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Culling fish
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12/20/17 11:18 PM
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Raettig
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What is the most accurate item you can buy to weigh fish on the water? Reason I ask is I fished the fish and chips, had a 5 and a 4 other 3 fish were 2 pounds plus or minus ended up with 16.17 pounds 12th place 7 hundredths from cashing a check. Culled fish by me and my partners eye all afternoon , skinny and long, short and fat in the back of my mind , did we nail it, did we keep the bigger fish we will never know. What is the best tool out there ?
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545471
12/20/17 11:25 PM
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Wayne P.
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Balance beam. Not affected by springs, or electronic weight sensors.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545479
12/20/17 11:29 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 169
Raettig
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Will it detect Hundredths? Asking because I don't know
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545488
12/20/17 11:38 PM
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Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 1,166
Shallow Waters
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Balance beam will be most accurate to compare 2 fish. Too many influences in scales from writing one fish to weighing another.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Wayne P.]
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12/20/17 11:54 PM
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Donald Harper
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Balance beam. Not affected by springs, or electronic weight sensors. This. Beam me up Scotty.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545528
12/21/17 12:24 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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Yep...get a good beam. I have been screwed by cheap scales and started more arguments (that I didn't win) over my scales weight vs the tourney scale. Never again. I catch five keepers and then use the beam to cull. Let the tourney scale put me in my place.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545667
12/21/17 01:52 AM
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the skipper
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We don't even use a scale anymore. If you can't see the difference put them on a beam. Then you know for sure.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: the skipper]
#12545862
12/21/17 04:03 AM
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SoCal Tom
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We don't even use a scale anymore. If you can't see the difference put them on a beam. Then you know for sure. This ^^^
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545887
12/21/17 04:19 AM
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PEDRO H.
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I have my own crazy system down that works for me, but I use a scale and a balance beam. I use the scale mainly to keep track of what weights I have instead of writing it down. but the balance beam never lies.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545893
12/21/17 04:23 AM
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Bee'z
honey boo boo
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Just don't leave the tag in he fish when you cull it.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Raettig]
#12545896
12/21/17 04:23 AM
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Matt Jackson
Extreme Angler
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Every time we put the beam in the the boat we can't catch squat. Take it out and no problems but tend to wish we had it.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Matt Jackson]
#12546011
12/21/17 12:43 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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Every time we put the beam in the the boat we can't catch squat. Take it out and no problems but tend to wish we had it. I have the same problem with nets.....it's why I've learned to boat flip 6 pounders and down and lip the big ones. The net is always under the throwable and three life jackets and maybe a couple rain jackets. Maybe you just need to bury the beam under a bunch of stuff.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Bee'z]
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12/21/17 01:51 PM
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Rob W.
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Just don't leave the tag in he fish when you cull it. Who would do that?
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: Bee'z]
#12546087
12/21/17 01:59 PM
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Posts: 2,218
B.Hollingshead
Extreme Angler
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Just don't leave the tag in he fish when you cull it. I do but I have a separate tag that says cull and the TH Marine beam has notches for the tags. To the OP Cul M rite is the most accurate scale to the hundredths and a balance beam is the best combo.
Branden Hollingshead
38-DD's and counting
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Re: Culling fish
[Re: B.Hollingshead]
#12546161
12/21/17 02:45 PM
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One fish Bill
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[/quote]I do but I have a separate tag that says cull[/quote] That's a good idea. Thanks
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