Check your scale batteries!

MallenManson · 03-13-10, 09:36 PM

I found out tonight that the batteries in my Berkley scale are dead.
Thankfully I found out now instead of looking at a new PB, a dead scale, and crying like a 12 year old with a skinned knee.

Luckily, I was gonna use it to weigh up 7# of ground beef lol

bassinbob · 03-13-10, 10:56 PM

What recipe calls for 7lbs of ground meat? Last year a buddy and I were fishing and he caught which was his pb. I did have a scale and the batts were dead. He wasn't too upset. We guessed the weight to be around 5lbs. Thanks for the reminder.

MallenManson · 03-13-10, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bassinbob

What recipe calls for 7lbs of ground meat? Last year a buddy and I were fishing and he caught which was his pb. I did have a scale and the batts were dead. He wasn't too upset. We guessed the weight to be around 5lbs. Thanks for the reminder.

All of em!

I had 7 pounds that I'd bought at the store, and needed to bag it up and get it in the freezer.
Never bothered weighing it out before, but figured it could save me under-beefing a chili some time.
Ordered a 5 pack of batteries off ebay. Gonna carry spares in my tackle bag just in case

WTL · 03-13-10, 11:29 PM

I bought an old fashioned spring scale for that very reason. I never quite trusted the battery operated scales...I know they work, I just dont like em.

Jrob78 · 03-13-10, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by WTL

I bought an old fashioned spring scale for that very reason. I never quite trusted the battery operated scales...I know they work, I just dont like em.

I think I'm going to buy a spring scale too. I have a Berkley, or is it a Rapala, can't remember, digital scale that I don't think is accurate. I weighed a dink the other day, don't ask why and it said it weighed 1.5LBs, which it clearly didn't.

MallenManson · 03-14-10, 12:21 AM

I should get a spring scale as a back-up/second opinion

bcklash · 03-14-10, 02:58 AM

Who needs scales, every fish I catch weighs over 5lbs by the time I get home. I've caught some fat 10" bass.

Cavs1123 · 03-14-10, 08:24 AM

those must be some big chesseburgers

BassinNC · 03-14-10, 09:06 AM

I don't think my berkley scale is right. My dad caught a nice fish they had to weight all of 5 lbs and the scales said 3. Everyone around said it was wrong. What is a pB?

bassinbob · 03-14-10, 09:37 AM

BassinNC, a PB is a Personal Best . It is the largest weight fish of any species (that you have caught). So if the biggest bass you ever caught weighed 18lbs then that is your PB.

Tall · 03-14-10, 10:59 AM

Yep that happened to me on the one below Wednesday. It is 22 inches long and fat, full if eggs. My wife went everywhere in town trying to find L1144 batteries with no luck. I did a search and found several that will cross ref. that are 11.6 mm X 5.4 last night, so I will retry agian for my Berkley. I am sure it is not as big as the one in the avatar at the left that was off the end of a long Golden rule, somewhere around 22.75 to 23 inches long and weighted 8.64 if the scale was right.

MallenManson · 03-14-10, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Tall

Yep that happened to me on the one below Wednesday. It is 22 inches long and fat, full if eggs. My wife went everywhere in town trying to find L1144 batteries with no luck. I did a search and found several that will cross ref. that are 11.6 mm X 5.4 last night, so I will retry agian for my Berkley. I am sure it is not as big as the one in the avatar at the left that was off the end of a long Golden rule, somewhere around 22.75 to 23 inches long and weighted 8.64 if the scale was right.

Check Ebay? I bought 5 CR2032s for $4.20 delivered

basstastic · 03-14-10, 12:29 PM

Becareful on which spring scale you buy. I had one from cabela's and it didn't work right. Caught a 7.4lber last year and weighted it on my digital scale which said 7.4 and even if it was wrong I know the fish wasn't 2.5 pounds which is what the spring scale said.

BassinNC · 03-14-10, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bassinbob

BassinNC, a PB is a Personal Best . It is the largest weight fish of any species (that you have caught). So if the biggest bass you ever caught weighed 18lbs then that is your PB.

Thanks, only way to learn is to ask.

I was like pig bass? No pond bass.

TN_Bassin · 03-14-10, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by basstastic

Becareful on which spring scale you buy. I had one from cabela's and it didn't work right. Caught a 7.4lber last year and weighted it on my digital scale which said 7.4 and even if it was wrong I know the fish wasn't 2.5 pounds which is what the spring scale said.

Rust in the spring maybe???

Rebbasser · 03-14-10, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by WTL

I bought an old fashioned spring scale for that very reason. I never quite trusted the battery operated scales...I know they work, I just dont like em.

Me too. Made by Rapala and no battery failure.

cassidyta · 03-16-10, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BassinNC

What is a pB?

In most cases, it is a bold faced lie

bcklash · 03-16-10, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cassidyta

In most cases, it is a bold faced lie

Cass the bold face liars now get the pink hoody award.

03-13-10, 09:36 PM	#1
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Check your scale batteries! I found out tonight that the batteries in my Berkley scale are dead. Thankfully I found out now instead of looking at a new PB, a dead scale, and crying like a 12 year old with a skinned knee. Luckily, I was gonna use it to weigh up 7# of ground beef lol __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

03-13-10, 10:56 PM	#2
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	What recipe calls for 7lbs of ground meat? Last year a buddy and I were fishing and he caught which was his pb. I did have a scale and the batts were dead. He wasn't too upset. We guessed the weight to be around 5lbs. Thanks for the reminder. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

03-14-10, 12:21 AM	#6
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	I should get a spring scale as a back-up/second opinion __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

03-14-10, 02:58 AM	#7
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	Who needs scales, every fish I catch weighs over 5lbs by the time I get home. I've caught some fat 10" bass. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

03-14-10, 08:24 AM	#8
Cavs1123 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 1,398	those must be some big chesseburgers __________________ Tom

03-13-10, 11:29 PM	#4
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	I bought an old fashioned spring scale for that very reason. I never quite trusted the battery operated scales...I know they work, I just dont like em.

03-14-10, 09:06 AM	#9
BassinNC BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: albemarle, NC Posts: 788	I don't think my berkley scale is right. My dad caught a nice fish they had to weight all of 5 lbs and the scales said 3. Everyone around said it was wrong. What is a pB? __________________ 138 bass in 2K10. Biggest 4LBS 14oz.

03-14-10, 09:37 AM	#10
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	BassinNC, a PB is a Personal Best . It is the largest weight fish of any species (that you have caught). So if the biggest bass you ever caught weighed 18lbs then that is your PB. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

03-14-10, 10:59 AM	#11
Tall BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Central, AR Posts: 179	Yep that happened to me on the one below Wednesday. It is 22 inches long and fat, full if eggs. My wife went everywhere in town trying to find L1144 batteries with no luck. I did a search and found several that will cross ref. that are 11.6 mm X 5.4 last night, so I will retry agian for my Berkley. I am sure it is not as big as the one in the avatar at the left that was off the end of a long Golden rule, somewhere around 22.75 to 23 inches long and weighted 8.64 if the scale was right. Attached Thumbnails __________________ CHRIST loves you and died for you John 3:16 Last edited by Tall; 03-14-10 at 11:05 AM.

03-14-10, 12:29 PM	#13
basstastic BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 92	Becareful on which spring scale you buy. I had one from cabela's and it didn't work right. Caught a 7.4lber last year and weighted it on my digital scale which said 7.4 and even if it was wrong I know the fish wasn't 2.5 pounds which is what the spring scale said.

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