Halibut Measuring Made Easy

[fishchaser]

A friend of mine is a lodge owner in Alaska and he mentioned that the State of Alaska Fish and Game Dept is working on an App for the IPhone that would be able to tell the length and weight of a Halibut when it when it surfaces. The way it will work is, it will look at the eyes of the Halibut and determine from this the length and weight. As a Halibut matures its eyes move, thus allowing the App to work. They may also be able to use this App in the log book to count fish. This would sure be a nice tool to have instead of wrestling with a large halibut trying to get a close measurment and avoiding injury. Has anyone else heard of this new tool and when it mght be available?

Here is a link I was able to find on the subject:

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20131019/measure-halibut-its-landed-theres-app

 

[wstcoaster]

hardest part of measuring halibut is catching one first

 

[Gerry]

Do IPhones float??

 

[searun]

Cool, I would be up for that if they ever get it sorted out.

 

[sammyslabber]

yea sure an iphone for measuring halibut - something about iphones and saltwater,doesn't jibe!

 

[J-GLOBAL]

No, they don't.

They don't the second time either.

 

[sir-vivor]

Hope you aren't measuring anyway, when this happens

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151908418472603

Sorry for Hi Jack !