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Re: The downsizing of Chinook salmon

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Post by quadrangle » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #10

> Fishermen stand next to chinooks almost as tall as they are, sometimes weighing 100 pounds or more. This is a fish story. 100 pound chinooks have always been INCREDIBLY rare. While there are records of very few fish that size being netted or trapped, the world hook and line record is "only" 97 pounds. And a salmon of 125 pounds would be about 62-65", certainly not "almost as tall as a fisherman." The writer should…

Uh, 62-65" certainly is "almost as tall as a fisherman"!

You think fisherman are all well over six feet tall or something?? Even if that were the case, "almost as tall" qualifies. They didn't say "as tall" without the "almost".

Re: The downsizing of Chinook salmon

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Post by paulcole » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 3:59 AM UTC

quadrangle wrote: post #11

paulcole wrote: post #10

> Fishermen stand next to chinooks almost as tall as they are, sometimes weighing 100 pounds or more. This is a fish story. 100 pound chinooks have always been INCREDIBLY rare. While there are records of very few fish that size being netted or trapped, the world hook and line record is "only" 97 pounds. And a salmon of 125 pounds would be about 62-65", certainly not "almost as tall as a fisherman." The writer should…

Uh, 62-65" certainly is "almost as tall as a fisherman"! You think fisherman are all well over six feet tall or something?? Even if that were the case, "almost as tall" qualifies. They didn't say "as tall" without the "almost".

125 is bigger than all but maybe 2 or 3 of the biggest salmon ever caught. A 100 pound fish would be closer to 58”.

Re: The downsizing of Chinook salmon

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Post by quadrangle » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 5:36 PM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #12

quadrangle wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uh, 62-65" certainly is "almost as tall as a fisherman"! You think fisherman are all well over six feet tall or something?? Even if that were the case, "almost as tall" qualifies. They didn't say "as tall" without the "almost".

125 is bigger than all but maybe 2 or 3 of the biggest salmon ever caught. A 100 pound fish would be closer to 58”.

Yeah, but I was just using numbers from your post itself, not making a claim about fish sizes in the world, and 58" is still "almost as tall as a fisherman" (the operative word being "almost").