It was also several people talking about they heard the slot limit on fork may change! But I highly doubt that it will! Either way I'm still gonna attending this amazing tournament and maybe fish the ones on Toledo bend and Sam Rayburn where the slot limit is not applied

According to the post in the image, the weighmaster said it was 23.5, not 23...

Officials decision are final in all matters. If indeed the same measuring board was used and game wardens said it was "OK", it is too late to re-present said fish, the decision had already been made!

It sucks that the angler feels they got the short end of the fish, but you have to play by their rules if you want to play the game!

Speaking from experience. The GW tells you to go get your board if your fish gets bumped by the weighmaster. If/When the angler did go retrieve his board was it a Check it Stick?(official board) - Was the anglers board slightly bent? It sucks, but at least he didn't get a $250.00 ticket out of the deal. Give more detail.

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wife, right on the lips!

Yes it was 23 and half.. I fixed it

Sounds like the Weigh Master did not pinch the tail and the Game Warden did. That would make up the difference. IMO

Not everyone knows how to measure a fish.

Had something like this happen at grapevine.... costed me 500 that night....

Game warden needs to be doing something better with his time than sitting there waiting to write a ticket on a fish that's going to be released anyway and is a smidge over or under the line. Tournament can measure the fish.

easy to win lawsuit- get a good attorney you can easily win plus all the character defamation and it can on & on - Do it for the contestants

Get rid of the slot.

you are correct Fouz, sorry I misead the original post to say 23"
post corrected

Not the first time he's had issues in a BB tourney. Good kid but seems to be snakebit at these deals.

Disagree. With all the trimmed tails and other attempts to cheat in these events, the Game Warden needs to be right there keeping the playing field level for everyone.

Someone in our group caught a fish that had a trimmed tail, still bloody. Measured just under 16". They threw it back because you could clearly see it was a straight cut tail. It sux, but was the right thing to do.

GW was a nice guy. He did his job to wave off the ticket. He worked the fish to your advantage.

The weigh-master has a job to measure everyone's fish the same. With that many people in line it is doubtful that the weigh-master will work a fish, from one side then the other, pinching the tail and etc.. We have to accept his decision as final.

A problem arises when the line is short and a questionable fish comes to the line. The question is did he work anyone's fish for full length potential and not yours? Even if he did; two people will measure and come up with a different length. What say the weigh-master; did you do some and not all?

Many fish are questionable, even small ones and in my opinion it is too many to deal with in the weigh-in line if you are going to work the fish to it's potential.
- Put every fish on the board on the same side.
- Run hand down the fish to flatten and do not pinch the tail.
- Move the tail from left and right so the point of the tail gives the length.