walleye

[tim wilson]

Could someone tell me how much my walleye weighed the girth was 16 1/2 and the fish was 32 1/4 long. thanks for any help

[carp man]

sorry you'll never know the exact weight without the fish.Was it full of spawn or spawned out!Was it a healthy fish ? There are just too many variables without actually weighting at the time you caught it.

[Denied]

According to my "handy dandy" chart that someone posted a while back, a 32" walleye would weigh 12.14 lbs and a 33" would weigh 13.31 lbs. This chart does not take into account the girth of the fish, but I have found it to be in the ball park..
Hope this helps


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[RANGER]

It is true, there are many variables - BUT - the generally accepted (I did say "generally") formula for a "standard" healthy fish is: length, squared, times the girth, divided by 1200.

For this fish it would calculate to 14lbs. 3 ozs.

That's the best one I know. It comes very close in actual measurements that we have taken and compared with scales.

RANGER

[Dave in Mpls]

Ranger -

I'm not trying to split hairs, just want to make sure I'm doing my math correctly!

Would that be 14 Lb, 3 oz or 14.3 Lbs (14 Lb, 5 oz)?

[RANGER]

Dave,

You may be right. I was under the impression that the "1200" figure was used to compensate for the "ounces". But now that I am playing with the figures and some.... notes.... I had made - you're right.

14 lbs 5 ozs

I agree with you!!!

RANGER


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[eye stalk]

Another method for determining size that I use is to cube the length of the fish and then divide by 2700. True, this does not account for girth, but it gives you a good idea of the size of the fish.