How much does a fish shrink??? (circa 1958)
Found this interesting table in a 2nd edition "The Anglers' Omnibus" by Roger Hungerford. (circa 1958 I think!)
How much does a fish shrink?
"How much does a fish lose through dehydration, loss of bodily water content, after being caught?
Men who have attempted to set up dehydration tables have found their task difficult , because the co-operation of many fishermen is needed.
But now the job has been done, and the honour of ferreting out the figures goes to an energetic and persevering Australian statitician.
So for those interested in settling fish-shrinkage arguments with something better than conjecture, following is an acurate chart, compiled under conditions as nearly average as possible."
Not sure just how accurate it is, but makes for interesting reading on weight loss after 6 hours, and 12 hours.
Cheers.
Browny.
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
Faulkner Family
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not too sure on weight
not too sure on weight shrinkage . if you keep your fish in a brine or chilled on ice there shouldnt be any at all. however there have been many times i have measured a fish just after capture and then done it again once home and there can be sometimes 1 to 2 cm diff.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Alanby
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Depends who I am trying to
Depends who I am trying to impress and whether I have a stubby in one hand ha ha!
Of course they were always bigger in the boat !!
roberta
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Old fart
always, if we catch a dhui makes sure it is at least 3" or 3cm over the legal limit, as dhui does shrink. also if you catch a cray that is just size, (guage moves slightly) when cooked the shell does shrink, so be careful on that one also, we were caught out on that, so quickly ate the cray, even though it was legal when we caught it,) so now guage must be slightly over cray.
Ginger Tablets Rock
Jutty
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Rodger
Old Rodger Hungerfeild must of been a gun fisherman/top bloke to catch/be givenall those fish of the same species. Btw I'm setting up a similar trial on demersal species so feel free to drop off your 40lb dhu.
Tomcat
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Fish
Will allways allow 5 mil over they will shrink and fisheries will ping you
Pembo
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Caught in Port Headland
I had a friend that caught a rankin cod that was only 1cm over the minimum. He was warned to throw it back by the skipper due to shrinkage. He chose not to and he got pinged by fisheries at the ramp for being 1cm under the minimum. Dumb bastard!
till
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Are you sure about that? I thought there was only a bag limit on rankin, no size limit.
Pembo
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You could be right??? He told
You could be right??? He told the story that it was a Rankin but I wouldn't know