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Location: Just above the thermoclime | Anyone know if there is a muskie sized bump board available? If so, where can i find it / who makes it?
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Muskiehead,
The other day my brother and I were at Menards, or Home Depot.
I saw a large, 60+ inch ruler that would be perfect to make a bump board.
It was cheap to, about $10.00. It was made of metal, was about 4 inches wide, and like I said went to almost 70 inches.
I am going to buy me one this week, as I need to go back to buy supplies to make my show booth!
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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | I have one that I won at the Muskies Int banquet in Chip Falls a few years ago.
It doesnt have a "bump" built in it, but can easily be done.
It sure is nice having a big wide board so none of the fish is hanging over and losing it's slime on the carpet or a sizzling hot measuring stick.
The maker is from minesota, can't remember who makes them.
Jono or FredJ, you guys remember who makes them? |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Golden rule had one, not sure if they still make it, but I think it was only maybe 40". |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Here's the answer in an easy to store, in the water measure system that will allow you to control the fish without any harm done. Frabill builds the PROTECH Protective Catch and release netting system. I will net and CP the fish, transfer it to the Protech for an in water measure, and release her from the Protech. The handles can be held together, pinning the fish in the cradle like webbing until in the water again, holding the fish's weight evenly and securely throughout the process. Great product, great idea, and one VERY nice addition to my in-rig muskie release kit.
The netting is open on one end, and closed on the other. If you place the fish in the Protech with her nose on the closed end, line up the tail, and shoot a picture, you wil have a very accurate measure without laying the fish on a hard, dry surface, one of my pet peeves.
The Protech can be found where ever Frabill products are sold. Go to www.frabill.com for more details or questions. There is a tab for consumer questions there, too ([email protected]). Wish I had this last year!
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| I have one that is thin white plastic with blue writing on it that is about 60"long called the muskie/nothern stick or something like that. I bought mine at Mouldy's a few years ago for about $18, I think Gander Mountain sells them now. It is only about 3" wide though, not too good to lay the fish on the carpet with. I fixed that by cutting a piece of tarp 60" long by about 12" wide and super-glued the bump board to it. Now I just dip it in the water before putting a fish on it and no slime is lost. Simple, cheap, and it wraps up and fits in my rod box.
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Hi Greg, nope don't remember who made that board.
Jason, nice trick.
You could build one easily. Use one of those sticker tapes or lay a measuring stick like what Jason described (and I have too) into the wooden bumpboard then cover it with envirotex or a lot of poly to make it smooth and slime friendly.
bump boards are nice although they can be floor robbers in small boats.
Jono
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Hey Steve,
How long has that Protech been around, and why haven't I seen it before. That's a heck of an idea. I gotta get a close up look at one of those, I am quite sure there will be one in my rig next year. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | if you know local heat and air guy that does sheet metal he can bend you what you want....then attach that menards ruler to it with two pop rivets.............dip measure and release...and it cleans up quick too
worked for me and easy enough.......a guy could bend it himself too....a buddy also did this and used a strip of tape at 34/40/45/50 so he could judge it quicker---reflective too |
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| Hiya,
Dunwright Tackle Co - the same company that makes the tackle boxes, came out with a bump board this year. Same material (some kind of space age plastic), 60" long I think, and it folds up too. Not something I'd use I guess - don't measure 90% of my fish anyhow, and the ones I do measure I do with a stick in the water, but for people that want one, it's about the nicest option I've seen on the market...
Cheers,
RK
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Location: NeverNever Lake | Frabill's Protech looks like the "cream of the crop"................ |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I am told the Protech is about 1 year into the market. One can get the retailers who carry the thing from the address I posted earlier. |
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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | I would like to add that the one I have is 9" wide and 60" long. The lengths are routed into it with grooves and there is a piece of plexiglass that coveres the entire board.
Could be easy enough to make...somehow attaching a bump at the end.
I think it is very very important to have the boatd at LEAST 9" wide so the whole width of the fish doesnt hang over.
I had a metal yard stick before and with only a few inches wide, most of the fish was on teh carpet.
The PMTT has the best ones I've seen (unfortuneatly not in my boat YET), but as a judge we carried them at the Championship.
It is molded plastic, all one piece that not only has a bottom part you lay the fish on, but also has a back and and end(bump) built into it. |
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Location: Just above the thermoclime | Thanks for all the good info guys. That Frabill looks pretty nice - and expensive. I'll have to wait for a raffle on that one. They should have put the measuring numbers going the other way. I prefer to bump the nose to the end.
Looks like my next winter project will involve plastic, envirotex and a trip to menards. |
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Location: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario | Last year my fishing partner purchased the Frabill cradle Steve mentioned ($129 CAD I believe). This is without a doubt the finest cradle ever manufactured, and extremely fish friendly. It can be difficult to land fish using this cradle (or any cradle for that matter), and it is best used as Steve described - as a measuring and release tool. I also performed an "unscheduled" float test.....the cradle's owner was very glad it passed the test :).
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