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wyewatcher
SALMON WEIGHT BY LENGTH
Apr 15 2009, 11:53 AM EDT | Post edited: Apr 15 2009, 11:53 AM EDT
IN 1957 A SALMON WAS TAKEN AT HEREFORD OF 40LBS +80ZS THE LENGTH WAS 47 INS AND THE GIRTH WAS
26 INS ALL DETAILS VERIFIED BY THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DEPARTMENT. THE CRAWFORD LITTLE SCALE USED ON MANY BEATS INDICATES IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 44LBS+ 8OZS. A GENEROUS SCALE PERHAPS ?.ON THE LOWER WYE A HUT CHART INDICATES A 36INS SALMON IS ONLY 16LBS A MISERLY SCALE PERHAPS ? THE C. L. SCALE INDICATES 20LBS. DOES ANY ONE OUT THERE HAVE ANY RELIABLE RECORDS ? I HAVE SEEN SOME SUPERB CASTS BY G.FRANKS PERHAPS HE CAN SHARE SOME OF HIS MEASUREMENTS. ARE WYE SPRINGERS ANY DIFFERENT TO OTHER SALMON.? WE ALL FEEL WYE SPRINGERS ARE THE BEST,SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT HAVING A WYE SCALE OF OUR OWN. LOOK FORWARD TO ANY HELP
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salmonmad
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1. RE: SALMON WEIGHT BY LENGTH
Apr 16 2009, 9:20 AM EDT | Post edited: Apr 16 2009, 9:20 AM EDT
in 2004, i caught 49 salmon at wyeshum,, and a 12.5lb seatrout, the lengths varid fish by fish, i was with ray morris when he caught a 33lb springer witch was 43,1/2 inches long, i caught a salmon at the carrots beat in 1993 that was 22lb and measured 42 inches! i have caught fish at red brook 12 to 14 pounds that have been more than 36", i have photo's with salmon taken against the fly rod side by side and when scaled you can get a very close measurement, i think the most importent has got to be the girth of the fish, we had a scale for pinned up in the hut for early season fish but when we caught fish measured them in some cases they were way out, i will look back at my records and post some pic,s, with weights. i gave mr franks the seatrout for his collection, when i had its weight varified by the local butcher i was quite serprised it was 12.5lb and its weight could have been more if weighd at the bank side, i would not trust the length to girth scale. Do you find this valuable?    

fario.trutta
2. RE: SALMON WEIGHT BY LENGTH
Apr 18 2009, 6:18 AM EDT | Post edited: Apr 18 2009, 6:18 AM EDT
Have to agree that the various weight/length scales are suspect and so much relates to the fishes condition. Salmon from different rivers show different characteristics regarding body shape. I have always found that Wye and Severn fish are generally longer in length than say Scottish fish . In the past when a particularly chunky Wye fish was caught it was often said 'that's a Rhine fish", harking back to the stocking of these in the past.
So although weight/length scales can be a guide its only just that. Obviously a fish caught in peak condition in the spring will be the same length in October but lose perhaps a third of its body weight though that's an extreme example of course.
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