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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: buffaloman chris] #3812059 08/13/09 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted By: buffaloman chris
J.B go to academy sports, they have a ranger net for 10 dollors, its a fine mesh net with a 6ft handle. alot of us have one and use them,


I have one of these nets. It's great. I've had buffs to 17lbs in mine with tons of room left.

Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Golden Ghost] #3812111 08/13/09 04:28 PM
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i guess nobody like my way to weigh



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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Scouser] #3812144 08/13/09 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted By: Scouser
All you need is a bucket, some copper wire, a 50lb sack of potatoes, and a convenient tree branch. Lasso the fish's tail with copper wire and hang it over a tree branch. At the other end of the wire, tie a bucket. Keep adding potatoes from the 50lb bag into the bucket until the fish and the bucket balance at the same level either side of the branch. When you get home, weigh the remaining potatoes in the 50lb sack on the bathroom scale. Deduct this number from 50lbs, and deduct another pound to account for the bucket, and you'll know the weight of the fish you caught. The added bonus is that the bigger the fish, the easier it is to carry the sack home.

For bigger fish, use a 100lb sack of potatoes.

If the copper wire, a bucket and a 50 or 100 lb sack of potatoes is too much to carry in your two hands, you can use a laundry sack to put them in so you can carry then with only one hand. Laundry sacks are only a dollar or so at Wally World I hear...


doesent sound fish frendly!!!


pb buffalo 58.0lb
pb common 36.4lb
pb grasser 46.0lb
pb mirror 24.12lb
pb koi 15.25lb
pb blue 39.0lb
pb goldfish 1.5lb
pb bass 6lbs

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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: buffaloman chris] #3812159 08/13/09 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted By: buffaloman chris
doesent sound fish frendly!!!

Prolly wasn't s'posed to. smile


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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Smile-n-Nod] #3812218 08/13/09 04:46 PM
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It also sounds like a lot of work.

Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: J.B] #3812237 08/13/09 04:49 PM
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yea like im gonna have a 100lb sack of tators in my truck, if i have that many im frying up some lololol


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pb common 36.4lb
pb grasser 46.0lb
pb mirror 24.12lb
pb koi 15.25lb
pb blue 39.0lb
pb goldfish 1.5lb
pb bass 6lbs

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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: buffaloman chris] #3812476 08/13/09 05:37 PM
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Maybe use some soft rope instead of the copper wire then. Some of that silky curtain trim that the missus uses perhaps. That should be a little more friendly. smile

Oh, and if 50lb bags of spuds are too heavy, maybe use 5x10lb bags of nerf balls.

Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Scouser] #3812506 08/13/09 05:41 PM
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Buy a gravity meter, then measure the gravimetric effect of the fish at different distances from the meter.


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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Smile-n-Nod] #3812589 08/13/09 05:53 PM
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Definitely liking the gravity meter option. What aisle are they on at Wal-Mart? Near the spuds?

Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Scouser] #3812597 08/13/09 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted By: Scouser
What aisle are they on at Wal-Mart?

Hardware. Or maybe Electronics.


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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: J.B] #3812685 08/13/09 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted By: J.B
What is a good way to weigh a fish with out harming it ?

I am planing on getting this scale and don't really want to poke a hole in the fishes mouth.

two words
boga grip


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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Pondbass] #3813323 08/13/09 08:08 PM
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boga grips are the same as putting a whole in there mouth

if your not willing to promote fish safty then carp fishing isnt for you imo.

Last edited by buffaloman chris; 08/13/09 08:11 PM.

pb buffalo 58.0lb
pb common 36.4lb
pb grasser 46.0lb
pb mirror 24.12lb
pb koi 15.25lb
pb blue 39.0lb
pb goldfish 1.5lb
pb bass 6lbs

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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: J.B] #3813505 08/13/09 08:48 PM
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[quote=J.B]What is a good way to weigh a fish with out harming it ?

Weigh sling, all the way!

Don't forget to zero the sling out first.

Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: Rich Somerville] #3813578 08/13/09 09:05 PM
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I say don't zero the sling and make sure its full of water when you weigh.... Helps you catch bigger fish.


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Mirror: 14lbs
Buffalo: 56lbs
White Amur:49lbs
Blue Cat: 32lbs
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Re: Good way to weigh a fish [Re: SomethingSmellsFishy] #3813991 08/13/09 10:44 PM
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I usually put a couple of housebricks in the bottom of my weigh sling to stop the wind blowing it around when I'm weighing a fish. Stops the scale jumping around so much.

Wrap the brinks in foam first, of course. And wet the foam before you put a fish in with them.

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