Guess The WEIGHT.--- ANSWER

[Lozzel]

I was reading an old fishing mag this morn.and came across this article.

I thought you might like to try & guess the \"weight\".

Fish... Northern Blue fin TUNA

Length...10'6 (3.2mts)

Girth....6ft (1.83mts)

Post a response and I'll reveal all in a couple of days.

No prizes, just a bit of fun.

Here is a pic.. [img size=363]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Scan20011.JPG

Post edited by: Lozzel, at: 2007/07/06 07:10

Post edited by: Lozzel, at: 2007/07/08 09:35

[faulked]

i reacon with my little mind its 1202lb:P

[Angus]

300kg? Big!!!

Angus

[ellicat]

450 KG (to the fork;) )

451KG total.

[bootyinblue]

Just when I was learning my fish, you go and change it from a bass!

But seriously, I would say 412kg.

[chubbstar]

I have a photo of me with 1 like that.:whistle:

I worked on the wharf in Hobart, The fish handlers there told me about it so I had 2 have a pic taken;) . damn need to find it now.

Anyways I think from memmery it weighed 220kgs, That 1 in this pic looks a tad bigger so I'll say 240kgs.

[Gazza]

356.7249

[werewolf]

452 kg!!! (just to pip ellicat)

but seriously, thats gotta around the 1000+ pound mark

[STU]

500kg to big for the 6lb plastic gear haha

[Brian D]

Well it has to be pounds by the age of the photo and at a guess 412lbs maybe 412.5.

[Feral]

852lb

[Aaron H]

500lbs, I want one, dont think I'd find them off Manly harbour or in Tinny creek though:laugh:

[Plastic Man]

thats huge i say 450 kg

[kriso]

holy toledo bat man lets see john west reject that bad boy lol... as for weight 650lb

[Tim a]

hmmm 250-300 KG. 275kg then!

That's actually my dad and he caught that fish under indooroopilly bridge.

[Feral]

Just looking at that reel, I reckon I've seen the same model on fraser Island - on the front of a 4wd!

[werewolf]

just a little cobe eh tim?

[Master Sardines]

I'm gunna top ya's all and say about 650kg or about 1400 Lbs:huh:

[jeff f]

considering these north pacific bluefin grow to over 1000kg i'll give it 750kg

Post edited by: jeff f, at: 2007/07/07 20:03

[kriso]

Tim a wrote:

hmmm 250-300 KG. 275kg then!

That's actually my dad and he caught that fish under indooroopilly bridge.

lol, your such a lier tim everyone knows my 8oyr old pop caught it on a ballooned half cooked sausage at somerset :silly:

[blue_mako]

kriso wrote:

Tim a wrote:

hmmm 250-300 KG. 275kg then!

That's actually my dad and he caught that fish under indooroopilly bridge.

lol, your such a lier tim everyone knows my 8oyr old pop caught it on a ballooned half cooked sausage at somerset :silly:

You're wrong kriso . It's Wivanhoe Dam. Geez, get it right next time :woohoo: .

I wonder what was said when they got it to the top. We're gonna need a bigger net. Acctually hold that thought, where gonna need a bigger boat!

Troy

[jeff f]

blue_mako wrote:

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I wonder what was said when they got it to the top. We're gonna need a bigger net. Acctually hold that thought, where gonna need a bigger boat!

Troy

[chubbstar]

I caught a rainbow trout that big back in tassie, I was in a small stream and I used a gaff with a cupcake on the end for bait, or was it the tad pole I caught in the bird bath? I cant remember I think I was drunk

[bootyinblue]

I have always wondered where that fish went that I flushed after it out grew its tank at home!

[Lozzel]

Well it seems that you know your fish.

A short history on the capture.

The fish was caught in 1977, of the small fishing village of \"CARAQUET\" in the gulf of St Lawrence ,Canada.

Caught by Bill Wilkie of New Zealand.

It did not quailify for IGFA , as the skipper of the charter boat bled the fish ,so it could be sold, thus loosing weight from the blood loss.

When they returned to port,some hours later, the WEIGHT was 1152lbs(521.85kg).

At the time it would have been a new record.Bit disquailifed for being cut.The skipper sold the fish for $2,500 It was packed into a box and flown to japan..

Thanks for your intrest and having a bit of fun.

Laurie

[faulked]

dammit stu you were closer by 2 kg :sick: lol