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Lookin for some suggestions on a good durable accurate scale. Bein primarily catfisherman in the past our scale is a 100 lb scale and I don't trust it's accuracy with the smaller weight. Ideally a tournament oriented scale/culling system is what we are lookin for and I don't wanna spend money before gettin some input from you guys with experience. Thanks a bunch and hook em in the lips.
I have seen a culling system at Academy sports had a digital scale and the different colored floats to mark the fish. It also keeps the fish in memory so you know the weight by color. I think it was put out by Rapala. I have their digital scale. It seems to be tough and accurate. You can always go low tech with a culling beam.
Amazon.com : Rapala Touch Screen Tourney Scale 15lb : Fish Scales : Sports & Outdoors
Here is by far the best scale I've found. It is very accurate, durable and comes with culling plugs. Trust me, you can't go wrong! Mine is fantastic. YOu can get a 50 lb one also...Amazon.com : Rapala Touch Screen Scale 50lb : Fish Scales : Sports & Outdoors
I use an electronic kitchen scale, but some of the electronic grain scales for reloading might be worth a look. I've put fish on a beam and they were even, but when weighed in grains they were off by more than 25 grains. I've seen a lot of tournaments that places were .01 of an ounce apart. Twenty five grains is almost .06 of an ounce. Food for thought.
I have the Rapala like DSJ. I use the 15 lb because I have read they are more accurate than the 50 lb for what we normally use them for.
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For crappie tournaments I used a cheap postal scale off EBay. Most accurate I found. I even weigh my bluegill and shell crackers with it so I know I am not exaggerating what size I caught.
This is an awesome scale. Mine weighs just a tad under from the Crappie Master scales they use. its only a 1/4 lb under on a 7 fish total. I would rather it weigh under than over.Quote:
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I like and use the Accu-Cull digital scale. It is spot on accurate.
Thanks for all the input guys. I had looked at the rapala and questioned the durability of the touch screen and rapala products always seem hit and miss. Good to know this one I actually decent.
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I just bought a rapala 50lbs scale, not the touch screen, and took it to mississipi and weighed some fish and it was way off from some of the other scales. I was really POed about it and just about to throw it against the wall when I noticed it was set to kg and not lbs. Duh, my bad.