An article of manufacture for providing a region- and species-specific fish-measuring device with fish catch or release rules is disclosed. The article has a base member having a top surface and a first end, a starting end surface member coupled to the first end of the base member, and a measuring ruler along the top surface of the base member. The starting end surface member extending upward perpendicular to the top surface of the base member. The measuring ruler having a measuring starting position from the starting end surface member, a plurality of measuring sections, and a legend. The plurality of measuring sections each contain one or more graphic representations of fish species legal to keep when a measured fish is at least as long as the measuring section fish species to which the measured fish belongs.