Fish scale recommendation

dakotaeye29 · Mar 16, 2016

Looking for a good quality scale for the boat/ ice house. The electronic ones I have had don't always work when cold, and the plastic ones don't stand up especially on lake Winnipeg.

Captain Ahab · Mar 16, 2016

Get a spring scale that is IGFA certifiable. I have a Chatillon 25lb with 4oz increments and a Chatillon 6lb with 1 oz increments. Both are made of brass for no rust. The Boga Grip is also IGFA certifiable.

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http://www.transcat.com/ametek-chatillon-in-006-in-006?st-t=adword_google_*&gclid=CJTqmr2lxcsCFYMlgQodP2MCTg

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Just remember though, when you have an accurate scale your fish stories won't be as cool with an actual weight.

DirtyMike · Mar 16, 2016

I was actually waiting for ahab's response. I couldn't remember the name but the tube scale sounds like something you're after. Always works and isn't made of plastic.

Captain Ahab · Mar 16, 2016

They also have a temperature compensating spring so it is accurate in various temps.

guywhofishes · Mar 16, 2016

DirtyMike said:
I was actually waiting for ahab's response. I couldn't remember the name but the tube scale sounds like something you're after. Always works and isn't made of plastic.

make sure you attach a float ;:;banghead

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I tend not to drop/lose stuff... but my dog/friends/relatives seem to have a real knack for it.

dakotaeye29 · Mar 16, 2016

Those look like good option.

Good tip for the float also

Captain Ahab · Mar 16, 2016

https://www.igfa.org/Fish/SCALES-AND-CERTIFICATION-.aspx

johnr · Mar 16, 2016

guywhofishes said:
make sure you attach a float ;:;banghead

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I tend not to drop/lose stuff... but my dog/friends/relatives seem to have a real knack for it.

Yeah, my friends infant son decided to toss my daughters iphone overboard last summer in the bay. He somehow was able to reach it out of the cup holder and then launch it off the side of the tritoon. The mother (friend of my wife) laughs and says "hope you had insurance on it".

It was awesome paying full price for her replacement phone, with those words stuck in my head as I wrote the check for the new one

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#allthingsshouldfloat

Red-BlueFin · Mar 16, 2016

you shouldve tossed her over and called it even

Sum1 · Mar 16, 2016

'll

johnr said:
Yeah, my friends infant son decided to toss my daughters iphone overboard last summer in the bay. He somehow was able to reach it out of the cup holder and then launch it off the side of the tritoon. The mother (friend of my wife) laughs and says "hope you had insurance on it".

It was awesome paying full price for her replacement phone, with those words stuck in my head as I wrote the check for the new one

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#allthingsshouldfloat

Or you could have said "No I don't have insurance so for your sake I hope your a good swimmer." Or if she was a hottie "Its OK babe well just buy a new one".

sl1000794 · Mar 16, 2016

I have 3 phones on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and haven't received a call ever that the salmon were running. Dang!!!

Steve

raider · Mar 16, 2016

dakotaeye29 said:
Looking for a good quality scale for the boat/ ice house. The electronic ones I have had don't always work when cold, and the plastic ones don't stand up especially on lake Winnipeg.

get one that starts at #10...

dakotaeye29 · Mar 16, 2016

Very true, the guys I was with last weekend put on a clinic in front of me, would have been useful. I managed one master but it was a fatty.

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