not measurin up?!?!?!?

fishin spro · 03-30-09, 08:06 PM

well heres the story,

we had a tourney on the cooper river saturday. weather was nasty, and it was just a hard day all together....threw the kitchen sink and struck out till 2pm. skipped a zoom junebug lizard under a pier(our last stop before weigh in) and caught a small one. i had to work to make this a 12" fish....but i got it to touch the line. so i threw it in the livewell and headed to the hill. this was our only keeper of the day.
when we got to the hill we got the boat out the water, i helped him clean up his boat, threw my fish in my weigh in bag and went to the weigh in...dumped my fish out when it was my turn in, they measured it and i couldnt believe my eyes...it BARELY made 11" this time

is it possible for a fish to shrink while it was in the livewell?
so needless to say, i was pretty embarassed...plus i didnt get to weigh it in....what happened?

weidner21 · 03-30-09, 08:11 PM

yea a fish can stress and shrink alittle but i cant see a fish shrinking a inch

aikenyounggun · 03-30-09, 08:13 PM

this is my best guess..... when you had a tough day you go to measure the small fish and you want it to measure so bad you actually move the mouth off the end while tryin to make the tail hit 12 inches.... sometime i will be tryin to make a fish hit 12 and i look at the fishes head and its an inch from the end of the measuring stick

fishin spro · 03-30-09, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by aikenyounggun

this is my best guess..... when you had a tough day you go to measure the small fish and you want it to measure so bad you actually move the mouth off the end while tryin to make the tail hit 12 inches.... sometime i will be tryin to make a fish hit 12 and i look at the fishes head and its an inch from the end of the measuring stick

honestly that is what i thought i had done also, but i mesaured it twice, plus had my partner see if he thought it was 12"...the only thing i can think of is, his was the golden rule from wal mart, and at weigh in, we use a "certified"(diffrent brand) golden rule...but somethin was diffrent...i dunno...maybe i didnt measure right like i thought i did.

zooker · 03-30-09, 08:17 PM

actually they tens up making them smaller while fighting the hook. putting them in the live well makes them relax.. i have gained as much as a 1/4" from the time i measured the fish on the boat and a courtisy check at weigh in..

get a ruler and measure your device...bet it is bent..

zooker

MIbasser · 03-30-09, 08:57 PM

You might want to double check your board as well. I had one that made it on mine and didn't make it on the official. If your board has a slight bend in it that could add a little....

Bassboss · 03-30-09, 10:23 PM

I dunno what coulda happened? My best guess is what Aiken said. If not that it could be the board?

Better luck next time!

The Doc · 04-02-09, 07:27 AM

Check your rule vs. the clubs "official" one and see if they are the same way. I had that happen once too, but it was the other way around. Caught one where the size limit was 16 inches, The tail just hit the line, so I brought it in for a courtesy measure, and the thing hit 16 3/4 on the weigh in board. What made me so mad was there was a slot limit on the lake where you could have 2 fish between 14-16 and 3 had to be over 16, I culled one of my smaller 14-16ers for this one and I could have kept one more and put myself in the money! I was only off 5th place by 7 oz and 4th by 1.3 lbs.

3dkicker · 04-03-09, 03:20 PM

I've done the same once before. Measured it at 12", flipped it over, measured again and then one more time to be sure. Turns out I was reading the twelve and measuring the line at 11". It is embarrassing.

03-30-09, 08:06 PM	#1
fishin spro BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sumter county lip ripper Posts: 500	not measurin up?!?!?!? well heres the story, we had a tourney on the cooper river saturday. weather was nasty, and it was just a hard day all together....threw the kitchen sink and struck out till 2pm. skipped a zoom junebug lizard under a pier(our last stop before weigh in) and caught a small one. i had to work to make this a 12" fish....but i got it to touch the line. so i threw it in the livewell and headed to the hill. this was our only keeper of the day. when we got to the hill we got the boat out the water, i helped him clean up his boat, threw my fish in my weigh in bag and went to the weigh in...dumped my fish out when it was my turn in, they measured it and i couldnt believe my eyes...it BARELY made 11" this time is it possible for a fish to shrink while it was in the livewell? so needless to say, i was pretty embarassed...plus i didnt get to weigh it in....what happened? __________________ Total Bass of '10: 54 Big Bass of '09: 5.2lbs

03-30-09, 08:13 PM	#3
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	this is my best guess..... when you had a tough day you go to measure the small fish and you want it to measure so bad you actually move the mouth off the end while tryin to make the tail hit 12 inches.... sometime i will be tryin to make a fish hit 12 and i look at the fishes head and its an inch from the end of the measuring stick __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

03-30-09, 08:17 PM	#5
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	actually they tens up making them smaller while fighting the hook. putting them in the live well makes them relax.. i have gained as much as a 1/4" from the time i measured the fish on the boat and a courtisy check at weigh in.. get a ruler and measure your device...bet it is bent.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

03-30-09, 10:23 PM	#7
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	I dunno what coulda happened? My best guess is what Aiken said. If not that it could be the board? Better luck next time! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

04-02-09, 07:27 AM	#8
The Doc BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ft. Bragg, NC Posts: 270	Check your rule vs. the clubs "official" one and see if they are the same way. I had that happen once too, but it was the other way around. Caught one where the size limit was 16 inches, The tail just hit the line, so I brought it in for a courtesy measure, and the thing hit 16 3/4 on the weigh in board. What made me so mad was there was a slot limit on the lake where you could have 2 fish between 14-16 and 3 had to be over 16, I culled one of my smaller 14-16ers for this one and I could have kept one more and put myself in the money! I was only off 5th place by 7 oz and 4th by 1.3 lbs. __________________ In the absence of orders, find something and kill it. Unk, 82nd ABN WWII

03-30-09, 08:11 PM	#2
weidner21 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: wabash,In Posts: 63	yea a fish can stress and shrink alittle but i cant see a fish shrinking a inch

03-30-09, 08:57 PM	#6
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	You might want to double check your board as well. I had one that made it on mine and didn't make it on the official. If your board has a slight bend in it that could add a little....

04-03-09, 03:20 PM	#9
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	I've done the same once before. Measured it at 12", flipped it over, measured again and then one more time to be sure. Turns out I was reading the twelve and measuring the line at 11". It is embarrassing. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

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