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 Re: Fish hooked outside of the mouth
[Re: slim 285]
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03/25/24 06:04 PM
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I think every angler, tournament or fun fishing, would like to see the hook of their bait situated squarely in the fishes mouth when they go to land a fish. Its obvious that doesn’t always happen for various reasons.
No tournament angler is going to just throw a fish out because it wasn’t hooked where he would prefer it to be hooked.
Ron Nelson foul hooked several below a dam on lay lake at the recent redcrest, on camera he said he didn’t like it, and that he would prefer to have them hooked in the mouth. But he weighed them because he wasn’t breaking rules and he was there to win. I believe he was using a jig/minnow rig.
If the rules change, the anglers will change, and everyone will get over it. Hamner and Nelson weren’t sight fishing or breaking rules.
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Re: Fish hooked outside of the mouth
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
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03/25/24 07:41 PM
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I’d say if the fish is hooked in the vicinity of the mouth, the fish was trying to eat the bait. And don't forget they thrash around and fish. It may start in the mouth, end up under the mouth, top of head, side of head. If they were really able to snag I doubt they would all be throwing little crappie jig sized minnows on little hooks. It's just nonsense for people who don't have it and haven't used it to throw around
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Re: Fish hooked outside of the mouth
[Re: Douglas J]
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03/25/24 10:27 PM
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slim 285
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[quote=slim 285]If a fish is hooked outside of the mouth during a professional tournament I think it should not count . Release the fish immediately.
Seems to be a lot caught with a jerk bait while using ffs. LW, I believe that is the law in California. Maybe you can move there? [/
Last edited by slim 285; 03/26/24 12:55 AM.
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Re: Fish hooked outside of the mouth
[Re: slim 285]
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03/26/24 12:06 AM
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Douglas J
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If a fish is hooked outside of the mouth during a professional tournament I think it should not count . Release the fish immediately.
Seems to be a lot caught with a jerk bait while using ffs. LW, I believe that is the law in California. Maybe you can move there? I think at best you have a s _ _ t for brains Dougie Ok, I erased your initials when I just read your PM. So honestly I did not know that you needed to hide. I was under the impression that you were a good guy with some integrity. Sorry
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Re: Fish hooked outside of the mouth
[Re: Lone_Wolf]
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03/26/24 01:12 AM
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slim 285
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If a fish is hooked outside of the mouth during a professional tournament I think it should not count . Release the fish immediately.
Seems to be a lot caught with a jerk bait while using ffs. I agree, while what Hamner did in the Classic was not as dishonest as what Mike Long did or even Jeff Sprague did rules need updating in the future making some of the fish he caught as non scoreable, weigh-able, can't add to your creel whatever you want to call it I am not taking anything away from Hamner . He looks and sounds like a fine young man that won fair and square .
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