I just used a weight calculator I found online to guess the weight of a 43″ pike my dad caught on mille lacs. It had a 19 3/4″ girth and the weight calculator puts this fish at less than 17lbs. I say thats poppycock! Does anybody know of a website with a better calculator. Or do any of you pike enthusiasts have a solid guess?
my buddy caught a 40 inch, dont remember the girth, and it weighed 20 and change
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my buddy caught a 40 inch, dont remember the girth, and it weighed 20 and change
i agree 17 would be on low side, i would have to say it would be low 20s, with 24 or 25 being on the high side
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I just used a weight calculator I found online to guess the weight of a 43″ pike my dad caught on mille lacs. It had a 19 3/4″ girth and the weight calculator puts this fish at less than 17lbs. I say thats poppycock! Does anybody know of a website with a better calculator. Or do any of you pike enthusiasts have a solid guess?
Buddy of mine had a 41 with 19″ girth that weighed 16lbs and change.
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I just used a weight calculator I found online to guess the weight of a 43″ pike my dad caught on mille lacs. It had a 19 3/4″ girth and the weight calculator puts this fish at less than 17lbs. I say thats poppycock! Does anybody know of a website with a better calculator. Or do any of you pike enthusiasts have a solid guess?
Did it look thin and hungry? Or fat?
it was pretty damn fat, looked like it had just swallowed a 2 pound walleye
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17 pounds sounds about right. i scaled a 42 incher here on mille lacs, a few winters back and it was 16.5. it takes alot more fish to make 20 pounds than most people think. i got a 44 incher last fall on kab that was 18.5, i thought for sure that it was 20, that fish was not skinny either. the weight was the same on a brass spring scale and a 50 pound digital. the brass spring scale checks out with 25 and 50 pound weights.
I have always gone by 40″ is 18lbs roughly and every inch afterwards is 1 pound added on 
Either way that is a big pike!
Length X girth squared divided by 800 = 20.9 lbs
Without a picture, this is just another fishy story. 
The big difference here is GIRTH! A 43 with a girth close to 20″ is going to be a 20 lber or better.
Most Guides carry a good Digital scale… I only use mine upon customer request…because they cut to the QUICK! 
with an actual weight…
…many times leaving a dissappointed client who thought his 19″ large mouth was 6 lbs… 
Sometimes its better to let them dream! 
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Without a picture, this is just another fishy story.
The pictures are on my brothers camera. I’ll be getting the card from him tommorrow, than i’ll be able to post a pic or 2. The fish itself is at the taxidermist who says it’ll be ready in about 8 months. I’ll eventually find out the exact weight
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