Brook trout - weight v length

Fish are always two inches longer,if not better than that, before they are caught ... Ben Hur Lampman

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So ya thought that twelve inch brookie weighed a pound ! Well, guess again ! An 11" (8oz) Newfoundland Nor'east Brook brookie hooked on a Zonker Muddler. A 15" (1lb 6oz) Nova Scotia Woodens River brookie hooked on an Orange Klinkhamer. And here's an interesting formula found in a booklet put out by the Sportman Cigarette Company back in the fifties... Square of girth (inches) x length (inches) ÷ 800 = approximate weight. Example: (13 ² x 23.75) ÷ 800 = approx. weight 13 x 13 = 169 x 23.75 = 4,013 ÷ 800 = 5lbs approx.

Length Weight 10" 6oz 10.5" 7oz 11" 8oz 11.5" 10oz 12" 11oz 12.5" 12oz 13 14oz 13.5 1lb 0oz 14" 1lb 2oz 14.5" 1lb 4oz 15" 1lb 6oz 15.5" 1lb 8oz 16" 1lb 11oz 16.5" 1lb 11oz 17" 2lb 0oz 17.5" 2lb 4oz 18" 2lb 7oz 18.5" 2lb 10oz 19" 2lb 14oz 19.5" 3lb 2oz 20" 3lb 6oz 20.5" 3lb 10oz 21" 3lb 15oz 21.5" 4lb 3oz 22" 4lb 8oz 22.5" 4lb 13oz 23" 5lb 3oz 23.5" 5lb 9oz 24" 5lb 15oz

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