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Bluegill Terminator
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 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: Whats a good scale? |
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| Want to buy a legit fishing scale to weigh some fish. I heard that the digital scales can work, and then can't work, so I am leaning towards a spring scale. Anyone have any recommendations? |
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dave_376
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| bogo are supposed to be good, I don't have one but a lot of people swear by them. i have a rapala digital the has worked great for 4 or 5 years. |
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Quint's Revenge
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Bogas are the best scales I've found.
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slimecoat
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:55 am Post subject: |
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I own a Rapala digital scale and it has worked flawlessly for at least 6 years. Spring scales are ok if you want a measurement that is close, but in bass tournaments every ounce counts, so we need a very accurate scale to be able to cull the correct fish, or a balance beam.
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Bass Addict
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Location: Wethersfield, CT 06109
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:03 am Post subject: |
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I got a berkley digital scale. It was 40$ and it has lasted me 18 years. I never had to change the batteries. I check it a couple of times a season using various weights to make sure it is accurate.
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Old Mud
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:24 am Post subject: |
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i use a Shimano #SM219 but it only maxes out at 100 pounds so i use it for setting my Drag's. 
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DirtyDawg10
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Location: Granby, CT
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| Old Mud wrote: | | i use a Shimano #SM219 but it only maxes out at 100 pounds so i use it for setting my Drag's. |
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:29 am Post subject: |
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Don, you're a funny guy! I use a Boga for lifting fish out of the water but for exact measurements I use the X-Tools electronic culling scale which is great as it stores each individual fish's weight.
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Old Mud
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| SkeeterJim wrote: | | Don, you're a funny guy! I use a Boga for lifting fish out of the water but for exact measurements I use the X-Tools electronic culling scale which is great as it stores each individual fish's weight. |
Wish i could use a Boga for lifting my fish. this is what i have to use for my smaller fish. 
oh and this is what it looks like in action.
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brennan
Joined: 26 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish Mud...what is the best you got on rod and reel?
Additionally, I have a berkley digital lip gripper style and it sucks...off by at least 5 ounces in an unpredictable pattern....grips work well though |
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Old Mud
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| brennan wrote: | Nice fish Mud...what is the best you got on rod and reel?
Additionally, I have a berkley digital lip gripper style and it sucks...off by at least 5 ounces in an unpredictable pattern....grips work well though |
Good one Bren !!!! "Off by 5 ounces" Hey the best was 768# shipped. No head fins guts or tail. don't know what she weighed whole. had to have a Dragger load her in my boat. 
Ok so i'm fooling about the 5 Ounces I reload ammo so i know 5 ounces can be a world.
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SkeeterJim
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| brennan wrote: | Nice fish Mud...what is the best you got on rod and reel?
Additionally, I have a berkley digital lip gripper style and it sucks...off by at least 5 ounces in an unpredictable pattern....grips work well though |
Brennan,
With any electronic digital scale I check the accuracy of it at work with certified weights to see how far off they are when I buy one. The first X-Tool I got was off by 3 ounces (not acceptable) so I sent it back to the manufacturer for a replacement and now mine is off by 1/2 ounce which I could live with. Didn't want to pay $100.00 for just a fish lipper.
Jim
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Bluegill Terminator
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Ya so I am probaly going to go with a spring scale that is under $20. I am buying an Ardent XS 600 5:0:1 gear ratio. Going to be paired with a 7ft 6 Heavy Power St. Croix Premeir that Santa Claus is bringing  . Going to be my froggin rod. Not gonna lie fishing with stricly St. Croixs I have caught my biggest trout and largemouth bass of my life on these rods this year. |
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Old Mud
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