Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Looking for a scale that reads in hundredths of a pound?

Does anyone have a source for a scale that reads in hundredths of a pound, not ounces? I need the scale for gathering my RW data. It is a real pain having to pull out a calculator to know that a 2 lb. 9 oz. bass is (9/16 = .56) + 2 = 2.56 lbs..

Thanks all!

Dave

Will this work? Or are you looking for a hanging scale?
http://www.oldwillknott.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/01235.7.4994835388884544987/OldWill 2_CJ4000SV

It will even count the fish for you!

Thanks Ric! Is this the model you are using? If so is the top big enough so that a bass under 15" fits ok to weigh? I wonder what the professional fisheries guys here at this site use?..hint.

I wonder if a hanging scale would be better, especially on fish that are still flopping around?

Thanks and looking forward to hearing more replies on this scale question.

Dave

Dave,
I use a walmart digitial scale (kitcen department). It weighs bass up to 5 lbs. Acurate to 1/8 of an ounce. I use it in grams mode and have a chart converted to inches and grams for Wr. Hard to beat the accuracy for $35. i go through about 2-3 /yr but work as well as $200 scale that also did not handle the water or the volume of weighing we do. Once over 5 lbs I use rapala digitial scale and have to conver the ounces like your talking about.

Dave
I use a digital kitchen scale also. I had a problem with the fish moving & flopping around. I bought a plastic pitcher that is about 14 inches tall. I put the pitcher on the scale, hot a button to zero the scale with the pitcher on it then drop the fish into the pitcher. Works like a charm.

I take my readings in LBS and OZ then use a spreadsheet to convert and calculate my relative weight.

I have taken it one step further - generating charts. You can see my charts at http://www.frankpinkston.com/weather/graph/std_wt_bass2.php

Frank

Frank - Nice Job of tracking the condition of your bass. You set a good example for others.

I currently use an Ohaus Scout-Pro with a 6000g capacity, roughly 13 lbs for detail work. It costs less than $200 and when certified this year, it was accurate to the thousandth of a pound. Like Greg, I have been disappointed with many of the scales I've used in the past. However, this one has surpassed all of my expectations. I've also used another less expensive Ohaus ($69 as I recall) with good success other than short battery life.

You really don't need accuracy to .001 lb for relative weights though.

One thing you could do is convert your Wr table to grams or whatever your inexpensive scale is measuring in. That way you only have to do one conversion initially, then every survey after that you are golden.