How much does this weigh please ?

[Lid]

I know this is not very big as barbel go, but I also know it is more than 6½ lbs. This was the best of four (or was it five) I caught tonight from a small, very wild part of the River Lea near my home. When I came to weigh it, I discovered I'd lost my scales. I had them last Sunday!!!

 

My net measures 26" on the wiidest part. Realistic estimates greatly appreciatd. Last time I guessed the weight of fish I peronsally caught, I was 2½ lbs under (it was a 9 lbs salmon - I thought it was about 6½ lbs).

 

 

and her other side

 

[chavender]

5-6lbs or there abouts

[Lid]

Thanks - however I am sure it was a bit bigger than this one which I did weigh a while back and it came to 6½ lbs. I was hoping today's one may be nudging 7lbs? It's the same unhooking mat and my scales were reasonably accurate until I lost them.

 

Edited July 9, 2010 by Lid

[Brian Carragher]

I would have thought around the 7lb mark, trouble with guessing from photos is you don't get any appreciation of its girth

[Lid]

I haven't caught enough barbel to know how wide they should be, but both yesterday's fish and the older fish in my second post were really quite wide I thought. I also had one about a week ago that was a similar length, but a lot thinner. I thank it was this one, which I did not weigh but guessed at around 4½ ibs :

 

[Tigger]

Without scales you'll never really know no matter what we all think it is or could be. Trouble with pictures is that they can be so deceiving and make a fish look bigger or smaller than it actually is. Lid, you'll have to remember your scales next time

Great lookin fish whatever they weigh !

[arbocop]

Somewhere between upper 5 and lower 7!

 

Nice fish whatever!

 

Did you catch it on batteries and the smaller one on margarine then?

Edited July 10, 2010 by arbocop

[Lid]

Somewhere between upper 5 and lower 7!

 

Nice fish whatever!

 

Did you catch it on batteries and the smaller one on margarine then?

 

LoL - all on cubes of boosted meat.

[birchy]

My initial guess was "about 6lb" and i'm usually pretty good at guesstimating live fish, but it's surprisingly difficult to judge from a photo. I've taken a slightly more scientific approach and measured each fish in "reel lengths". This one is approx 10% bigger than your previous one so i'm gonna say "just over 7".

[Christy]

Unfortunately I think barbel are probably the hardest fish to guess the weight off, I find I'm usually within 1 or 2lb for carp, tench and bream...