Originally Posted By: Eric
Hmmmm.......I don't know. I realize it was "probably" officially weighed and all but that fish in the photo against the yardstick doesn't spell 36 lbs to me. End of stick to tail, maybe add 6" so your looking at, perhaps, a 42" fish?? That put's it in the mid-high 20's. Certainly nice but not 36lbs. Fish would need more girth IMO.

Then to, my vision is going to hell so maybe I'm just out of focus!

Thank God photography and fish reproductions have come a long way!


I thought the same thing by the photo but the mount is definitely huge even if it is smoked looking.

For reference, there is a few skin mounted (commercially caught) fish that were both 45", one was a bit bigger and weighed 40 and 41 pounds. They were heading to the same river that Chuck's fish was caught.
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