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09-07-2010, 07:07 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I weigh my fish to know how much it weighs?  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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09-07-2010, 07:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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All of them Larry,or just the big ones?Do you always carry a scale in the surf?
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09-07-2010, 07:15 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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i fish mostly c&r (i kill a couple for the table each year) and i weigh and measure large. i like to know my pb and yes i always carry a scale and tape...even on the ditch.
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09-07-2010, 07:21 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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No no scale in the surf Chris. I only keep/weigh maybe 6-8 fish a year.....mostly table fish 18-24 pounds.....maybe a couple larger if I get a PB.
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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09-07-2010, 07:28 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,272
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I weigh a few - almost always just what I keep - which isn't many - mostly guess as I can be within a couple pounds.
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09-07-2010, 07:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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I rarely weigh my fish, or even measure them for that matter( only when I know they are around 50" will I actualy measure them).. I have both items on board, but have a rule ( I release my fish) I dont weigh,measure AND photograph a fish, I pick one method , the pre posistioned, self timer on the camera is the quickest method( I usualy fish alone)... the camera is set on the console ready to take the picture with a quick push of a button... the tape is on the console, in front of the throttle ( and my glasses) if i feel the need to measure ... I've used the scale more on other peoples fish than my own...I usualy use scale to set my drags.. that's about it..
Bottom line is, it is just not that important to me, and in most instances.. the chore of measureing or weighing fish takes away from the actual time I want to fish...coupled with the extended time out of the water... it's not good for the fish either...
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09-07-2010, 07:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Narragansett
Posts: 903
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I virtually never weigh, but I routinely measure, often by quickly holding a fish along the butt of my rod in order to measure more accurately later. Length seems to be the new standard. Years ago, everyone talked pounds, not inches.
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09-07-2010, 07:40 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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I like to brag. It helps to have a precise number so people don't question it....particularly when you can't hold the fish close to the camera. Unfortunately my scale has gotten too heavy and rusted from lack of use, so I quit carrying it and now make my best guess, add 10 lbs, and report that. It is all explained in the "Plug Fisherman's Code of Honor" book.
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09-07-2010, 08:27 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,272
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
I like to brag. It helps to have a precise number so people don't question it....particularly when you can't hold the fish close to the camera. Unfortunately my scale has gotten too heavy and rusted from lack of use, so I quit carrying it and now make my best guess, add 10 lbs, and report that. It is all explained in the "Plug Fisherman's Code of Honor" book.
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09-07-2010, 08:40 AM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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it seems like the dream is to catch a 50 pounder, not a 50 incher. it feels cooler to quantify your fish by pounds rather than inches anyway. |
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09-07-2010, 08:46 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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Originally Posted by american spirit
it seems like the dream is to catch a 50 pounder, not a 50 incher. it feels cooler to quantify your fish by pounds rather than inches anyway. |
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09-07-2010, 05:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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Originally Posted by american spirit
it seems like the dream is to catch a 50 pounder, not a 50 incher. it feels cooler to quantify your fish by pounds rather than inches anyway. |
I got a 49" a couple years ago and really wish i had a scale to weigh her on. So i carry a boga 30 which doesn't do much good. Gotta grab a 60. I can eyeball a fish up to about 30 or so, after that my guesses are just that.
Plus don't all the cool guys talk about pounds not inches? |
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09-07-2010, 05:37 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
I got a 49" a couple years ago and really wish i had a scale to weigh her on. So i carry a boga 30 which doesn't do much good. Gotta grab a 60. I can eyeball a fish up to about 30 or so, after that my guesses are just that.
Plus don't all the cool guys talk about pounds not inches?
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09-07-2010, 08:36 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,428
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
I like to brag. It helps to have a precise number so people don't question it....particularly when you can't hold the fish close to the camera. Unfortunately my scale has gotten too heavy and rusted from lack of use, so I quit carrying it and now make my best guess, add 10 lbs, and report that. It is all explained in the "Plug Fisherman's Code of Honor" book.
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