Measuring devices

Since we catch so many dinks on Nimrod , I carry measuring boards. The plastic ones that you drop them in head first. We carry buckets to put 10'' fish and sometimes another for 11'', then 12'' and over go in the livewell. It makes it much easier to cull by size. I also take along my fish counter
Steve48 brought me. When we get 1 each(fishermen) short of a limit we released smallest every time we keep a bigger fish. Hopefully the slabs will pick up and we won't need a measuring board soon. I've found when taking some folks this helps as some are better than other judging sizes.

Just bought a golden ruler at Grizzly during the show because I heard that's what enforcement uses. I also have an EZ checker that the fish drop down in that I found at Walmart on sale.

Have marks drawed on top of ice chest at 10 inches, also have stick on ruler for front of boat.

I use the golden rule

How can the fish stay healthy and live to cull from a bucket?

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Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter

How can the fish stay healthy and live to cull from a bucket?

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Usually it's cool and not many stay in the bucket long.

I have two yellow metal yard sticks screwed into the boat one in front and one in back.
Also have my live well divided to keep the fish divided for two fishermen.
If I have a third person in the boat I will use a stringer.
I fish in MO a lot and by law you can not remove a fish from the live well to cull.
You decide to cull as you catch.
Also you have to be able to identify who caught what fish.

In a canoe on the Buffalo River, I mark my fishing rod

On Greers, where I just measure because I don't like to keep fish less than 10", I use one of the green measurer that the crappie drop done in to head first, but on a lake where there is a size limit I use a golden rule.

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Originally Posted by billy e

i use the golden rule

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I have both a golden rule and the drop in kind. Don't use them much just eye ball it.

Fish wap in SE Mo 9 inch limit,I use the little easy checker, Kentucky lake 10 inch, use the green grip n check, Mississippi 12+ the big pink crappie saver, home lake of Reelfoot Tn, no length limit, use eyeballs!

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Originally Posted by Billy E

I use the golden rule

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X2 and a Pitch counter

We have two livewells in boat put the smaller fish 10"-11 in passanger side and keepers 11" and over in drivers side.We have homemade fish bead counters that go to 25.The ones close to 10" go back as soon as we catch them.We use the EZchecker and the golden rule if close.

Measure all fish to the regulations of the lake I am fishing. If the fish is obviously a keeper no need in measuring, just keeping count. I would rather throw a fish back at a length limit of 9 inches that measures exactly 9 inches, because its all in the eyes of the beholder on how you interpret the rules. So if its not over 9 inches and a 1/4 it dont go in the live well.