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Joined: Jan 2015
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I caught a 5.07# LMG tonight that was 24” long, skinny and had a bucket mouth. I threw it back in hoping it would put some weight on this summer. Should I have culled it? ![[Linked Image from ]]( https://i.ibb.co/jW739D2/CA31-CC98-0481-47-B3-AB19-76-BCE65-CE332.jpg)
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Might be spawned out. Look at that bloody tail.
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If it looks like that in the fall I'd cull it. Hopefully just spawned out now.
7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160
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5lbs and 24" is not a spawned out female, it's end-of- life stage. The red tail should/can be present on males from fanning the nest. Females would seldom clean a nest out.
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I agree a 24 inch fish should weigh near 8 pounds. Ain't no way she had 3 pounds of eggs in her! Something else going on. Snipe, I sent you a private message.
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How do the rest of your LMB look - condition wise ?
Could be age aggravated by spawn. LMB can lose 30 % of their weight during the spawn. Could be not enough food or sick. I would have kept the fish and done age analysis if your other LMB seem healthy. If she has spawned (likely several times) then her genes are still there in offspring.
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Ok, the scales that weighed the above fish at 5#’s weighed this fish at 3.68#’s. 😡 Throwing this away and will have to buy a new one. Any suggestions? ![[Linked Image from ]]( https://i.ibb.co/kBNWRYh/97-FD7-B38-656-A-475-F-8877-E41-BBB932-E2-F.jpg)
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I habe a 15 lb rapala touch screen scale and I m very happy of it.
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ID10T error. It was set on kilograms.
3.68 kiograms = 8.11 pounds.
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ID10T error. It was set on kilograms.
3.68 kiograms = 8.11 pounds. It sounds better in 3,680 grams. But all kidding aside, congrats on a great fish!
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