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Advice Weighing sling?

Mr Fish

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Can anyone recommend a good fish weighing sling that would safely let me weigh larger smoothound or huss with minimum discomfort to the fish?
Ideally something that I could hang off scales suspended from my tripod and perhaps with a bit of padding to serve as an unhooking mat too?
I have a net one but struggled a bit with it last night and had to partly coil the fish up, which I didn’t like doing, ideally want to lay them full length.
Also ideally something that could be easily folded for transport as I don’t take too much bulky gear.
I’ve heard of the IKEA bag option but we don’t have an IKEA and I’d also rather something that was a bit kinder to the fish than a shopping bag!
Any ideas welcome!

Btw, have looked on Amazon and also at this one, but with postage it’s a bit more than I wanted to pay for what it is, though it’s sort of what I had in mind

Rapala® Weigh & Release Mat | Rapala® United Kingdom - Rapala

The Weigh & Release Mat allows you to safely take weight measurements of your catch, and then easily release it back to the water. Accommodates fish up to 125cm. Made of rugged PVC with robust handles and additional PVC meshing at each end to secure the f
www.rapala.co.uk www.rapala.co.uk
 
I’ve got a TFG retainer sling for carp fishing mate, they would fit a decent smoothie in it easily enough. Not padded as such though, I picked my one up off Amazon fairly cheaply, searching for “retainer sling”
 
Mr Fish said:
Can anyone recommend a good fish weighing sling that would safely let me weigh larger smoothound or huss with minimum discomfort to the fish?
Ideally something that I could hang off scales suspended from my tripod and perhaps with a bit of padding to serve as an unhooking mat too?
I have a net one but struggled a bit with it last night and had to partly coil the fish up, which I didn’t like doing, ideally want to lay them full length.
Also ideally something that could be easily folded for transport as I don’t take too much bulky gear.
I’ve heard of the IKEA bag option but we don’t have an IKEA and I’d also rather something that was a bit kinder to the fish than a shopping bag!
Any ideas welcome!

Btw, have looked on Amazon and also at this one, but with postage it’s a bit more than I wanted to pay for what it is, though it’s sort of what I had in mind

Rapala® Weigh & Release Mat | Rapala® United Kingdom - Rapala

The Weigh & Release Mat allows you to safely take weight measurements of your catch, and then easily release it back to the water. Accommodates fish up to 125cm. Made of rugged PVC with robust handles and additional PVC meshing at each end to secure the f
www.rapala.co.uk www.rapala.co.uk
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Darn it! If I knew you had posted that on here too, I needn't have strayed over to the dark side to reply!

Reel fishing have the Rapala one in stock for £19.99.

Rapala weigh & release mat - fishing mats - reelfishing

Rapala weigh & release mat
www.reelfishing.co.uk www.reelfishing.co.uk
 
chesilpete said:
Ikea bag chuck it in the washing machine, weight exactly 4oz, folds away to nowt will hold anything and cheap, also handy for dragging a bag of cod home.
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Cheers Pete. Suppose I could buy one online but we don’t have an IKEA close enough to bother with (thank feck).
Will it hold a hound full length though? I don’t like to coil them up if I can help it.
 
Mr Fish said:
Cheers Pete. Suppose I could buy one online but we don’t have an IKEA close enough to bother with (thank feck).
Will it hold a hound full length though? I don’t like to coil them up if I can help it.
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66lb stingers fit in one and so do 35lb tope the tails do stick out but they are safely in the bag....
I have a very nice old rapala net sling..... but frankly the ikea bag is better from a practical point of view.
 
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