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08-21-2001, 12:44 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Hillsboro
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the largest salmon on record
This was from an article quoted on another post about the 99 lb salmon caught up north.
I am having alittle trouble with this formula
"The monster fish with a length of 53.5 inches and a girth of 38.5 using a formula (endorsed by FOC) of Length x Girth squared divided by 800 would weigh 99.125-pounds"
53.5 x 38.5= 2059.75
that squared is 4242570.0625
divided by 800 is 5303.212578125
Does anyone else know of what this formulas is really suppose to be or am I just pushing the wrong buttons?
Jim
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08-21-2001, 01:00 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: May 2000
Location: West Valley
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Re: the largest salmon on record
(Length x (Girth)^2)/800 = pounds
[img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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08-21-2001, 01:01 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Northern CA
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Re: the largest salmon on record
T2F,
Only Girth is squared, not the product of Length and Girth. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] W=[(L*(G^2))/800]
Thomas
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08-21-2001, 01:03 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Beaverton, OR
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Re: the largest salmon on record
You were close, the formula is
Length x (Girth)^2 / 800, you square the Girth, then times that by the length and divide by 800...
"I was told there would be no math" Blues Brothers
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08-21-2001, 01:09 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Hillsboro, OR, USA
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Re: the largest salmon on record
Or maybe this will help you see it:
Girth squared, (38.5x38.5) 1482.25
times length 53.5 x 1482.25 = 79300.375
Divided by 800
79300.375 / 800 = 99.12546875 pounds [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] give or take a lil'
Hope this helps. It's an operation thing...
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08-21-2001, 01:15 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Re: the largest salmon on record
so much for my reading skills, thanks to all.
Jim
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08-21-2001, 01:26 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Re: the largest salmon on record
A $20 scale is my kind of calculation. The lazy man way. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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08-21-2001, 01:27 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Re: the largest salmon on record
Now the real question is...is that formula based on nice fat fish in the ocean and estuary, or skinny, non-feeding fish that are about to spawn?
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08-21-2001, 01:35 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Felony Flats, OR
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Re: the largest salmon on record
Considering you are taking the girdth of the fish, I would guess that the gluttony of the fish has been taken into account.
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08-21-2001, 02:17 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lake Oswego OR USA
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Re: the largest salmon on record
1 + 1 = 3
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08-21-2001, 08:51 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Portland, Or
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Re: the largest salmon on record
99 botttles of beer on the wall....99 bottles of beer..........
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08-21-2001, 09:38 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Aloha, OR
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Re: the largest salmon on record
Let's see if this works for humans I am 6'-1" and 34" girth @ 190 lbs.
So 72*(34^2)/800=104lbs
I guess fish are skinner at the top and bottom [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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