Proof Finger?

[ROVERT]

I posted a fish photo in another thread and WT2 took a guess at the length. I didn't measure it but his guess sounded pretty close to my own. One finger in the photo was flat on the fish and in the same plane. Since that finger is still attached to my hand I was able to measure it and have a point of reference.

Instead of doing the hard part, I turned that over to AI:

Not having full confidence in AI, I ran a test with the same finger and a tool that I had been working with:

They are indeed 6.25". Is it perfect? Doubtful. Is it as good at length as Fishtechy? Probably.

 

[wildtrout2]

That's interesting. Did you use ChatGPT? That was a nice brookie. They don't get much bigger in Pa.

 

[tjsingle]

I've done this a bunch of times when I haven't taken a measurement on a fish, but I've used some of the software such as PDF XChange or Bluebeam as they both have tools to set the scale of a measurement.

12-12.5" seems spot on

 

[dc410]

That’s a really nice wild brookie! It’s definitely bigger than the wire strippers! 😉

 

[ROVERT]

That's interesting. Did you use ChatGPT? That was a nice brookie. They don't get much bigger in Pa.

I used Gemini.

That’s a really nice wild brookie! It’s definitely bigger than the wire strippers! 😉

Thanks, there's an asterisk on it though because it didn't come from a small freestone. It's had the advantage of nearly unparalleled bug life to feed on. I've been catching a few each year in this class. I'm excited by them but they would feel like more of an accomplishment if from smaller water. The fish I catch from tribs look more like the wire strippers.

I've done this a bunch of times when I haven't taken a measurement on a fish, but I've used some of the software such as PDF XChange or Bluebeam as they both have tools to set the scale of a measurement.

12-12.5" seems spot on

I've done similar but this was the first time I thought to use AI. It's free, for now, and I don't have an orange ball in my photos. I don't generally care about getting an accurate length anyway but this was a fun exercise.

 

[nd1001]

Good idea. The fish looks similar to one I caught at 12.25”, so that was my guess. Although I guess I’m assuming we have similar sized hands!

I used to carry a tailor tape measure on the stream but lost it at some point. Now I just hold a fish up to my rod, with the tail aligned to the base of the reel seat, and make note of where the nose of the fish ends on the blank.

For brook trout in that 10-12” range, there’s usually writing on the blank there which makes it easy to benchmark using a certain letter, and not have to mark or damage the blank. Can get an accurate measure within 1/16 to 1/8th of an inch.