Lol...well I was there and know the story. But to keep it short: 1. He probably was there for 15mins. But that was his decision because he wanted to wait for the next hour. Once they clear out and reset for next hour it's about 7mins. 2. The weigh master has weighed 1000's of fish, it's the same guy and he has integrity. He is held to a standard and legality also with the game warden. 3. Once the fish is presented to the weigh master it becomes property of the tournament, that's why you can weigh in more than one over in a day. 4. The game wardens have a tank off to the side with their board, the fish is placed there until you retrieve your board if you choose to and the remeasure is done. That's why folks get warnings vs. tickets everytime. Working these tournaments for years I hate to see good folks get dragged through the mud with only one side of the story. It was just unfortunate for the young man, but he should have been a little smarter in a tournament on a slot lake or just ask the question and get clarity.

Get rid of the slot.

The bbs is the worst run tournament weight in I've ever witnessed.

Could be that he smashed the fish against the front of the board, happened to me one time but it was not a money fish, So I took a chance on a line burner and I got disqualified. That fish measured correctly if the mouth touched the front of the board, but not when you apply pressure and pushed the fish against the front of the board. It happens.

The bbs is the worst run tournament weight in I've ever witnessed.

"Possession of a slot bass" it said on that little blue paper that I received during the legancy tournament on fork back in May!!! Was new to fishing these BB tournaments and didn't even think about what the official measurement board was so I loaded up my Prorule and went after the big one and at 2:40 pm haven't even had a bite all day there she is came out from under the boat and swallowed my swimbait like it was nothing it all happened so close I didn't even have to reel just flip her in the boat I knew she was 8-9 lbs then I measured her on my Prorule and she was 24 1/4 on bottom and 24 on top me and my buddy both agreed she was a legal fish by this time it's like 2:45 and I'm back in the sticks and weigh in deadline was at 3:00 I make it at 2:59 with no overs being weighed for that hour so the weigh master takes my fish places it on a CHECK-IT and gets 24 on bottom and gets 23 3/4 on top so I'm still thinking I'm ok but then he waves the game warden to come and shakes his head to the stage GW looks at me and says can I see your DL!! I asked why and he stated it needs to touch on both fins so I lost my 700.00 prize money and gained a 250.00 fine

What he said!