Any engineers/entrepreneurs in the house?

[gim]

I use a bigger fold out one for muskies.  It has a fold up fence in the front too.  I can say with 100% certainty that its a A LOT easier to get a good measurement/photo of a muskie when someone else is with you.  I have this one tagged right at 35 inches.  Doing it by yourself is a real challenge with a sizable esox.

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, gimruis said:

I use a bigger fold out one for muskies.  It has a fold up fence in the front too.  I can say with 100% certainty that its a A LOT easier to get a good measurement/photo of a muskie when someone else is with you.

If I ever get a musky I’m not posting any pics on the internet , don’t want the musky mafia coming at me haha

[gim]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

musky mafia

[Bluebasser86]

If you lay the end of the board up on the railing of the kayak so the fence is on the bottom (a slight angle), it allows gravity to work for you and keep the fish pushed up against the fence but not so sharp an angle that pictures are difficult. That's how I do it.

[TnRiver46]

24 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

If you lay the end of the board up on the railing of the kayak so the fence is on the bottom (a slight angle), it allows gravity to work for you and keep the fish pushed up against the fence but not so sharp an angle that pictures are difficult. That's how I do it.

For whatever reason they never will keep their mouth closed when I try it. They will lay still all day with their mouth open but close and it goes bananas 

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31 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I use a bigger fold out one for muskies.  It has a fold up fence in the front too.  I can say with 100% certainty that its a A LOT easier to get a good measurement/photo of a muskie when someone else is with you.  I have this one tagged right at 35 inches.  Doing it by yourself is a real challenge with a sizable esox.

Ripping gills is just an expression, just like..., no I'd better not...

[Swamp Girl]

8 hours ago, Bankc said:

There are a few problems I see with this idea.  One, the water is often moving, so your boat is often moving.  It's hard to get that kind of scale to measure anything with accuracy as the scales is moving up and down or side to side against the momentum of the plate on top.  The kind you hold work better because you'll naturally counteract much of that with your hands.  Two, for those types of scales to be accurate, they have to be level.  And finding and maintaining level in a boat won't be easy.  And three, those types of scales work best when the weight is directly over the center.  When you combine it with a measuring plate, you'll always want to put the head of the fish in the same area.  So small fish will be centered on one side, and larger fish will be centered over the other.  The kind where the fish hang below the scale is always centered, assuming you're holding the scale correctly.  And lastly, they're going to be kind of bulky and not as easily stored out of the way when not in use.

 

I'm not saying in theory that it couldn't work.  Some of maybe all of these problems could be engineered around.  Like perhaps you could introduce a gimbal to the system to keep it level, stable, and upright, like they've done with compasses in ships for centuries.  In its most basic form, it would probably work fine for personal use.  But I don't see how you'd be able to get the accuracy or consistency needed for tournaments without increasing the price to something far beyond what's currently out there.  

 

^I like the way you think.^

[flyfisher]

I broke way too many hawg troughs in my kayak or lost them overboard and i went to a plano bumop board and cracked that and recently went with a ketch carbonate board that is holding up nicely and i  put some 3/4" foam seal stuff like you would use for drafty windows or soemthing in the slots in teh back and it floats.  So far so good.....if i need to weigh a fish I pull out the rapala digital scale.

 

Unless it is citation sized i don't usually measure or weigh my fish.