Chasin' Dreams
Well-Known Member
Seems like a lot of the forum threads lately have this topic coming up quite a bit so thought I would toss this idea out there for y'all 
Here's my take on it: I've been involved with hatcheries, broodstocking, fish tagging, measuring, sample collecting etc for a long time. Both for Salmon and Steelhead. And other that I've been weighing, keeping track of measurements/weights of the Salmon I've caught myself over the years...
Saying that, I have never in all the years come across any Salmon that measured around 80 cm's long come even close to being 20 lbs. So when I keep reading all these posts on the forum of these mystical 20 lb 80cm fish it makes my spidey senses go a bit crazy lol. To me either people are guesstimating cause they don't really know, or they are using some very inaccurate scales. I thought it might be the ****** spring coil springs that are common in the tackle stores that might be off so we did a weight comparison with my calibrated commercial digital fish scale compared to a Rapala coil spring scale the other day and the spring scale was off by 3 lbs on a 13 lb (80cm) fish. Personally I've never seen a Spring go over 15 lbs with that length of Spring range. And that would be a completely saggy assed fat, obese Spring for that length. Lot's of 12 to 14 lb Springs in the 80 cm range is the average from my observations. Can you imagine stacking another 7 bricks of butter around a 13# 80 cm Spring. I have a hard time believing it could even swim properly. It would be shaped like a super over inflated football And recently at a fish cleaning table the other day we weighed ours and other fishermen's slot sized Springs that were all close to 80 cm's... there wasn't a single one over 14.3 lbs. Most were 12 to 13 and a half. The 14.3 was a fat *******. Funny though some of those fishermen swore their fish were 17 to 20 lbs
So I just thought I'd throw this out there to put a final rest to whether or not there are these mystical 20# 80cm Spring Salmon creatures swimming around in our waters :
For the duration of this DFO 80 cm slot size regulation in 2020 I am offering up a $500 REWARD for EVERY 20 lb or heavier, 80 cm long or shorter Spring Salmon Caught here in our BC Coastal waters. Yes you read that right! Every single one!!! And I will eat my words if you catch one of these amazing sea monsters!
Here are the conditions I put forth:
**As soon as you think you have a 20 lb or heavier 80 cm Spring Salmon you have to message me through the forum and leave me your contact information or call me if you already have my contact info and I will contact you right away to come weigh the fish with a calibrated digital commercial scale (I have one and we can calibrate it together before the fish weigh). We will have a third party witness the weigh in. After the weigh in the fish will then be gutted/filleted to ensure there are no hidden weights in the fish.
**If someone says they have a 20 lb or heavier 80 cm Spring Salmon then I will travel to one of these locations (whichever is closest to the mystical creature to be weighed) to weigh the fish (we will document it with pictures etc..) : Victoria marina, Nanaimo Marina, Campbell River Marina, Gibsons Marina, or Vancouver Marina. If it proves not to be a 20 lb or heavier 80 cm or shorter Spring Salmon then the other party whom said it was will agree to pay my fuel costs for traveling to the weigh in location plus a $250 donation to a charity of my choice that is associated with fish and wildlife in BC.
CONTEST ENDS AUG 31 8PM NO CALLS TO WEIGH FISH OR ENTER FISH AFTER THAT TIME.
**Edited for spelling
Here's my take on it: I've been involved with hatcheries, broodstocking, fish tagging, measuring, sample collecting etc for a long time. Both for Salmon and Steelhead. And other that I've been weighing, keeping track of measurements/weights of the Salmon I've caught myself over the years...
Saying that, I have never in all the years come across any Salmon that measured around 80 cm's long come even close to being 20 lbs. So when I keep reading all these posts on the forum of these mystical 20 lb 80cm fish it makes my spidey senses go a bit crazy lol. To me either people are guesstimating cause they don't really know, or they are using some very inaccurate scales. I thought it might be the ****** spring coil springs that are common in the tackle stores that might be off so we did a weight comparison with my calibrated commercial digital fish scale compared to a Rapala coil spring scale the other day and the spring scale was off by 3 lbs on a 13 lb (80cm) fish. Personally I've never seen a Spring go over 15 lbs with that length of Spring range. And that would be a completely saggy assed fat, obese Spring for that length. Lot's of 12 to 14 lb Springs in the 80 cm range is the average from my observations. Can you imagine stacking another 7 bricks of butter around a 13# 80 cm Spring. I have a hard time believing it could even swim properly. It would be shaped like a super over inflated football
And recently at a fish cleaning table the other day we weighed ours and other fishermen's slot sized Springs that were all close to 80 cm's... there wasn't a single one over 14.3 lbs. Most were 12 to 13 and a half. The 14.3 was a fat *******. Funny though some of those fishermen swore their fish were 17 to 20 lbs So I just thought I'd throw this out there to put a final rest to whether or not there are these mystical 20# 80cm Spring Salmon creatures swimming around in our waters
:For the duration of this DFO 80 cm slot size regulation in 2020 I am offering up a $500 REWARD for EVERY 20 lb or heavier, 80 cm long or shorter Spring Salmon Caught here in our BC Coastal waters. Yes you read that right! Every single one!!! And I will eat my words if you catch one of these amazing sea monsters!
Here are the conditions I put forth:
**As soon as you think you have a 20 lb or heavier 80 cm Spring Salmon you have to message me through the forum and leave me your contact information or call me if you already have my contact info and I will contact you right away to come weigh the fish with a calibrated digital commercial scale (I have one and we can calibrate it together before the fish weigh). We will have a third party witness the weigh in. After the weigh in the fish will then be gutted/filleted to ensure there are no hidden weights in the fish.
**If someone says they have a 20 lb or heavier 80 cm Spring Salmon then I will travel to one of these locations (whichever is closest to the mystical creature to be weighed) to weigh the fish (we will document it with pictures etc..) : Victoria marina, Nanaimo Marina, Campbell River Marina, Gibsons Marina, or Vancouver Marina. If it proves not to be a 20 lb or heavier 80 cm or shorter Spring Salmon then the other party whom said it was will agree to pay my fuel costs for traveling to the weigh in location plus a $250 donation to a charity of my choice that is associated with fish and wildlife in BC.
CONTEST ENDS AUG 31 8PM NO CALLS TO WEIGH FISH OR ENTER FISH AFTER THAT TIME.
**Edited for spelling
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