Little help please!

  • kylem86
    Posts: 158
    March 28, 2011 at 1:24 am #1333005

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    wallster
    Austin, MN
    Posts: 806
    March 28, 2011 at 1:27 am #951253

    Pre spawn, post spawn?? i would say she looks like a 10lb fish. Looks to be very healthy. Nice fish
    Wallster ><((((>

    kylem86
    Posts: 158
    March 28, 2011 at 1:32 am #951255

    She had to have just spawned… I was catching fish in really shallow water and for some reason moved out and marked some fish in 22 FOW and dropped down and she smacked it.

    sandmannd
    Posts: 928
    March 28, 2011 at 2:07 am #951259

    30″ with some nice girth, she had to be pushing 10 lbs.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22454
    March 28, 2011 at 2:09 am #951261

    I have a 29.75 that was post spawn when I caught her… she weighed 9 lbs. 4 oz… should have been over 10 lbs. but again, post spawn there’s a reason they hammer your bait at that time

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    March 28, 2011 at 2:32 am #951270

    A post spawn 30″ fish can be 10# or over…but looking at the head/shoulders of that girl I am not sure… I caught a 31.5″ spawned out girl last year fishing P-4 with Wade Kuehl that had bigger head/shoulders…she barely touched the 11# mark. Its hard to tell how thick she was from that view. She was a gorgeous fish no matter what she weighed!

    wallster
    Austin, MN
    Posts: 806
    March 28, 2011 at 10:12 am #951290

    I think she looks pre spawn, fins look like there in too good of shape. I would think the fish would really look more beat up if it was post spawn, unless it had been a couple weeks after the spawn.
    Wallster ><((((>

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 28, 2011 at 11:53 am #951323

    I’m certainly not an expert as I seldom catch eye’s if I can help it…but…

    I have weighed a number of POST spawn eyes at the 30 inch mark, they’ve weighed anywhere from just over 9 to 11 pounds. Most of them cut the 10 pound mark.

    Personally speaking, if you get out frequently I would put in some more time. However I don’t believe anyone here is going to say that is not a 10 pound fish.

    PS One of my first eyes when I stopped fishing for them was a 29″ tube that weighed in at just over 5 pounds.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    March 28, 2011 at 12:17 pm #951333

    Very nice fish. Fishing the Mississippi river a lot catching fish over 10#s is a lot more common than catching them over 30″s.

    wes_bergemann
    Crystal, MN
    Posts: 458
    March 28, 2011 at 12:45 pm #951341

    I too think this is a pre spawn fish. Belly does not look concave on the bottom, but difficult to say with the angle it is held. I am guessing it is over 10, but for an accurate replica, you should be getting girth measurements ahead of the dorsal and also behind it. Otherwise the taxidermist can only use a standard mold for a 30″ fish, and then it really isn’t a true replica.

    poppy402
    Eagle Point Wisconsin
    Posts: 948
    March 28, 2011 at 1:18 pm #951362

    Id say right around the 9 pound mark. Last spring i got a 30.5 inch female that went 7.8 pounds! I was fishing a local contest and a 28 inch fish beat me in weight lol. I didn’t think she was that skinny but i guess she was haha. Nice fish! congrats! You should be just as happy whether or not its 10 pounds because there are a lot of guys who never get a 30 incher!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 28, 2011 at 2:28 pm #951392

    Quote:

    You should be just as happy whether or not its 10 pounds because there are a lot of guys who never get a 30 incher!

    Exactly!

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    March 29, 2011 at 4:23 pm #951793

    Quote:

    Quote:

    You should be just as happy whether or not its 10 pounds because there are a lot of guys who never get a 30 incher!

    Exactly!

    So go ahead rub it in

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    March 30, 2011 at 12:35 am #951977

    What are you guys even talking about?

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