Trouble with fishing scale
Jan 14, 2020 20:21:25 #
Banks fishing life
Loc: New Orleans
Recently I got a fishing scale. On one end it has the plastic part and on the other end there is a hook. Where do I put the hook on a fish to way it.
Jan 14, 2020 20:23:36 #
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Jan 14, 2020 23:55:18 #
BILLBYRD1
Loc: Prattville Al
You can also/or push the hook part through the bottom lip but either way does damage. Either replace the hook with clips or attach the clips to the hook or replace them completely with clips. You can check for accuracy of a pull spring scale with a digital scale with clips by using a bucket of water weighed by the digital scale and then by the pull spring scale.
Jan 15, 2020 21:05:15 #
The air in the fish's bladder will make it be lighter if you weigh (not "way") the fish while it is in a bucket of water. Something to ponder...will it?
Jan 15, 2020 21:53:27 #
seborf wrote:
The air in the fish's bladder will make it be lighter if you weigh (not "way") the fish while it is in a bucket of water. Something to ponder...will it?
You got me thinking on that one Sebrof. If I put a 10oz sinker in a balloon full of air would it not weigh 10ozs in a bucket of water? I got to try that one.
Jan 16, 2020 11:17:22 #
BankStalker
Loc: Friendswood TX
I sharpened the end of the hook, not super sharp so it will penetrate the fish mouth,, but sharp enough they will stay there if they wiggle. I dont like messin w/ their gills. Its a tip I saw somewhere and it works.
Jan 16, 2020 12:14:30 #
joat
Loc: Southeast MO
That's a great idea. I don't like doing damage to the gills or mouth, especially if I am going to release them. Gill damage is easy to do.
Jan 16, 2020 12:30:13 #
BankStalker
Loc: Friendswood TX
yeah, I have no desire to injure a fish when unnecessary. those gills got to be delicate
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