How & Tips To Measure A Fish Correctly

Measuring A Fish Correctly

Many people approach measuring fish with a pretty slap-happy approach and risk hefty fines if the fish is borderline legal.

With my profile, I try and always set a good example plus I take sustainability very seriously. It’s not a good look for anyone to be caught with an undersized fish due to a silly oversight in measuring.

Admittedly, most of my charter career clients catch and release as we primarily target larger trophy fish that are not the best for eating.

But occasionally they want to take a fish for dinner so we will target smaller barra that is better eating or go grab a Fingermark on the way home.

Where many people go wrong as they don’t use a flat surface for measuring. Over time your brag mat will get rumpled and creased and overestimate the size of the fish.

Avoid keeping undersized fish by measuring your fish correctly. An Accumat stays nice and flat, unlike many brag mats that get rumpled over time.

This is not an issue if you've just caught a metery. Calling a 105cm fish a 106cm is neither here nor there. It's a great fish. But calling a 57cm fish a 58cm fish can be an issue if you get boarded later by fisheries.

Another issue that can give an incorrect reading is an open jaw. Always close the jaw of your fish and push it up hard to the stopper.

And finally, take into account shrinkage. On the ice, the muscles contract and your fish gets smaller.

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