Fishdoc,

That fish measured 129.5cm X 78.75cm and was caught this past summer off Noyes Is. in S.E. Alaska, it was actually caught on a buddy of mine's boat and the fish broke the net, Nick, (the guide) frantically grabbed a gaff while the fish is danglling from a broken net and stuck the fish thru the gills and flipped it over the gunnel all in 1 motion, it was pretty funny to watch but also lost alot of blood.

WOW AK, that's a big ass fish!

If that length was snout to mid fork on the tail, my formula calculates out to 66 pounds. That's DOUBLE the size of the runt I'm hoisting in my latest avatar.

Having grown up as a guy with a very slight build, I have found exceedingly few advantages to being a "little guy", but posing a big fish for an impressive picture is definitely one of them!

Im envious of you smaller guys. At 6'-5" and 245 pounds, it takes a real monster to look like anything at all in my hands.

It was actually 63lbs. after fully bled out.

FYI the live weight of the king in my avatar was 33# fully bled, but not fully dehydrated.

Hydration status is probably the biggest factor in how accurately any formula can predict a fish's true weight.

AK,

Do you have a recommendation for guided fishing off Noyes Is?

I have been interested to try fishing west of POW Island instead of the Sitka scene.

Slabquest, this is where I've guided for the past 10 years http://www.waterfallresort.com/ and obviously would recommend. There are a # of good lodges/resorts in the area, a couple others to consider are B Gray or Robbo (PP board members) who both fish the same area I do.

If you want to know what a big larda$$ I am the fish in my avatar is about the size of the one in Docs. Thats a ambasadur 7000 on a 10.5' stick under the fish and I was pushin 350...I got to get a bigger boat or a smaller plate...