View Full Version : What do you think this weighs?
BottomBouncer
10-16-2010, 07:00 PM
I hope the picture shows up on this post. This is my fourth and biggest musky ever. What do you guys think it weighs? It is 46" long and I didn't get a girth. For size reference I am 6'3" 275#. I am thinking 30-35#? Using the calculators 1" makes a big difference in weight. I am still pumped up over how wide this thing was.
Anzomcik
10-16-2010, 07:45 PM
Great fish, My opinion would say i think your in the ball park with your 30-35#. With out a doubt your close on those numbers
McDunnoftheAllegheny
10-16-2010, 09:47 PM
i'd say right around the thirty mark, I caught a thick 45'' few weeks back and when it was weighed it went 25.
suskymusky50
10-17-2010, 12:37 AM
I think your guess is close too, but just a touch high. It would take a freakishly girthy 46 incher to weigh more than 30 pounds. My guess would be high 20's maybe 30. That is still a nice fish in anyones book, congrats!
RapRunR
10-17-2010, 05:53 PM
I caught a slender 48.5 similar looking to that and it was 28 lbs.
Joe M
10-17-2010, 10:58 PM
I would guess 28 lbs. I got a 46" last week and it weighed 24lbs. Yours is a little thicker. Nice fish no matter what it weighs...
A nice 46" muskie will probably weigh around 25lbs or so. We have caught a few prespawn muskies that weighed more than you would expect for their lenght. My Dad got a prespawn 45" out of Clearfork one April that was over 30lbs (weighed), but that was one of the fattest muskies I have ever seen.
Your fish is definitely nice...hevier than you average 46"er, for sure. But I would also guess just under 30lbs...26-28lbs probably
If you are concerned with weight, the only way to tell for sure is to weigh them. Even the formulas are just an estimate and usually seem to estimate higher. Leave the fish in your net so its body lenght is supported and weigh the net with the fish in it. Then just subtract the weight of your net.
Adam A
Red Childress
10-18-2010, 07:39 AM
Sure would have been nice to have a musky that "only" weighed 28 pounds in my boat this weekend. :)
That is a very nice fish caught in a not-so-nice weather pattern over the weekend.
H2O wolf
10-18-2010, 08:34 AM
Congrats on the nice fish! I would guess around 27-28lbs. I'm with Red wishing I caught a 28lber this weekend. Put 2 in the net yesterday that didn't weigh 28lbs combined lol. Both hit boatside so that was cool!
McDunnoftheAllegheny
10-18-2010, 09:38 PM
I'm kinda bored so I did some calculations with musky hunters formula system.......
46''x21''= 25.7 pds
46"x22''= 27.8
46"x23"= 30.4
46''x24"= 33.1
46"x25"= 36
who knows.... I caught a 44'' last fall that was 23'' in girth...says that would've been a 29 pounder!