What weight approx

[tincatinca]

Whilst on a recent fishing holiday to Devon, I managed to catch a couple of decent Roach but unfortunately had no scales to hand as my mate had purloined mine and was down the other end of the lake. The ciggarette packet in the picture measures with a vernier 103mm long by 56mm deep so any ideas on the approximate weight of the fish.

 

 

 

 

[Tigger]

It's gott'a be a good pound (or over) Paul, what did you think when you had it in your hand ?

[Steve Walker]

Is it me, or are those scales a little brassy, the mouth a little upturned?

[tincatinca]

It felt quite a bit bigger than a pound Ian. If you scale up the picture it comes in around 141/2 inches long and it was quite thick accross its back. A very Interesting and picturesque place which I will be going back to next year for an extended holiday as the biggest authenticated Roach from there in recent times was in excess of 3lb along with several different big 2s. As regards to whether it is a true Roach then I am sure that Vagabond and others will make the appropriate comments. The main target species in the lake were Carp which can be traced back to original Leney stocking but it was the other species that interested me most with Tench into double figures and Eels running over 6lb with my best over the week being a 7-01 Tench and a 5.02 Eel along with a few stunning looking Commons.

[Tigger]

That's the problem with pic's Paul, they either magnify a fish or shrink it. On rare occassions it's easy to guess a fishes weight in a pic. Crackin looking fish whatever it weighed .

 

I'm confident it's a roach if that's what you thought it was when it was infront of you.

Edited June 12, 2014 by Tigger

[Steve Walker]

Could be the colour balance on my monitor!

[gozzer]

I thought the scales looked a bit brassy too, but that's the problem with pictures, the light can play tricks.

 

I guess it at around 12" so would put it at around 1lb 8oz. A good fish.

 

John.

[Vagabond]

I guess it at around 12" so would put it at around 1lb 8oz.

Blimey ! I think I ought to come up to Yorkshire to fish for your fat roach !

 

When I catch a 12" roach it's only an ounce or two over the pound .........

[tincatinca]

It is not a 12" fish in fact it is closer to 15". The ciggarette packet measured with a digital vernier reads spot on 103mm which converted to proper english is 4.055 inches. If you now use that measurement to scale the fish it comes close to 15 inches long which is why I am very interested in weight guestimations. By the same rule of thumb the depth of the fish comes extremely near to the length of the ciggarette packet so very close to 4" deep.

[lutra]

If it helps the fish in my user photo was a good chunky roach and went 1lb 1oz and the pin is 4.5 inch (114mm).