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BwcaNick

08/14/2011 02:09PM

We measured 29 inches long but didn't get the girth.

Okay

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Savage Voyageur

08/14/2011 02:41PM

Look in the fishing regulations booklet, they will get you close.

"So many lakes, so little time."

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gutmon

08/14/2011 03:38PM

I'm guessing 3.5 pounds.

"The trouble with the world isn't that people know too little, but that they know so much that just ain't so." Mark Twain

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wildernessfan2

08/14/2011 04:48PM

quote gutmon: "I'm guessing 3.5 pounds. "

Looks like a pretty good guess.

Freshwater is delicious! Saltwater not so much..

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Jackfish

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08/14/2011 09:06PM

After checking three different online weight-to-length charts and seeing consistent numbers, it looks like a 29" northern pike will weigh about 7#.

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It's only a spot on the map... until you go there.

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buz

08/15/2011 07:56AM

To me, northerns are the "slipperiest" fish to guess weights on. They can be long and skinny, long and massive, squatty fat, etc. I have no idea how much that one weighed, but guessing on northerns is a shot in the dark.

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missmolly

08/15/2011 08:29AM

That's a nice, thick fish, Nick. I'd lean more towards seven pounds, but one thing you can be certain of, Nick, is that when it comes to the size and length of fish, most of us are guessing. I've got rulers attached to the bottom of my canoe, but I don't even trust those. My canoe isn't flat. Fish sure aren't flat. And unflat, flopping fish are measured on a concave surface in a literal second.

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missmolly

08/15/2011 08:33AM

P.S. - It's good that you didn't get the girth. That's a measurement I'd trust even less on Mr. Mucous. It's better to return the fish to the water as quickly as possible to thank him for the thrill of touching something so wild and lovely.

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