How big?

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  1. Dec 1, 2020 #1
    ausable_steelhead

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    Got this nice male a little over a week ago. He was 30” and very thick. What’s your guess on weight?

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    Fishndude

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    I'd guess that fish at 11#, and nice going! Still had a couple faint rays in his tail. I love it when they get that squared nose.
     
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    10 1/2
     
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    11.02 lbs
    What did it weigh?
     
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    11 or 11.5
    We always figure a 30" fish was 10 pounds if normal girth.

    Those bucks are sweet ones!
     
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    mfs686

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    Well you caught him from a platform so I'd say 9 3/4. :D
     
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    ausable_steelhead

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    All good guesses. I didn’t weigh or even mess with him much. At 30”, 10lbs is what I would expect, as mentioned above. However, this fish had a lot of girth. He even had the classic big hump before his dorsal. I figured he was 11-12lbs. Good, solid fish.

    This has been a fun fall. That buck was the second steelhead to run me all the way out into the slack. There’s been some burners in the dips this fall.
     
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  11. Dec 9, 2020 #9
    joe dirt

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    Beautiful fish


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  12. Dec 9, 2020 #10
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    5lbs. for the first 24”inches and a pound for every inch there after works pretty good.
     
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    Girth plays so much more of a role inch to inch against length. Generally I agree with 30” is 10lb with Manistee strain fish. With the extra shoulders on that fish I’d put him at an 11lb estimate - a great fish for sure!
     
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