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07-02-2005, 06:35 PM
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dread pirate dirtybird
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Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
A guy who frequents stump pass marina caught a large black grouper today. We did not have a scale that could weigh this beast. I tell you what this sucker had girth! I just figured you would all like seeing a pic of a dead fish and put in your two cents as to how much it weighs. Later.
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07-02-2005, 08:06 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
I'll go 120......
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07-02-2005, 09:04 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
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07-02-2005, 09:23 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
94 lbs.
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07-02-2005, 09:25 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
pinfish @109
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07-05-2005, 12:50 AM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
Did they ever find out what the weight was?
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07-05-2005, 12:50 PM
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dread pirate dirtybird
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
no one around here had a scale that would go heavy enough.
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07-05-2005, 12:54 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
You might want to slap it up on FS too, if you are trying to get a guesstimate of the weight. To throw another one out there...
102# gutted It's a beautiful catch, assuming he was fishing for it. How deep was he?
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07-05-2005, 01:07 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
Why not stand on a normal human scale while holding the fish.... then step on by yourself..... subtract the differance and you have the wieght of the fish.....
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07-05-2005, 01:11 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
I've seen one or two carbo's over the last year or two. That dude is not a real big guy and that fish is off the ground and only to his shoulders....my guess is no more than 80 lbs.... 100lbs. carbos are nearly 6 ft in length. Still, one hell of a fish! To catch one like that on a stand up rig IS a big deal....congrats to the angler.
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07-05-2005, 01:18 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
I thought there was a formula using the length and girth to figure out the weight. I'll have to search for it, unless, somone knows it.
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07-05-2005, 01:22 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
length times girth squared divided by 800 ((L x G x G)/800)
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07-05-2005, 01:23 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
There is also a species specific length to weight calculator: http://www.gsmfc.org/sasweb/fishsize.htm
It says that a 6 foot (72") black grouper is 180.8 pounds. I have known it to be off in the past. |
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07-05-2005, 10:37 PM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
I guessed it at 98 or so... the fish might not have been long bu tit was almost three times as thick as the guy who caught it. All I can say it was caught on a beeliner. All the guys on the boat gave conflicting depths and distances... but I know where it was caught. I will be diving it soon. Pictures from the trip coming soon
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07-06-2005, 06:40 AM
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Re: Large carbo... how much does it weigh?
Quote:
 Don't know why I typed 120. 
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