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AOTY / The return of the big measure board.
« on: April 27, 2024, 11:47:34 AM »
I started with a regular 30 inch board for my AOTY fish way back when.
I caught a few that exceeded the board so I moved on to a tri fold 36 incher. It was ok, but a little flimsy and a few decent fish flopping on it broke it.
At one point I made my own 50” board by cutting two 30 inch boards. That thing was pretty neat and I was fortunate enough to put 3 different 40+ inch fish on it (lingcod, halibut, and sturgeon). But hard use over the years took its toll and the plastic finally broke.
Then I started using a 32” board, which is nice most of the time, but there are quite a few fish swimming out there that are longer than 32”.
That leads me to my latest board. It’s a Ketch folding 48” metal board. Hopefully sometime soon it will be put to good use. Maybe a clear lake catfish hookup is in order or something hmmm….
I caught a few that exceeded the board so I moved on to a tri fold 36 incher. It was ok, but a little flimsy and a few decent fish flopping on it broke it.
At one point I made my own 50” board by cutting two 30 inch boards. That thing was pretty neat and I was fortunate enough to put 3 different 40+ inch fish on it (lingcod, halibut, and sturgeon). But hard use over the years took its toll and the plastic finally broke.
Then I started using a 32” board, which is nice most of the time, but there are quite a few fish swimming out there that are longer than 32”.
That leads me to my latest board. It’s a Ketch folding 48” metal board. Hopefully sometime soon it will be put to good use. Maybe a clear lake catfish hookup is in order or something hmmm….