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Originally Posted by MakoMike
Maybe because the simple act of weighing a big girl on one of those scales has a 90% probability of killing it? Even if the fish swims away it will most likely suffer internal injuries that will eventually kill it. You can't hang big fish up by the mouth and not expect to do some internal damage.
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I think that is still up for debate. If that was true every large bass that was lip gaffed, held up by gill cover, or just held vertically would be dead. More study is needed before I'm convinced of that.
Our club has a policy that fish can be weighed in the field so they do not have to be brought dead to a weigh station. This has worked well for us but then again we're not giving away trucks or boats to the winners.
DZ
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