If someone caught a large crappie and kept it on ice for 36 hours before it got weighed, how much weight do you think it would loose? Bragging post will be under Virginia forum later.
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Bill H. PTC USN Ret
Chesapeake, Va
I didn't believe that weight gain thing when you first posted it and I finally gave it a try last nite. Caught a fish that weighed 2lb 2oz on the boat scales. Caught it at 8:30 and promptly wiped it dry with a towel and then weighed it. Put it in the cooler with enough water to completely cover. Got home at 10:30 and weighed it on a set of digital certified "legal for trade" scales I have. It weighed 34.2oz. At 7:30 this am I weighed it again and it weighed 34.4 oz. I think .2 oz is too little to be considered weight gain. Perhaps the scales caused the water to "osmote" too slowlyOriginally Posted by Moose1am
Regarding salt drawing water from the fish"s body. As a practitioner of the fine art of meat curing I disagree that soaking in a salt solution will firm up the flesh. True--salt will draw moisture from the flesh but the flesh will also soak up some of the "brine". That's why bacon. ham and smoked salmon are salty.
One taste of the bait
is worth the pain of the hook
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