05-10-13, 12:42 PM | #1 |
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Curiosity question
How often to you guys test your scales for accuracy?
I check them at least a couple of times a month but mine aren't bouncing around a boat going 60 mph on rough water either. I've never trusted scales and when fishing with others who have a scale I will weigh fish on both and rarely get the same weight on each. So anglers, whats your thoughts on this?
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Joe I've been in the meat cutting business since the late 60's. Everyday I weigh meat on scales. I can pick up a peice of meat and tell you its weight. So when I check my fishing scale I campare it to something I weigh in my hand first. Ninty nine percent of the time I can take what I've just estimated in my hand and then put it on the fish scale I use and I am correct. Just kidding. I will take my fish scale into work and weigh something and compare it to the certified scales we have. Good thought there joe.
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I generally test a couple of times a year by weighing stuff that's already been weighed on certified scales. Or I also test when the scale doesn't agree with my estimate of a fish's weight (within reason).
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mine has this neon light that reads out DINK !!! so i know it is pretty accurate. hahahaa!!!
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They are like any tool some better than others,does pay to check against a known weight,and somewhat like a speedometer accurate at 40 does not mean it is at 60.Somewhat occurring if not made to cull with.Some actually read in tenths,like 6.2 lbs not 6lbs 2 oz.I have one,as well as another of same brand that reads in 100ths,like 8.26,both made by the same company.
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