Game warden has no business being at the weigh in to write tickets for fish that are being released. They need to get out on the water and do their job. There is no telling how many violations are occuring on the water while he is sitting at the weigh in writing tickets for fish that are being released.

That is a valid point.

Just another reason I don't fish Tournaments on Fork

Lets see who can catch the smallest big fish

You can't catch any on Fork anyhow man. hehe

Game warden has no business being at the weigh in to write tickets for fish that are being released. They need to get out on the water and do their job. There is no telling how many violations are occuring on the water while he is sitting at the weigh in writing tickets for fish that are being released.

I don't understand why you guys think it is wrong when a tournament organization does not supply a "courtesy board"? It seems to me if a tournament has a "courtesy board" and you bring in a questionable fish then the tournament organization is aiding you in bringing in an illegal fish? A fish in the slot is a fish in the slot, period. If you had any question that your fish might be over then you should have thrown in back! If you have a fish in your possession and walk on to the bank to check it on a "courtesy board" then the game warden has every right to write you a ticket if the fish is not legal!

Not to mention if you are measuring you fish to go under rather than trying to see if it will go over you are measuring your fish wrong in the first place! No "courtesy board" can fix your hope that the fish will go under if you if you are measuring it wrong!

I for one think Bass Champs did it right, NO COURTESY BOARD! I can only imagine the long line of guys trying to get their fish to measure under the line at the bank holding their fish out of water!

Jeff Welch had what I thought was a real good explanation on their web site about how to measure a fish in a slot event. He said the correct board and way you measure the fish is just as important as changing your line or putting gas in your boat!

Seriously?

That is the response of someone who is ignorant. Obama fan no doubt looking to sue rather than accept the findings of both parties calling the lengths. Being that there was a warning issued, then it was obvious the warden also found it too long. So then what is your grounds to "look for a piece of the tournament organization" First, the TPW findings have nothing to do with the tourney, the tourney staff likely called it long, and that is likely why the warden was involved. Second, there should not need to be a courtesy board, they tell you what board they use. If you use the flawed logic that all boards are differnet, then the bump board will also be different that the one they have at the scales. Good that there was only a warning, unless it was flagrant, "1/32" could easily happen.