How to measure a fish?

[gutted]

I know its a super noob question but how do you measure a fish? From the mouth all the way to the end of the tail? Or the beginning of the tail?

 

[dhardwick]

i have always measeured the whole fish nose to tail

 

[Nate Dogg]

The way Tennessee's fish and game directs you to measure fish is from the beginning of the fish (nose) to end of the tail, you also need to elongate the tail fin by pushing from the top of the tail fin down and the bottom of the tail fin up.

 

[Tayler]

From the most front point to the end of the tail.

 

[Dem Oscars]

The entire body of the fish (tail included).

 

[gutted]

Ok good. I've been doing it right

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[jcardona1]

Where it starts to where it ends.

 

[petspoiler]

Where it starts to where it ends.

LOL
depends on if it's a tail or a tale.

 

[Goldstar]

Total length of fish should measure from the tip of the jaw or tip of the snout with closed mouth to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed.

 

[seedubs1]

The responses in this thread suck.

There are multiple ways to measure a fish. The most common and standard are listed below:

SL is measured snout to last vertebra
TL is measured snout to end of caudal fin (typically pinching the caudal fin together by pushing on the top and bottom of the fin)
FL is measured snout to end of middle caudal fin ray (this is how I like to measure cats because some have very long streamers on their caudal fin)