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| I have laid a musky or two on a bump board, but only in a tournament. Most of the time, if I want a measurement, I just place the round measuring stick in the water next to the fish and "within a half inch or so" is really plenty good enough. My feeling is: why stretch the poor creature out on a flat board, doing some possible degree of discomfort (if not injury) if it really doesn't matter. That's especially true if we are only going to lie about how big it was anyway. I say, leave it in the water and it's really totally easier to lie about how big it was with a fairly clear concience. If there is a cash award involved and you are lucky enough to catch a fish, wet the #*^@ thing down and use it. Otherwise, let it swim away and tell us she was a "50." The amount of guys who believe you will be just about the same--even worse if you have a picture. Marty Forman |
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Location: Antigo Wi. | I purchased everything I needed to make my own from Fleet Farm and have less than $25 invested. I can measure up to 60" |
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| for a extra 20$ get a frabill cradle |
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | I really like my MuskieLink board a lot.
Don't use a metal one when it's cold out. The slime freezes to it very quick. Probably shouldn't lay a fish down on anything when its below freezing. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Jomusky - 12/13/2009 11:04 AM
Don't use a metal one when it's cold out. The slime freezes to it very quick. Probably shouldn't lay a fish down on anything when its below freezing.
I agree. Good point. That's why I started making mine floaters. For that reason and for smaller fish. It's really easy to actually leave the board halfway submerged, slide the fish out of the net and onto the board. Literally 2 seconds on the board in the water, and the fish is gone. |
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| For those like me that think it's insane to spend any more than about $20 on a measuring device...
Rapala makes a 3 section foldable 60" ruler that also has one end that folds up making it work like a bump board. It costs less than $15 which is cheaper than you can even make one for yourself. I think R&H's carries them.
I don't own one of these, as I am fine with an in the water measurement using a floating ruler. I could care less if it's 1/4 or 1/2" off and don't see how anyone would want to take a fish out of the water and set it on anything for a measurement unless in a tournament situation but to each his / her own.
http://www.rapala.com/products/accessoriesdetail.cfm?name=60 inch Magnum Folding Ruler&category=Tool Series
Edit: for some reason, this website isn't making the full link clickable. Copy and paste the whole paragraph above to see this ruler on the Rapala website.
Edited by esoxcpr 12/13/2009 11:45 AM
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| I bought one of these Rapala ones at Fleet Farm. It was about $15.00 |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | the rapala folding ruler ... what a concept, a plastic thing that folds out and bumps a fish to measure it ... for 15-20 bucks. what will they think of next?! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Small issue with that ruler is if you lay the fish down on that model, you are, for all intents and purposes, laying the fish down on the carpet. Wet the carpet well before using it for the fish's benefit. Also, most real bump boards have a backstop vertical board to assist in easily restraining the fish by pushing the back gently against the board. No sliding around, and a very quick measure as the ruler portion of the board is always much wider than the tail of the muskie getting measured. |
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| you can make one for about $10 that is just as good as the $75 ones. Go to Menards and get a piece of siding trim (Vinyl), 2 hinges, and some fabric measuring tape. Done... takes about 20 min to assemble. i have made 3 of them. |
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| You get what you pay for..... I know some people who bought those and they didn't even last 1 season. Cracked, and pieces broke off. Now they have sharp edges to cut open the fishes belly!  |
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| Yea, I got that Rapala measuring stick free (Ranger logo and all) with a huge box of free Rapala stuff that came as a promotion for buying a Ranger last year, terriffic baits, tools, scale wonderful stuff......except for that measuring stick, which is just not worth trying not to break...you won't succeed. Marty Forman |
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