02-05-2006, 11:39 PM
Thanks for the ideas about hot spotting. I have a hard time trying to decide what to post and what not to post. I've already been doing some of the things that you suggested.
Last fall I felt bad about reading others reports and not posting reports of my own. As a result I've posted a report about every time that I have gone fishing since.
If you look at any of the reports that I have posted you will see I generally won't post the number or size of fish. The main reason I omit the numbers is to minimize the degree of hot spotting that I do. I also don't want to sound like I'm trying to brag. There are still a few places that I will not post a vague report. These are places that I feel could be significantly hurt by even a few extra fishermen. If someone wants to post a detailed report about a creek chuck full of big cutthroats that is fine with me. It is just something that I wouldn't choose to do.
In my database I record the numbers and a bunch of other stuff that I normally don't post. If you see one of my vague reports and would like more info feel free to ask. If I don't want to answer it on an open board then I will send you a PM.
I didn't have a good scale with me but the rainbow in the picture was close to 5lbs. I generally find that the average 24" rainbow will be about 5lbs. If they are unusually fat or much longer than 24" it is nearly impossible to guess their weight accurately.
Here are a few examples of fish that I have weighed (I only wish that I caught all of them).
A 28" long rainbow went 8lbs and a 29" that weighed 9lbs 2oz. IMO both of these fish had average sized girth, they just weren't extremely fat. A brown that I would say had about an average sized girth weighed 7 lbs but was 28" long.
There are some exceptionally fat fish that many fishermen won't believe the length/weight ratio. The last couple years this type of fish has been common in Henry's Lake. A couple of the fattest fish that I've weighed from Henry's were a 22" hybrid with a 16" girth that weighed just a hair under 7 lbs. A 28" hybrid with a 19.5" girth went 14.5 lbs. Keep in mind that both of these fish were fatter than most of the other fish that I have measured. I've found that most of the 22" hybrids from Henry's the last couple years are closer to 5lbs. I doubted that my scale was accurate after weighing a couple of these Henry's Lake fish but the scale still weighed a gallon of water right at 8 1/3lbs.
I was just going to give you a quick response and it looks like I've spent the last half hour typing this.[crazy]
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Last fall I felt bad about reading others reports and not posting reports of my own. As a result I've posted a report about every time that I have gone fishing since.
If you look at any of the reports that I have posted you will see I generally won't post the number or size of fish. The main reason I omit the numbers is to minimize the degree of hot spotting that I do. I also don't want to sound like I'm trying to brag. There are still a few places that I will not post a vague report. These are places that I feel could be significantly hurt by even a few extra fishermen. If someone wants to post a detailed report about a creek chuck full of big cutthroats that is fine with me. It is just something that I wouldn't choose to do.
In my database I record the numbers and a bunch of other stuff that I normally don't post. If you see one of my vague reports and would like more info feel free to ask. If I don't want to answer it on an open board then I will send you a PM.
I didn't have a good scale with me but the rainbow in the picture was close to 5lbs. I generally find that the average 24" rainbow will be about 5lbs. If they are unusually fat or much longer than 24" it is nearly impossible to guess their weight accurately.
Here are a few examples of fish that I have weighed (I only wish that I caught all of them).
A 28" long rainbow went 8lbs and a 29" that weighed 9lbs 2oz. IMO both of these fish had average sized girth, they just weren't extremely fat. A brown that I would say had about an average sized girth weighed 7 lbs but was 28" long.
There are some exceptionally fat fish that many fishermen won't believe the length/weight ratio. The last couple years this type of fish has been common in Henry's Lake. A couple of the fattest fish that I've weighed from Henry's were a 22" hybrid with a 16" girth that weighed just a hair under 7 lbs. A 28" hybrid with a 19.5" girth went 14.5 lbs. Keep in mind that both of these fish were fatter than most of the other fish that I have measured. I've found that most of the 22" hybrids from Henry's the last couple years are closer to 5lbs. I doubted that my scale was accurate after weighing a couple of these Henry's Lake fish but the scale still weighed a gallon of water right at 8 1/3lbs.
I was just going to give you a quick response and it looks like I've spent the last half hour typing this.[crazy]
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