But, look at the charts that are in the archives. Take LMB for example. A 22" LMB should be 5.9#, a 23" 6.8#. If a 22.5" LMB is much either side of 6.3#, how critical is that to figuring out the RW? You are looking for trends in the pond, not absolute numbers down to the 3rd decimal.
Say you have 2 different 22.5" LMB One weighs 6.3#, the other weighs 6.5# because it just recently ate a 7" BG. Will that 0.2# be enough of a weight difference to make a decision to change how the LMB are managed in the pond?
What I'm trying to say is that once you start managing ponds in the real world, it's not critical that the numbers are spot on because of all the variables that are in the pond. You are looking for trends, and the 1" weight change is fine enough of a measurement to see trends.
Please do the power function calculation on a LMB that is 22.25", 22.5" and 22.75" and list what the weights are. How much do they differentiate from the weights calculated from a linear function?
