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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

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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Fish" data-source="post: 79937" data-attributes="member: 368">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[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.rapala.co.uk/rapala/tools/scales-and-rulers/weigh-and-release-mat/022677292571.html?cgid=rapala-tools-scalesrulers&amp;taglist=Rapala%7CTools%7CScales%20and%20Rulers#start=2&amp;cgid=rapala-tools-scalesrulers[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mr Fish, post: 79937, member: 368"] 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 [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rapala.co.uk/rapala/tools/scales-and-rulers/weigh-and-release-mat/022677292571.html?cgid=rapala-tools-scalesrulers&taglist=Rapala%7CTools%7CScales%20and%20Rulers#start=2&cgid=rapala-tools-scalesrulers[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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