XVI 



THE WEIGHT OP; GAME FISH 



Tarpon 



(Megalops atlanticus) 



MR. WILLIAM H. WOOD, the pioneer of 

 tarpon fishing, who in 1885 landed the first 

 tarpon, was the originator of the formula 

 for estimating the weight of a tarpon when 

 first taken from the water. 



Girth!' X length 



800 



weight 



This formula gives the approximate 

 weight of almost every kind of fish of no 

 matter what shape or size, excepting the 

 sunfish (Mola). 



Probably not more than twelve tarpon 

 have been taken that weighed 200 pounds or 

 more. 



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