FISHING AT HOME AND ABROAD 

 few ounces of the correct weight of a large fish by means of the follow- 

 ing scale prepared by Mr Edward Sturdy and published in the" Fishing 

 Gazette," the editor of which, Mr R. B. Marston, has kindly allowed me 

 to reproduce it here : 



WEIGHTS OF SALMON OR TROUT FOR INCHES OF LENGTH, BASED ON 



THE SUPPOSITION THAT A SALMON OF 36 INCHES WEIGHS 20 LB., AND 



A TROUT OF 18 INCHES WEIGHS 2i LB. 



In. lb. 



30 11-574 



31 12770 



32 14-046 



33 15-404 



34 16-848 



35 18-379 



36 20 



37 21-713 



38 23-522 



In. lb. oz. 



9 5 



10 7 



11 9 



12 12 



13 15 



14 1 3 



15 1 7 



16 1 12 



SALMON. 



In. lb. 



39 25-428 



40 27-435 



41 29-544 



42 31-759 



43 34-082 



44 36-516 



45 39-063 



46 41-725 



47 44-506 



TROUT. 



In. lb. oz. 



17 2 2 



18 2 8 



19 2 15 



20 3 7 



21 4 



22 4 9 



23 5 3 



In. lb. 



48 47-407 



49 50-432 



50 53-584 



51 ..... 56-864 



52 60-274 



53 63-819 



54 67-500 



55 71-320 



In. lb. oz. 



24 5 15 



25 6 11 



26 7 8 



27 8 7 



28 9 6 



29 10 7 



30 11 9 



N.B. — The measurements must be made from end of snout to the end of the middle rays 

 of the tail fin. A fish should not, in season, vary more than 15 per cent below the scale if 

 not in very iood condition — to more than 15 per cent above the scale if exceptionally well 

 fed. The £reat majority of fish in iood condition and of normal shape will be very near 

 the weights given. 



One often hears anglers making exaggerated allowance for loss of 

 weight in a fish which is not brought to the scales for some hours after 

 it is taken from the water, so much being reckoned to have been lost 

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