fish? eg second run up the coast?
Is is a location thing like hanging around in shallow sandy bottoms as opposed to open ocean? (saw a show on lemon sharks and small hammer heads hanging around a shallow lagoons and they were much darker due to catching more sun than same aged sharks livivng in deeper water.)
Do females turn green at a different age or maturity than males?

Just wondering coz I've seen some very light coloured choppers and some 4lb'ers that are still pretty blue.

Cheers
Jeff

[NeilD]

I've always gone along with the old 4lb cut off for Greenbacks

We should have another name for those beasts over 10lb.

Neil

[Feral]

We had the discussion a while ago on squire/snapper

When does a "chopper " grow big enough to be called a "greenback"

anyone think less than 60cm ??

That would be when it has a green back.

[jim_bream]

Did anyone see that show 'East Coast Chopper'?
They take a chopper (4lb & under)- whack on a long set of chrome forks, lower it, steel teeth implants and a little nitrous bottle under the anal fin.
Takes your lure, strips your spool and leaves you in a cloud of smoke....

[chisel]

I reckon anything under 45cm is a chopper. Anything over 60cm would be a greenback. In between dunno, I guess you guys would call most of them choppers but I'd be more than happy with a 50cm fish or even a 45cm fish really.

Not all of us get the chance to fish a great beach whenever we like Slider!! :-) So we're more than happy to be getting a couple of mid-size fish.

[choppa]

I'd probably be calling a 3+ a good chopper
Cheers
Jeff

agree wholeheartedly jeff,,,,,,,,,,,,i'll hate to be in the shoes of the bloke who calls him a greenback in 15 years time though

(all 3+ choppa's should be choppa jr's,,,,,)