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how to determine the age of a summer flounder - ridiculon - 08-11-2002
i caught a 25 inch female the other day and i was just wondering how old it might be it weighed about 8 or 9 pounds<br><br>tia<br><br>
Re: [ridiculon] how to determine the age of a summer flounder - davetclown - 03-31-2006
HI Tia,
that is an exclent question,
I would venture to say, maybe two posibly three years.
the species would be a real deciding factor, a couple years back one angler pulled up a 500 pound flounder.
the one you have could be at its maximum lenth and girth for its species and the fish could be twenty years old.
I am sure in a day or so one of our salt water pro's will have a better answer for you than what I can offer.
any way congradulations on your catch. those are impresive fishes at the size.
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Re: [ridiculon] how to determine the age of a summer flounder - tomc - 03-31-2006
in the range of 8-10 years old
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Re: [tomc] how to determine the age of a summer flounder - tubeN2 - 03-31-2006
I concur with ya bro. Those are very much like Halibut that we have on the west coast.
On the avereage, they can grow about a pound a year. The 500 pounder that was aforementioned was propbably on the way to a Weight Watchers meeting.[cool]
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