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Sascha Welsch
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Good article Mark.
It's amazing how many people I come across that have no idea of how to accurately weigh a fish or indeed are amazed when a fish is weighed accurately against their "guesstimate". I've witnessed someone weighing a tench at 10lb+ that was revised to under 7 when I weighed it by zeroing the scales first (they were at 1lb+ already) AND taking off the weight of the net it was weighed in!!! It makes me wonder how many specimen fish in the weeklys really are the weight stated.
For the record I've used the Salter Electro Samson scales for over a year now and can honestly say they are the bizz! Not cheap at about ?75 but very, very accurate up to 55lb in 1/2 oz divisions (can also be changed to Kg or decimal %s and are as accurate with a specimen roach as they are with a tench or carp and pike.
It's amazing how many people I come across that have no idea of how to accurately weigh a fish or indeed are amazed when a fish is weighed accurately against their "guesstimate". I've witnessed someone weighing a tench at 10lb+ that was revised to under 7 when I weighed it by zeroing the scales first (they were at 1lb+ already) AND taking off the weight of the net it was weighed in!!! It makes me wonder how many specimen fish in the weeklys really are the weight stated.
For the record I've used the Salter Electro Samson scales for over a year now and can honestly say they are the bizz! Not cheap at about ?75 but very, very accurate up to 55lb in 1/2 oz divisions (can also be changed to Kg or decimal %s and are as accurate with a specimen roach as they are with a tench or carp and pike.