digital fish scales

[The Smalleye]

Santa was very good to me this year! He brought me a new digital fish scale, does anybody know how accurate they are? If they are reading off can they be adjusted to read the correct weights?


Thank You In Advance

[s.f.]

i've used several normark scales and tested them with a gallon jug of water first. they are very close and consistent. close enough for any fish tale!
s.f.

[Bad Finger]

I have found them to be very accurate. You don't mention a name brand. Some meaure pounds/ounces, some measure pounds and 10ths of a pound. For instance, some will read 2.8 for 2 pounds 8 ounces, some will read 2.8 and that converts to 2 pounds 12.8 ounces.

A good way to test your scale is with meat from the store. It will likely have a digital weight printed on the lable. Like a pound of beef may be 1.2 pounds. Should match up. Or a turkey that weighs 13.5 pounds....

You can "tare" the weight too. I don'd like poking a fish with the hook on the scale. Hang the net on the scale, push re-set, when it flashes zero weight, place fish in net and weigh. You will have an accurate weight of the fish without the net weight.

[Jbob]

We tested the new Berkley scales and found them to be very accurate.

[rickn]

even the fish have gone digital? lol

[The Smalleye]

Thanks everyone BUT this means I will not able to tell fish storys about the 10 lb er that was onley 7 lbs. Maybe I can take the one guys avice and weigh the net and the fish to make a 19lb er LOL!! Good fishing to all of you and have a safe & Happy New year. The Smalleye.

[SD Fisher]

I bought a Berkley digital 3 years ago and had the same concerns so I took two 10 pound weights off of my son's barbell and weighed them both. One weighed 9.8 lbs and the other weighed 10.1 lbs. So, when my buddies and I are fishing, I always add 0.2 lbs to my fish, and subtract 0.1 lbs from their fish. I think that's fair, don't you ?

[mtwalleye]

SD Fisher --

I love your plan. Then again, I like mine pretty well, too. I simply guess at the weights the way I always did before. But then I make sure the digital scale is in plain view -- sometimes even waving it in front of the person I'm lying to.....er, I mean...telling the weight to. It adds an element of truth to even the most outrageous of fish weights. -- mark
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[The Smalleye]

This brings new meaning to the saying " Early to bed early to rise fish like he!! and make up lies ".or that fish was a L.D.R. " Long distance release but it would have gone at least 11 lbs.