There are only a few handheld scales that can be IGFA certified. The two that come to mind are the Boga Grip and the Salter Digital Scale. The reason IGFA won't certify other hand held digital scales like the Berkley, Stren or Rapala type scales is because they do not always weigh consistently. On one weighing, they might weigh 10.0 and on another 10.1 and another 9.9. This isn't to say that there aren't very accurate Berkley, Stren or Rapala scales out there, it's just that not all of them are consistent.

For bass fishing, I would recommend the salter scale. It can weigh in pounds and ounes or decimal. It will weigh in increments to 1/2oz in ounces or .05lbs in decimal. It will weigh consistently every time. Nico, Fish Chris and I all have this scale and I have gotten mine IGFA certified successfully (They weigh a wide range of weights on the scale and check the scale against each weight). Just go to www.cabelas.com and type in salter scale in the search box and you will find it.

What's kind of funny is that when I started weighing fish on this scale in tournaments, I found that the scales at most tournaments weigh heavy. I don't know if they do this to boost up the weights or because people complain if the fish weigh less on the tournament scales than on their handhelds or what, but it's very noticeable, like typically several ounces.