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I am looking for a golden ruler to measure my fish. I have had 2 of the easy checkers by Frabil one of them blew out and I can't find the other. Also bought one of the pink measurer by B&M and I glad that thing disappeared. The ones I have seen start at 10" and I fish Wheeler where 9" is legal.
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Mine starts at 10" too.
I hate to take a new ruler and have to get after it with a Dremel. Pretty sure GW has one that measures 9"
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Mark it at 9 with a permanent marker
It's cheap enough
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That's the exact one that I have.
Get a Golden Rule and mark it with colored electrical tape you get at WalMart. The tape is 3/4" wide. Put a red at the minimum, then yellow, and finally green. A lot easier to read. Will post a picture of mine. Our minimum down here is 12".
Mark it like this.Attachment 324745
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I like it. Thanks for that.
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If the tail is in the Red, it goes back. Had to come up with a better system with my aging eyesight! Thanks for the comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
Great idea Calvin
There is a clear plastic measurer has the 9" marked made by GHS in MO.
The bait shop on 69 in Warrington at Browns creek carries Crappie measuring cups that measure from 8 inches on up to 12. I think they run about $5.99 but been a while since I had to buy one. I screw mine into the side of my 5 gallon fish bucket to prevent losing it.
if you have to measure? it's to small. 9 inch fish not much meat.
I set mine for 12.25" for Mississippi crappie! I do not keep any under 10", up here in TN. I use the tape system also.
I like those tater chips fillets ! I don’t like a thick piece of fish ( taste too fishy ) by no means do I keep everything That measures but if I’m keeping em to eat if it’s over 9”where legal and not a hot day it’s getting the knife/ scaled ! When I used to fish the bridges I kelp one of those clear ones on a rope tied to my bucket !
That's the good eatin' for sure, Mitch! But we can't keep 'em down here without a price!:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Slabprowler
No fish worth it to me Calvin ! that why we tossed most of our donkeys back when we were their! They still fun to catch though!
Fish not biting much. How do I know? We are talking about fish measures. Wish it would quit raining and the water clear up and stabilize, but rain is the Lords business and he knows what we need. I sure am getting Cabin fever though. Maybe next week in Cocodrie will be nice. May rain but won't be cold
I screwed my golden ruler to a piece of 1x6 the same length. I measure crappie and bass on one side, flip it over a cut up shad across a 5 gal bucket on the other. I keep my shad net and ruler in the bucket. Keep shad in the bucket, or minnows. It also has 3 notches in it and a piece of all-thread on hand and it becomes an additional rod hold when my sons come with me. Man, thats been a good bucket.
you can also just mark off all your rods with a piece of colored tape or model car paint....saves having to have a second item to deal with...