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Waldron Chain (IN) 11-15-09 TNT Results

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Bigbass101	Waldron Chain (IN) 11-15-09 TNT Results		Lead	[-]
Posts: 6446 11/15/2009 21:04	Tags : bass, fishing, indiana, waldron chain Here's the results passed along from Hoosierhawger from 11-15-09 Sobbering weigh-in TNT The TNT Extended season for 11/15/09 was held on Dukes Bridge and the West Lakes chain of lakes....... The winning weight was impressive for a tough day of fishing for the rest of the field. But more impressive for the day was the fisherman that weighed his fish that was big enough to win 2nd place honors and a paycheck but refused to let the weigh-master count it because it was a foul hooked fish, he stated he only wanted to see what it weighed and with that, released the fish...... That shows the integrity of the type fishermen we have fishing the TNT Tournament and as Director my hat comes off to John Grimm ....... John gain alot of respect of fishermen today. KUDOS my friend. Results as follows: 1st Place ............ Barry and Brian Bley 3 fish 10 lbs 1 oz 2nd Place ...........JR Brinkman and Dan Powell 1 fish 2 lb 8 oz Big Bass went to team of Bley and Bley 4 lbs 6 oz Next Sundays tournament will be on Sylvan Lake 8 am to 1 pm FYI...... Indiana Fishing Regs state as follows......... Snagging Fish It is illegal to snag fish from public waters in Indiana, including the Ohio River. Foul-hooked fish (fish not caught in the mouth) must be released to the water and not kept. Snagging is the practice of dragging or jerking a hook (or hooks), baited or unbaited, through the water with the intention of snagging a fish on contact. RUBF Fishing and Hunting Reports RUBF Fishing and Hunting Reports
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Angolajones		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1372 11/15/2009 22:59	Let's open a can of worms. If you catch a fish on a jerkbait or crankbait and it jumps and throws the hooks in its mouth but the other trebles snag it, is it a legal fish? Jonesy
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bassrangerr81		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 64 11/16/2009 10:54	Absolutely. I commend the fisherman if he intentionally snagged it, but I doubt he did. I'm sure he wasn't sight fishing this time of year. I don't think the fisherman was in the know here. If he did try to intentionally snag the fish, that raises some questions in itself. The key word here is "Intentional". If you foul hook any fish in Indiana that you are legally fishing for, i.e. not visibly sight fishing for as on a bed, than the fish is legal. I believe the snagging law is aimed at fisherman who employ huge treble hooks in hopes of snagging Paddlefish in rivers and spillways. I might be wrong, but I don't think so. There are states that require any boated fish to be hooked inside the mouth, but Indiana is not one of them. I do believe California is one, because I've seen a lot of big bass going back into the lake during bassmasters tournaments that were hooked outside of the mouth with a swimbait. That sounds like unknowing judgement on the fishermans part as well as the weighmaster, unless what we're not being told is that in fact he did try to intentionally snag this fish. Might be a costly lesson learned here.
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Bigbass101		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6446 11/16/2009 13:44	Here's how the snagged fish occurred. he was explaining that he had the fish to the boat on a trap in the mouth right at the boat the fish turned and made a run the trap came out and as it did it hooked him in the tail......... everyone there agreed that they would say it a legal fish but he didn't want it that way.... RUBF Fishing and Hunting Reports RUBF Fishing and Hunting Reports
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bassrangerr81		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 64 11/16/2009 14:46	Yep, thats a completely legal fish for sure. Man, that guys, got money to spare. I had a 4.5# fish on a trap once in a tournament. I was trying to lift it in the net, and the hooks came completely out of it mouth and flew behind me. The fish laid there in the water stunned. My partner reached down and netted a non hooked (anymore) fish. I couldn't have been happier to slap that pig in my livewell for the big bass and tournament win. That was a perfectly legal fish by all means. Wow, I'm glad that fisherman was an honest guy, but if your not in it to win it, cast a bobber off the Waldron Chain bridge. Was this his first tournament ever?
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bassrangerr81		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 64 11/16/2009 14:51	Sorry for the condesending remarks, but that just sounds cheesy to me! What did second place pay out $0.99? Especially when everyone and the weighmaster all said it was a legal fish. Just my 2 cents worth!
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