It is time for the big girls to put on the feed bag. They will start to chase the bait fish into the shallows for their lets fatten up for the ice cap. It is Mother Natures way of their survivial to keep the species going. From what I understand by the middle of November they have all their winter fat and their eggs have formed without the air sacks. Not sure of this but some bioligist can say yes or no about the eggs. But they should be their heaviest at the end of the month. That means that 41 and 42 poubnd fish that were caught in July and August should be pushing the fifty pound mark. I was talking to Dave Richey yesterday and he said he understood they gained about 20 percent of their body weight. So 20 % of 42 looks like 8.4 to me.so you take it from there.