lofty Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Went out to the Black bream mark in the fabulous early conditions. Didn’t find any but did get some dogs and 2 personal best RaysUndulate at 16lb and Spotty at 4.75. Question. My scale does pounds but to me it looks like it then does percentages of lbs?The undulate bounced from 15.98 to 16.28 lbs. The spotted from 4.75 to just under 5Will be adding the weights to catch reports once you chaps clarify Cheer Hooky, Jim, jerry.shutter and 6 others 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Steve....you might be able to switch the scales to ounces....divide by 16 to get the pounds. Well done with the rays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragdoll Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Nice catch ive never caught a ray where bouts was you poole patch ? That must of been great sport hauling that big ray in on a cayack lol very well done 👏 👌👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Nige the area is in the post title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Well done Steve, superb catch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicky Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Those scales are reading in pounds and decimals. to get the ounces then multiply 16 by the decimal so 16 X .98 = 15.7 oz 16 X .28 = 4.9 oz Undulate was between 15lb 15.7oz and 16lb 4.9oz Spotty was 4lb 11.2 oz using weight shown on scales (4.70) Hope that makes sense. Maverick Martin and lofty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Sorry to be picky Not sure that is correct 15.98lb cannot be 15lb 7oz, as that is less than 15.5 1 oz = 0.0625lb 0.98 divided 0.0625 equals 15.68 ounces, add to pounds 15.98 = 15lb 15oz rounded down .75 is a little easier as .75 of a 16 ounce pound is 12 ounces 4.75 = 4lb 12 oz Two Nice fish Lofty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 That's a bit mean ...to round 0.98 lbs to 15 oz. !! Only 2 grms short....I would call 15.98 ,,, 16 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 minute ago, alun j. said: That's a bit mean ...to round 0.98 lbs to 15 oz. !! Only 2 grms short....I would call 15.98 ,,, 16 lbs. I'd call it 20 lbs if I was on my 3rd pint ! Gazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, alun j. said: That's a bit mean ...to round 0.98 lbs to 15 oz. !! Only 2 grms short....I would call 15.98 ,,, 16 lbs. so would I Alun but I was trying to show my workings for my Maths. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 You may find with your scales, like mine, that if you hold them a bit longer, they will fix on an average figure. Obviously not quite as easy on a kayak. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Do you want to check the maths again ?? 0.98 lbs cannot be 15.68 oz !! 2 grms is less than 1/14 th of an oz... just over 28 grms in an ounce I would make 15 . 98 lbs as 15 lbs 15. 94 oz or 16 lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Cheers chaps. I don’t always weigh like this. I’ve got a big net laundry bag that acts as a sling for stingers and gilts. This way seemed a bit more brutal but they both swam away well. If i’m honest i’m sure I’ve caught bigger undulates at Southbourne but it looked pretty good so got out the scales. Makes me wonder if I should have weighed the others. The spotty was a good size and until I started hauling I thought I had my first Bream as it shot around the yak at first. FYI my chum eventual found 2 bream Maverick Martin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicky Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 5 hours ago, great white said: Sorry to be picky Not sure that is correct 15.98lb cannot be 15lb 7oz, as that is less than 15.5 1 oz = 0.0625lb 0.98 divided 0.0625 equals 15.68 ounces, add to pounds 15.98 = 15lb 15oz rounded down .75 is a little easier as .75 of a 16 ounce pound is 12 ounces 4.75 = 4lb 12 oz Two Nice fish Lofty Charlie Read all my post as that calculation was just working out the oz. Underneath i had the complete weight. Also if over .5 you round up not down lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Nice ones Lofty. Your leg seem to be having a bit of a love in with the Undulate Steve, you want to be careful about that, there's laws about that you know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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