Paddle measureing tape

[dsiekman]

I thought about getting one of those originally, but was reading that kayak tournaments will be going to Hawg Trough as the only acceptable measuring device this year. Not that I fish many tourneys, but might as well be prepared for the few I do.

I've got the expandable Plano. Not a big fan. Can't tell you how many times I've torn up my fingers trying to get the $&#* thing to open or close when dealing with a fish. It's also not the easiest thing to read.

[mweber02]

I've got the expandable Plano. Not a big fan. Can't tell you how many times I've torn up my fingers trying to get the $&#* thing to open or close when dealing with a fish. It's also not the easiest thing to read.

Does the Plano board have raised marks and numbers? I used a black permanent marker to make my hawg trough marks easier to read. The same idea might work well for the Plano board with white paint.

[dsiekman]

It does have raised numbers. You'd have to test a few different paint to see what would stick. I gave up on it more because I didn't like the collapse function. I ended up using my CCA ruler sticker on it to make it easier to read.

[reel-em-in]

Does the Plano board have raised marks and numbers? I used a black permanent marker to make my hawg trough marks easier to read. The same idea might work well for the Plano board with white paint.

I used a black sharpie on my plano one. It did help a lot, though white would probably work even better for visability.

[mweber02]

If you go with white paint I'd put a top clear coat of something on it. I bought edge sealer to use on my snaggedline yak decals. That stuff works great. Definitely need good ventilation when using it though.

[Cowpokey]

Sharpie makes a Metallic Silver marker, it's more like paint than ink. Works well writing on dark colors.

Should be able to pick up anywhere that carries stationary stuff.

http://www.sharpie.com/enUS/Pages/me...nt-marker.aspx