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Originally Posted by wags
That's just fantastic right there. I hope you meant to do that!
Cheers
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Haha, I most certainly did.
I thought this would be a fun thread to see the estimates would come in.
My analysis------ first "fact" of AO is that the poster of a large fish will always overestimate the weight. Second "fact" of AO is that other people will always say it is smaller. ( Ok so not really a fact but we have all seen this dog and pony show before)
The above said, my estimate is pretty much in line with most.
What I thought would be interesting on how people judged the size of this fish were two things.
1. The fish is actually held close to the body and not pushed out to appear larger.
2. No disappearing fingers and knuckles. Hands are actually in the picture ( I don't think the art of holding a fish with no fingers showing was even a thing back then)
I was pretty young at the time and only remember that the fish was huge.
For my estimate I thought I would try out some math.
The fingers are clear in the picture and from measurements I was able to determine a finger/knuckle to fish ratio of 10.83. From there it was a matter of measuring my fathers hand in the same position. Now the measurement I got is very conservative as his now 70 year old hands are not what they once were. This measurement was 100mm. Working the math out this puts the fishes length at 1083mm or or 43.22"
The girth is much harder as he had his hand under the fish which compresses the girth (unlike the rear naked finger pinch) taking some measurements and comparing to a mount with a 21" girth I guesstimate it 22". (Less sound math here)
Based on that I come up with 22lbs..... Agree or disagree it was a fun process and I do appreciate everyone who shared their thoughts.
I doubt I will convince my father that it is not 25lbs......on second thought I doubt I will try, let sleeping dogs sleep