What is the most accurate fish scale to buy?

many of the berkley or rapala digitals are quite good. If you want something very good, look at something like the salter...

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0011589014851a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&QueryText=scale&sort=all&Go.y=0&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&Go.x=0&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

If you want a mechanical scale that can be certified and handles fish

without risk of injury, look at Boga-Grip:

http://boga-grip.com/

8-)

The Boga is ok, I have one... the problem is that they have a small area to read where the weight incriments are printed... which allows a lot of variance from one person to the next.

The salter is a better scale, IMO, and will certify easily.

Not to change the subject, but how or where do you go to get your scale certified?

Not to change the subject, but how or where do you go to get your scale certified?

http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/consumer/w&m/index.html

All states have a "Department of Weights and Measures". Their main

duties are certifying commercial scales, gas pumps and things of that

nature. Yours may direct you to someone in town or in the county.

8-)

You can mail to IGFA headquarters at:

300 Gulf Stream Way

Dania Beach, Fl. 33004

Attn: World Records

Scales are tested each Thursday and returned on Fridays. The fee is $30 for members.

I was going to post this topic as well...  I recently got a good sized fish, and we had a crap scale.  Now I am wondering just how big my fish REALLY was...?  I was so excited, I failed to think about documenting the thing more accurately.  IF I ever catch another lunker, I am going to make sure I have a really good scale, and I am going to take measurements as well so I can get a replica made...

TY, roadwarrior and George!

What is the most accurate fish scale to buy?

Are you wondering if yours is off? Which do you use now? I use a Berkley one that seems to be quite accurate!

i had a rapala one and we weighed my new pb fish and it read 5 something lol. Then we took it to the ranger station and it was 9.2lbs!!

Any scale off the shelf may not be exact, legal is generally +/- 1%.

As a recreational fisherman being off 1/10 of an ounce is unimportant to me, but if I were losing sleep over it I send it in to the IGFA.

Daily handling of any scale may knock the calibration off.

I was going to post this topic as well... I recently got a good sized fish, and we had a crap scale. Now I am wondering just how big my fish REALLY was...? I was so excited, I failed to think about documenting the thing more accurately. IF I ever catch another lunker, I am going to make sure I have a really good scale, and I am going to take measurements as well so I can get a replica made...

Take many many pics also do them beside the fish and anything that can relate to his size rods are good so are yardsticks ,boatseats, anything really main thing is at least 10 pics of fish laying down on each side,holding it up ,in your lap etc etc

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I have and believe in the Cul-M-Rite scales.  They are absolutely spot on accurate!!

Buy a five pound bag of sugar at the supermarket. Leave it in the plastic bag you get from the super market. Weigh it using your scale. If it isn't 5 pounds on the digital readout - you've got a problem.

This is an old tournament trick and we'd do it every couple of weeks. For recreational fishing once or twice a year should be good.

I always rely on digital - but that's just me.

Salter!