Average Weight of Fish Caught by Month & Year

Year Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Total
1988 9.7 9.4 8.5 5.6 3.7 4.2 4.7 5.1 4.9
1989 9.7 9.4 8.5 5.6 3.7 4.2 4.7 5.1 4.9
1990 9.0 8.1 9.1 6.0 3.8 4.7 5.1 4.8 5.4
1991 10.0 8.3 7.0 6.5 3.8 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.8
1992 8.5 7.6 8.8 5.7 3.9 3.9 4.3 5.2 4.7
1993 8.4 8.1 7.6 6.6 4.6 4.2 4.8 5.4 5.0
1994 8.1 9.0 8.6 8.3 4.2 4.2 4.5 6.3 5.4
1995 8.8 8.9 8.2 7.2 4.4 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.9
1996 9.8 8.9 8.7 6.3 4.1 3.7 4.8 5.2 4.8
1997   8.5 9.9 5.5 4.4 4.2 4.7 6.0 5.2
1998 7.0 6.9 8.1 7.6 4.1 3.8 4.7 5.6 4.8
1999 6.9 9.6 9.0 8.4 5.2 3.3 4.7 5.6 5.4
2000 10.0 8.4 8.7 7.2 4.5 4.3 4.2 5.5 4.9
2001 9.7  Closed - F&M  8.5 4.7 4.0 4.9 5.4 5.0
2002 8.1 7.5 8.9 7.9 4.9 3.7 5.1 5.3 5.0
2003 7.7 8.2 7.5 8.7 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.8
Average 1988 - 2003 8.8 8.4 8.5 7.0 4.3 4.1 4.7 5.3 5.1
2004 Season 8.2 9.1 8.2 7.7 5.6 5.0 5.3 6.1 5.9
% increase over average -7 7 -4 11 29 22 12 16 16