Musky weight

[Mr. Pike1]

While trolling for Walleye on Mille acs on Saturday night my friend got into a 46" musky. The fish was a true thick pig. Any guesstimates on weight for the fish.

[MT Net]

Hey Mr. Pike,
How has Vermilion been for you?

I remeber a posting on another forum about this, Here is what I remember:

girth x girth x length divided by 800 = weight.

or

length x length x length / 3500 = weight

Approx. 27.81 pounds, without the girth mwasurment. Nice fish!

[Mr. Pike1]

MT, I did not make it the big V as much as I would have liked this first summer. I am hoping to get up there more this summer. I am planning a one week vacation at the cabin and then a few long weekends.

[Fish-n-Freak]

There is a "new" formula that was developed by Larry Ramsell, this is the one he uses to try and authenticate weights from pictures.

Length x Girth divide by 25 and minus 10 = Weight

Larry feels this is the best formula right now. This one comes the closest on those fish that have seen both a ruler and a "certified" scale.

Nice Fish! 46 x 20 = 26 pounds
46 x 21 = 28 pounds
46 x 22 = 30 pounds

[Mr. Pike1]

Fish-n-freak, thank you.