How big is 15" - good question
Mar 11, 2022 16:14:38 #
I posted an item yesterday about a good day on the water. One of the comments it got concerned the apparent size of the fish and it raises a legitimate question. I'm reposting the picture with these further qualifiers. 1: The hall runner mat the fish are laid out on is 24" wide. 2: The porcelain tiles in the garage are also 24 x 24 inches. To bring it all into prospective, there is a site I use for fish we normally refer to here in Texas by length versus weight. I assume it works the same for fish all over the country and it comes in handy occasionally. www.txmarspecies.tamug.edu/length/weight.cfm A 15" sheepsfhead will weight 2.2 pounds - and is some mighty fine eating..... 
Mar 11, 2022 16:24:36 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
I posted an item yesterday about a good day on the... (show quote)
They should know better than to question your integrity, Tony, it wasn't Padre, was it?
Mar 11, 2022 16:30:16 #
They look pretty healthy to me, but next time you may need an action figure 😜
Mar 11, 2022 16:39:56 #
Mar 11, 2022 17:32:48 #
E.pa.al
Loc: Martin's Creek
who cares what they say,we believe you Tony.
I know if I laid fish on the mat,I'd be in the barn w the cows😁
I know if I laid fish on the mat,I'd be in the barn w the cows😁
Mar 11, 2022 17:46:07 #
What? Someone questioning the word of a fisherman? And a Texas fisherman at that? That is about like asking "slick Willie" about having intimate relations with his aide! The very nerve of such a person. Just Sayin...RJS
Mar 11, 2022 17:46:07 #
What? Someone questioning the word of a fisherman? And a Texas fisherman at that? That is about like asking "slick Willie" about having intimate relations with his aide! The very nerve of such a person. Just Sayin...RJS
Mar 11, 2022 17:46:14 #
What? Someone questioning the word of a fisherman? And a Texas fisherman at that? That is about like asking "slick Willie" about having intimate relations with his aide! The very nerve of such a person. Just Sayin...RJS
Mar 11, 2022 17:54:32 #
Mar 11, 2022 18:13:10 #
flyguy wrote:
They should know better than to question your integrity, Tony, it wasn't Padre, was it?
No, no - I didn't mean that anyone, especially the Padre, had questioned if they were really that big, only that the photo lacked an identifiable reference object so it made the fish look smaller. And I agree. The minimum size on trout is 15" now and going to 17" (I think) soon. But a 15" sheepshead is a big chunk of fish. I seem to remember a day you and I had down there at the causeway where we kept catching nice sheep when the limit was only 14" and they would be just a quarter or eighth of an inch too short and it is so frustrating. That extra inch is hard to come by and it sure doesn't help the frustration level any.
Mar 11, 2022 18:52:08 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
No, no - I didn't mean that anyone, especially the... (show quote)
Nice bunch of fish, for sure!
Mar 11, 2022 20:43:36 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
I posted an item yesterday about a good day on the... (show quote)
nice catch . i have to get a mat like that , i mean print of fish .maybe hobby lobby L O L
Mar 12, 2022 09:08:19 #
There will always be those that look for the negative. I think I said it yesterday and I’ll say again nice day and nice fish
Mar 12, 2022 12:33:43 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
No, no - I didn't mean that anyone, especially the... (show quote)
I was just jerking the Padre's chain. He needs it once in a while in order to keep him sharp.
Mar 12, 2022 16:21:38 #
jigginjim
Loc: Buffalo, Minnesota
The action figure item is funny. If bluegills even got half of what your actin figure shows. Stay out of the water,
as I have had 3 inch gills draw blood when they would nip at my leg wader fishing.
as I have had 3 inch gills draw blood when they would nip at my leg wader fishing.
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