I looked up the recent results from two of my favorite bodies of water just to see how they stack up with one another. Pretty crazy how good ML is right now, 1st place on P4 wouldn’t have cracked the top 10 on ML, and second on P4 would have been 30th on ML.
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How many fish? I saw that the MTT took 40 pounds one day in June with 5 fish to win on Mille Lacs.
I assume they’re also using a CPR format (catch, photo, and release) with a standardized length to weight conversion, so technically the weights are not actual. And since the fish are quite skinny on Mille Lacs, its likely not close to what it indicates.
How many fish? I saw that the MTT took 40 pounds one day in June with 5 fish to win on Mille Lacs.
I assume they’re also using a CPR format (catch, photo, and release) with a standardized length to weight conversion, so technically the weights are not actual. And since the fish are quite skinny on Mille Lacs, its likely not close to what it indicates.
Same rules (5 fish) and weight conversions used by AIM on both bodies of water. Not sure how MTT compares or what weight scale they use, as I was trying to keep an apples to apples comparison.
Here’s the weight conversion chart, which imo is obviously not accurate, but that is irrelevant as long as it’s consistent. With all the variables between bodies of water, individual fish and time of year there’s really no way to have an accurate conversion on CRR tourneys.
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AIM uses a length/weight conversion chart as a proxy for weight. In reality, the imputed weight has little to do with actual weight and is exaggerated for most bodies of water for most of the season. For example, last time on ML, I caught back-to-back 28”ers. The AIM conversion chart assigns those two fish weights of over 9lbs a piece when in reality those fish were lucky to weigh 6lbs. I think of it as a points system, with points assigned based on length. AIM calls the points ‘weight’, but we’d all starve relying on fish sandwiches made from those fillets.
Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying Big Werm. 51 pounds on 5 fish would be ridiculous if that was the actual weight.
Pretty interesting results. Skinny or not some long fish in ml.
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Pretty interesting results. Skinny or not some long fish in ml.Yeah, that was kind of my point in posting, who cares how heavy a 28”+ walleye is (I’m going to throw it back anyway), but I am interested in catching as many as possible!
If you wanted to mount a trophy, it would probably matter. I don’t want to mount a walleye that’s shaped like a pike because they don’t have enough forage for all the mouths in the lake
If you wanted to mount a trophy, it would probably matter. I don’t want to mount a walleye that’s shaped like a pike because they don’t have enough forage for all the mouths in the lake
I have yet to see a walleye shaped like a pike. There are fat and skinny walleyes in ML just like every other lake in MN.
It’s not exactly walleye shaped
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That’s actually a better built one if it’s out of ML….and I don’t think forage is the problem.
The forage isn’t the problem? Then what is? Of course the forage is the problem. When you have a lot of big hungry walleyes and they’re all on the skinny side, that means one thing: lack of food!
Damn good numbers! And maybe if they let people keep some fish it would cut down on the hungry mouths to feed… And the weights would get back up to normal. But I’m not gonna open that can of worms.
I think tournament fishing would be a blast to get into
I think tournament fishing would be a blast to get into
What’s stopping you from fishing tournaments? You only get one chance in life. Live it!
40 pounds in MTT translates to just over 45 pounds in AIM. Everyone is playing by the same rules and it’s a great way to have tournaments on any lake.
Both are great bodies of water. I was shocked to see so many teams catch multiple fish over 28” in a day on Mille Lacs.
Mille Lacs Walleyes have always run lighter compared to other lakes. Back in the weigh tournament days, fish over 28” usually ran about 7 pounds max. We had a 29 1/4” that looked healthy and I guessed at 9 pounds, but it weighed 7.5 on a certified scale.
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