measuring fish

[Evan]

hi guys

just a quick question- where abouts do you all measure your fish to? fork or tail?

i personally have been measuring them to the fork- thinking that this was the way they are measured in bream comps??? but today when i caught a 28cm fork bream, mitch reckons that it was 31cm because thats what it measured to the tail!

any thoughts???

cheers

Evan

[Bear]

In WA the rule is tail.

[pete s]

here in victoria, legally its measured nose to tail. but most comps and most guys i know measure nose to fork

[johno13]

I have been told to measure to the tail to see if a fish is legal size or not

John

[kevinnugent59]

The official yellow measuring rulers that you buy in the tackle stores here all say measure nose to tail.

And all the government sites that talk about bag limits and measurements talk about measuring to the tail, so that's what we all do.


ymmv

Kevin

[Evan]

cheers for that guys

i have always for some reason measured them to the fork- so some of my 37 and 38cm bream would have been over the 40cm and beyond!!!!

i will be changing my measuring method from now on!!!

[Bear]

Especially for the comps mate.

You planning on entering as a boater for Perth??

[Richo]

Ev, you can add 3 or 4cm to those mate, you have got 40 for sure, now to seek the elusive 50cm

[Evan]

not to sure yet- im kinda in the process of selling my boat and might not have it by then

might have to go in as a non boater

[LakeConjolaFish]

Yep, the tip of their nose to the very very very tip of the tail for me

My thumb and my forefinger stretch to exactly 23 cm so thats a quick way to determine roughly the size of a fish for me. Anything that size or smaller I dont have to worry about the ruler.

[mike_mad_fisho]

gday
yeah LCF thats what we do aswell as my thumb and forefinger stretch to that aswell, anything that ooks ike it is wat over the 23cm mark we measure.
michael

[Craig_S]

Interesting technique Jim...I had to stop reading and immediately measure my own and only came up with 21cm.!! My wife has a theory about guys with long fingers too but thats another story and probably not too flattering for me if you guys are going 23.

In terms of measuring generally, I've always found the best method is to:

1. Loudly proclaim expert status to anyone who may be standing around.

2. Not get the tape out at all but just eyeball it and nominate it as "around 40".

3. Throw it back quick before anyone gets too curious.

C.

[Grant]

I had to measure to and come up with 18cm does that mean I drive a large car??????
Grant

[mike_mad_fisho]

gday
i think i should try craigs way of measuring fish, seems like a very good way to measure fish and then throw it back when onwathcers get too close lol. and u no what they say about men with big feet......... they wear big socks .
thanks michael

[pw-bream]

Jim, I thought I had big hands, I seem to compared to most people. When I measured thumb to little finger I got 23cm, then I realised you said forefinger, measured mine at 21cm without it hurting. I think I'll just keep using a tape measure or ruler.