Comments on: True carp weights http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/true-weights/ News from all our French carp lakes plus general info useful to carpers everywhere Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mitch http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/true-weights/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Mitch Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:44:05 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=348#comment-1617 How much does a 27 inch carp weigh. I caught it fishing for crappies and sunfish, it was one of the best figts I have ever had on my ultra light rod with four pound test. Go Vikings How much does a 27 inch carp weigh. I caught it fishing for crappies and sunfish, it was one of the best figts I have ever had on my ultra light rod with four pound test. Go Vikings

]]> By: Jon Perkins http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/true-weights/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Jon Perkins Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:40:12 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=348#comment-791 Whilst all the above can be true, I can shed a litlle more light on the subject. As the owner of a fishery in France, I see anglers weighing fish all the time, and some of them do not follow the weighing procedure outlined above which is of course the correct and only way to do it ! This poor weighing technique does give rise to some weights recorded that are not correct, holding the scales by the body, and not wetting the sling and then re-zeroing the scales are the two most common mistakes. Some people zero without the sling, weigh the fish and then subtract the weight of the sling from the weight, but people do sometimes forget to subtract the weight of the sling - intentionally or unintentially is open to question ! These things aside, I can tell you that it is most certainly possible for a carp to gain or lose 2-3lbs in as little as 12 hours. This may come as a shock and you may care to disbelieve me, but it is true nonetheless. There are two reasons for this - firstly, and this is fairly obvious, a carp can eat a lot of food in a short space of time - a 40 lb fish can put away a kilo of boilies without any problem. Before it has broken that food down and got rid of the waste, that fish will be one kilo (2.2lbs heavier). The second reason is not really known amongst carp anglers being more of a scientific matter, but the fact is that all fish are continually taking on water through a process called osmosis which is a leaching of water through their skin, and getting rid of it just like we do - through the function of their kidneys, so a fish can potentially have a lot more water inside it one day than the next. Combine these factors and you will see that is perfectly possible for the weight of a fish to go freely up and down on a regular basis. I have seen this many times on my lake, and with good anglers weighing the fish correctly. So next time an angler claims a fish is 3lb heavier than it was last week, it might not be bull***t ! Whilst all the above can be true, I can shed a litlle more light on the subject. As the owner of a fishery in France, I see anglers weighing fish all the time, and some of them do not follow the weighing procedure outlined above which is of course the correct and only way to do it ! This poor weighing technique does give rise to some weights recorded that are not correct, holding the scales by the body, and not wetting the sling and then re-zeroing the scales are the two most common mistakes. Some people zero without the sling, weigh the fish and then subtract the weight of the sling from the weight, but people do sometimes forget to subtract the weight of the sling – intentionally or unintentially is open to question !
These things aside, I can tell you that it is most certainly possible for a carp to gain or lose 2-3lbs in as little as 12 hours. This may come as a shock and you may care to disbelieve me, but it is true nonetheless.
There are two reasons for this – firstly, and this is fairly obvious, a carp can eat a lot of food in a short space of time – a 40 lb fish can put away a kilo of boilies without any problem. Before it has broken that food down and got rid of the waste, that fish will be one kilo (2.2lbs heavier).
The second reason is not really known amongst carp anglers being more of a scientific matter, but the fact is that all fish are continually taking on water through a process called osmosis which is a leaching of water through their skin, and getting rid of it just like we do – through the function of their kidneys, so a fish can potentially have a lot more water inside it one day than the next.
Combine these factors and you will see that is perfectly possible for the weight of a fish to go freely up and down on a regular basis. I have seen this many times on my lake, and with good anglers weighing the fish correctly.
So next time an angler claims a fish is 3lb heavier than it was last week, it might not be bull***t !

]]> By: Dan Jones http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/true-weights/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Dan Jones Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:04:11 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=348#comment-780 I totally agree with what your saying, I've been at a lake where the same fish has been caught twice and miraculously jumped from 19lb to 22lb in a matter of three day, it made me laugh. And Ive even seen people claiming the extra weight of the weigh sling. Why bother? If you caught a nice fish it weighs what it weighs, adding more wont make it a nicer fish and if its not a competition your only fooling yourself. I totally agree with what your saying, I’ve been at a lake where the same fish has been caught twice and miraculously jumped from 19lb to 22lb in a matter of three day, it made me laugh.

And Ive even seen people claiming the extra weight of the weigh sling.

Why bother?

If you caught a nice fish it weighs what it weighs, adding more wont make it a nicer fish and if its not a competition your only fooling yourself.

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