Hello everybody. I'm new here, so first, thank you for accepting me into these forums. Im in need of some help/opinions. I'm hosting a bass competition and am looking for a way to score the fish with a combination of length and weight since it won't be a tournament style total of five. You enter a single fish. I'm not sure if I'm explaining that we'll enough or not. If anybody has any ideas please let me know.

If you're doing a tournament that isn't going to have a typical weigh in with the same set of scales, then you're best using the kayak method. Everyone gets the same ruler at the beginning of the day, along with a tag with their boat number on it. Every fish gets photographed on the ruler with the tag in the photo. At the end of the day, total length in inches is the winner. 

 

Below is an example of what I mean.

 

Clever method^^^^

If the goal is length only and not weight the kayak method should work.

Just make sure every angler agrees before the derby starts!

Tom