Big Mirror carp

[pinhead]

Hi all,

 

Nipped out for 4 hours feeder fishing for skimmers / bream.

Did not take camera or scales, travelled light.

Typical, hooked into huge mirror ( huge to me ) took me 25 mins to land.

Measured it 26.5 inches long and quite fat.

Can anybody give me a realistic estimate of weight

 

Thanks in advance

[lutra]

Hi all,

 

Nipped out for 4 hours feeder fishing for skimmers / bream.

Did not take camera or scales, travelled light.

Typical, hooked into huge mirror ( huge to me ) took me 25 mins to land.

Measured it 26.5 inches long and quite fat.

Can anybody give me a realistic estimate of weight

 

Thanks in advance

Have a read of Steve Burke's posts on here it should help you.

[wayne baker]

Hi all,

 

Nipped out for 4 hours feeder fishing for skimmers / bream.

Did not take camera or scales, travelled light.

Typical, hooked into huge mirror ( huge to me ) took me 25 mins to land.

Measured it 26.5 inches long and quite fat.

Can anybody give me a realistic estimate of weight

 

Thanks in advance

 

Hard to say without the girth measurement as well. Certainly upper double at-least. Possibly even a low twenty.

[gozzer]

Sorry Wayne, I've got to disagree with your estimate.

At 26.5ins, I'd put it at a low double, maybe 11 to 14lb depending on girth.

 

John.

 

Edit.

 

I've just done a quick google and if you knew the girth, here's a link to roughly work it out.

 

http://www.lunkerlink.com/carpcalc.html

Edited May 5, 2009 by gozzer

[wayne baker]

Sorry Wayne, I've got to disagree with your estimate.

At 26.5ins, I'd put it at a low double, maybe 11 to 14lb depending on girth.

 

John.

 

Edit.

 

I've just done a quick google and if you knew the girth, here's a link to roughly work it out.

 

http://www.lunkerlink.com/carpcalc.html

 

 

The girth is the deciding factor. When he said it was quite fat i was imagining some of the big carp i have had over the years and some of them were not much more than thirty inches in length they were just fat. Looking at the scale again and if it was a well proportioned fish you are probanly about right.

[gozzer]

The girth is the deciding factor. When he said it was quite fat i was imagining some of the big carp i have had over the years and some of them were not much more than thirty inches in length they were just fat. Looking at the scale again and if it was a well proportioned fish you are probanly about right.

 

I know what you mean Wayne, some of the boilie bellied monstrosities can have a girth more than twice their length.

 

John.

Edited May 5, 2009 by gozzer

[pinhead]

Thanks for taking time to answer.

Ill take it as approx 12.5 lbs.

Must remember to take my scales with me ??????