My only input is to be careful if using a sharpie on your hawg trough and don't go too thick...
Cuz then you end up with a trough like this:
http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/530
Really what you want is a trough that looks like this:
http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/385
My personal method is to never wash the blood and slime off and let nature darken my lines for me.
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http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1985
Bottom line...if your pics suck (and you can't honestly tell the length of the fish and that the mouth is closed and touching from the full body shot) you are making it a lot more likely that the committee will have to DQ the entry and that SUCKS...so don't do it!
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Sincerely,
Jim
Sin Coast:
--- Quote from: RacinRob on February 12, 2016, 09:53:56 AM ---One more thing. We do not really use tail pics to determine size, just the whole fish picture. Especially when the whole fish pic, and the tail shot have the fish in two different positions. --- End quote --- Agreed. If the close-up shot of the tail doesn't jive with the whole-fish pic, it looks like you're trying to cheat the system. That's why we don't just go by the tail shot alone. But I still recommend taking a close up of the tail. In fact, take like 10 pics of each fish you intend to enter! It's not like you're paying for each photo...or limited to 64meg flash cards anymore.
Sarge:
great advise. thanks. I went one step further. I made the inch lines black and the 1/2 inch lines blue.
Tote:
Can't you just take our word for it?? :smt044 :smt044 :smt044 :smt044
VK:
seriuosly have you really had anyone that desperate that they would cheat? I mean how sad would that be ?