How many people do you know who have lost fish while trying to check and see if it is legal or not. I know a lot of the new boats have them somewhere easy to find and get out. What could happen to those fish when you pull the check stick out, lay it out on the deck of the boat, then lose your grip on the fish? Well I have seen too many times that loose fish finds their way back in the lake. Here is an idea screw the check stick against the kick board below the console. It will sit relatively flat so you don’t trip over it and it will always be handy to use. On top of that, if you lose grip on the fish it has no where to go. This boat modification takes minutes, but in my opinion it is worth a lot more. Furthermore, I like to store my cull tags under the console as well. This makes it real easy to check fish and tag them in a controlled environment. Here is a picture of my install I hope this helps.

Checkstick screwed into the floor board under the console