Fishing - World Record?

"Matt Guild" said:
See this articale at ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/f...d_Weakley_25.1

In their article ESPN posted:
"Winn said he hoisted the fish out of the water and did most of the
handling, while Dickerson weighed it - on the dock. (The IGFA will only
consider for record status a fish weighed on land, Schratwieser said.)"

This comment attributed to Schratwieser is absolutely incorrect. Many
floating marinas have certified scales on their docks. Since the IGFA
instituted its "send us your scales and we'll certify it" program many
billfish captains have certified scales on board so fishermen could weigh
and release their potential world record fish using a pre-certified scales.
IGFA encourages "catch, photograph, weigh, measure and release" without
mentioning that it has to be done on land.

Because some other comments attributed to IGFA's Schatwieser also seem bogus
to me, I am very skeptical of all the other stuff ESPN is saying about the
incident. Personally I put far more faith in what San Diego County locals
say such as John Kerr posted on this board and what park employees say than
what some clueless national press writer says.

Be careful about reading anything into a quote that says "IGFA will consider
_________." IGFA will "consider" anything!! Some stuff they will
"consider" for 2-3 seconds and other stuff they will consider for months.
They won't do any OFFICIAL "considering" until IGFA receives an official
notarized application accompanied by all the required supporting material.
Unless they have changed recently, when IGFA determines an application meets
their criteria for "completeness," IGFA will classify the catch as
"Pending".

You can bet when/if IGFA ever classifies an all tackle caught largemouth
bass as Pending World Record, their "consideration" will really begin in
depth and it will take far longer that one month to certify a "Current"
World Record. g And sadly if this happens, you can also bet that the hype
and blabber in the national press will also reach World Record levels.

John