poor man's fish measuring device

Poor man's Hawg Trough....

maybe I should call it a Pig Plank .... 

Maybe I should try harder to catch something worth measuring.  (got skunked today at Cabrillo)   

 

My first ghetto hawg trough was a section of PVC rain gutter w/ one of the DFG freebie measuring stickers on it.  Whatever works! 

The charter boat I was on last sunday had an old-school wooden yard stick stapled to a 2x4 <LOL>

My previous one was the yellow DFG on a redwood plank (leftovers from my fence).  It had the OLD regs on it.  The new regs this year - bass have to be 14".  Since I saw this decal in the $.99 bin at a local Turner's I grabbed it.  I also improved it with the "stop" at the end.  It's no longer a flat plank.  Took it fishing yesterday -- but mr. skunk prevented me from testing it out.   

mine isnt even a trough, its a sticker on my paddle handle