McKendree violation explained

As the weigh-in concluded, it originally appeared that the McKendree University team of Nathan Doty and Jacob Louis were the winners. It was later determined, however, that the pair had inadvertently violated Rule No. 12, which states in part that all fish must be caught in a conventional sporting manner, and their day three catch was disqualified.

The team broke off a bass and approximately an hour later snagged a line. They pulled in the line, which had a bass they believed to be the one they had broken off, hooked to a lure they believe to be their original lure. There is no way, however, to know if the fish on the line was the original fish that broke off, nor was the fish hooked with a rod and reel in a conventional sporting manner when it was brought into the boat. Thus, their catch was disqualified. McKendree University finished in 8th place with a three-day total of 10 bass weighing 42-12.

I would have weighed the fish if I thought it was the one that broke me off earlier . That sounds crazy !!!

guessing there is more to this story

Really? What more could there be?

I guess a call to the tournament director at the time they put the fish in the boat would have been the correct thing to do .
Did anybody hear with out that fish what there bag of fish would have weighed?
And would they have won without weighing that fish . ?