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·I have only owned a spring scale. I don't know if it was all that accurate but it sure was tuff. I would prefer a digital scale but the only problem I see with that is you would need to make sure it had fresh batteries
Digital or Spring Scale???
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I prefer my spring scale Boga Grip. When I "bagged" a 22 lb snapping turtle while I was out flipping a frog in some weeds last fall, the BG took that snappper out of the water and I was actually able to retrieve and save a $7 SPRO frog. That alone is enough for me to recommend a good grip-type spring scale. Furthermore, I just find the gripper to be so darned useful when I happen to catch a catfish while I am out there.
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·Well according to IGFA spring scales are way more accurate then digital scales. Yet we all prefer digital? My isue with spring scales is they only show 1/2lb increments.
I missed a boat 1 time by less than 2 ounces, you just never know. Always safe than sorry!
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I like my berkley digital scales. I just cant seem to find them when it matters.
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digital...but also have a culling beam for those close fish!!
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I have the x-tools digital.
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Yes I have not any problems with it so far. Since I do tournament fish for 1 big fish I decided to spend a little extra $$$ for a scale.178bee said:
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I'd say new spring scales would be fine, but they don't stay new enough. In one of my last tournaments I was half way through one day culling. It seemed all my bass weighed the same nearly, making it tough to decide. After about 3 culls one apparent 2.5# bass of all 2-2.5# bass caught suddenly clicked down to 3#. It happened again, especially when jerking the scale up a little. I guess it had a rough spot from rust or some impact damage.
When doing fisheries work we had both, a spring scale and a very expensive digital scale. The accuracy of both matched, but like Keith wrote, the spring scale can't give you ounce increments, not being a precise instrument, though probably very accurate if you could just read ounces. Like also said, those ounces sure can make the difference. The digital scale was of course a lab quality model costing a couple thousand bucks. Very accurate and precise to 1/10,000 oz. Someone up the ladder decided we didn't need such precision, so the expensive one was replaced with a Rapala digital scale. It was good to 1/10 ounce and a lot more convenient. We tested it against the lab model and found the accuracy right on.
How many tournament fish have you seen weighed on a spring scale? Probably never in the last ten years. There is no guessing, no interpolating between spring scale divisions. The accuracy of digital is simply unbeatable. I carry two different brand digitals, Berkley and Rapala, both always agreeing, one at the bow, the other at the console. The bow scale hangs by the hook from a Go-To bait holder under a compartment lid. The other hangs from an access hole inside the console.
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When doing fisheries work we had both, a spring scale and a very expensive digital scale. The accuracy of both matched, but like Keith wrote, the spring scale can't give you ounce increments, not being a precise instrument, though probably very accurate if you could just read ounces. Like also said, those ounces sure can make the difference. The digital scale was of course a lab quality model costing a couple thousand bucks. Very accurate and precise to 1/10,000 oz. Someone up the ladder decided we didn't need such precision, so the expensive one was replaced with a Rapala digital scale. It was good to 1/10 ounce and a lot more convenient. We tested it against the lab model and found the accuracy right on.
How many tournament fish have you seen weighed on a spring scale? Probably never in the last ten years. There is no guessing, no interpolating between spring scale divisions. The accuracy of digital is simply unbeatable. I carry two different brand digitals, Berkley and Rapala, both always agreeing, one at the bow, the other at the console. The bow scale hangs by the hook from a Go-To bait holder under a compartment lid. The other hangs from an access hole inside the console.
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After all this time, I stand unrepentant in my faith of the utility of the Boga Grip. I hooked up a nice 5 lb Northern not long ago that the BG handled just fine. Whether it was 5 lb, or 5lb 2 oz, who cares? This thread has convinced me however, to purchase a Rapala digital for the ounce readings when it comes to bass. I'm happy with both for different reasons.
Berkley Digital with Lip Grip work "Ok" (just use to compare fish caught for those in boat, so if it is off, then it is off for everyone)
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=berkley&noImage=0
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=berkley&noImage=0
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Hey MisterE.....
Welcome to the bassholes.. thanks for the post. We need that kind of input from new members like yourself. Thanks for posting.
Great link as well! :stayncharge:
Welcome to the bassholes.. thanks for the post. We need that kind of input from new members like yourself. Thanks for posting.
Great link as well! :stayncharge:
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