I use digital food tray scales - $15 at any big box store, and put a colander on top which cradles the fish nicely. Obviously it's not as convenient as a hanging scale but I'm fishing for BG from a dock typically so the tray scale sits there and mobility isn't an issue for me, I'm just recording LxW stats and measuring WR of my BG.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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