how much does this flathead weigh?

  • rudy
    Posts: 10
    July 29, 2003 at 1:37 pm #1314377

    rich pannell,thompson,il. was fishing a wingdam this morning in pool #14 when this 48 inch monster inhaled his crawler/phelps floater rig.good thing he had 8lb fireline on that rod!it bottomed out my 50 pound scale and looked to me to be around 60 lbs.anybody know what a 4 footer should weigh? he released it after i met them at the boatramp.he was fishing with joe shrader who has a big livewell in his ranger boat. it appeared to be in great shape and swam away with no problem.

    stevew
    Burnsville, MN
    Posts: 412
    July 29, 2003 at 2:25 pm #271870

    Geeeze….. I can’t get them to bite on-purpose on bullheads and suckers. What a fish!

    skhartke
    Somerset, WI
    Posts: 1416
    July 30, 2003 at 7:34 pm #271995

    According to the fish calculator at bassresource.com, it figures it would way approximately: 53.452799999999996 lbs.
    It would help if we had the girth.
    Steve

    mudcatkid
    On water
    Posts: 663
    July 31, 2003 at 3:28 am #272049

    ya…i would guess a hair above 50lbs. My rule of thumb (though it is NOT very accurate ) Once ya hit 45″…..each inch after is 1+ lbs. But then again, this year i have caught a 42″ weighing 40lbs and a 41″ weighing less than 35lbs

    NICE FISH~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially on 8lb line!!

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