Guess the weight

[Frothey]

if it was caught from the trent, 26lb 9oz.....

 

[goody]

4lb 13oz

 

[Steve Spiller]

Neil I spotted the swim too, but shush ;-)

 

[Fred Bonney]

Neil,very close,nice lawn!

There were two bigger chub caught, by the Mallinson brothers,from our party, up stream a bit more and on the other bank.

No barbel at all, from the 10 of us, over the weekend.

Steve, I didn't take a measurement,but,my thumb, to the wrist crease, is about 5.25inches!
Off the photo, it looks to be, about 24inches long.

 

[Steve Spiller]

It must be nearly 24 inches long then Fred?

I've just measured me thumb to wrist crease, it's the same as yours and I just had a look at my Throop chub, which was *lb **oz.

Can I have a guess yet?

;-)

 

[Fred Bonney]

Snap....nope! ;o).
Did you measure yours?

 

[Steve Spiller]

No mate, but I did the thumb thing on the picture and I know what it weighed.......nice fish Fred, well done.

How big were the others caught by the brothers?

 

[Neil Maidment]

Is this Throop resident a twin of yours Fred?


Fat Chub

 

[Gav Barbus]

The fish looks a young one as well Fred not like some of the old warriors that you see .I caught one last year from Muscliffe just upstream from Throop and that was the same like a new penny and still looking like it had years to grow,it really is chub heaven down there by the way did you use classic baits or pellets and boilies if you dont mind me asking Fred.

 

[Fred Bonney]

Tried pellets,Gav, got nibbled, switched to a bunch of maggots,hooked one lost one,in a near bank snag, and then caught this one, and also a couple of chublets.

Your Uncle's is a bit fatter Neil,I know that swim.;o)

 

[ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)]

So how big was it ?

 

[Richard Drayson]

Very nice chub Fred. Looks to me about 5lb 14oz.

 

[Steve Spiller]

Looks like I owe the ACA a tenner then Fred ;-)

I was 10oz out with my guess!

 

[Fred Bonney]

6lb 4ozs.

 

[sweetcorn kid]

I guess the weight to be 4lb 9oz of fime english chub and very pleased you look to lucky man love to fish that river .

 

[Fred Bonney]

Steve got it right,so my ?10 is on the way,to the ACA.
The purpose of this thread, was to show that photo's don't show you anything in respect of size, and going by the guesses I think this proves a point.
Those that took notice of the one clue, Throop 10/03/07,know the stamp of fish, in that stretch of the, Dorset Stour.

 

[sweetcorn kid]

There heads look a little different to the trent chub I.m use to is there a difference .

 

[Graham Marsden (ACA)]

I was way out with my guess at 4lb but I had the disadvantage of having the first guess (in a pm) and no clues as to where it was caught.

I think Fred chose this picture because he knows the fish didn't look its weight. He has made a very good point about fish and photography though, which is why I'm always very hesitant to disbelieve the weight of a fish based on no more than a picture.

 

[Fred Bonney]

The fish looked like a monster, in my net on the mat.
I thought I'd beaten my old pb,or, it was close.

Up against me,(close to 20stone)it shrinks considerably,in the photo!

Another reason, for me to start loosing weight :O(

Gowan,I don't necessarily think they look different to Trent fish,,I've caught both variaties from the Trent,those with the longer nose and those,more snub nosed.
I don't know why they differ.(male/female???)
Just seen Mark's fish,I don't think Christian is far out,but what would I know?

 

[Mark Hewitt]

Nice fish Fred, and a point well made on judging fish sizes on photos. Thats a reason why I added my picture to show the opposite. Fred and I are of similar size ( I'm 6'6", 19 stone) and most people I've my shown my picture to guess the fish to be in the 4lbs 12oz to 5lbs 8oz bracket.
I was thinking of starting a similar thread when this came up. Mine just scrapped 4lbs 4oz despite its length (It looked much bigger in the net!).
Would anyone looking at those photo's have said there was 2lbs difference in weight between the two?