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As far as accurate lenth measuring goes, If I am going to keep a striper, I have 30 inches measured from the butt of my pole to a marked spot up the shaft. I hold it up, briefly {I know this is not good, especially for larger fish}. If the fork of the tail is shorter, I don't keep it. I have noticed in ther past that there is some shrinkage and have been "questioned" by a warden about the size of a 29 inch fish when I measured it on the beach which was only barely 28 a few hours later. Maybe water loss? I know a 42 pound striper will only weigh 39 pounds after only 1 hour if not on ice. Which is why I can not say I've caught a 40 #'er.
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