catfish chaos

This morning me and Dave "what time is it" V went out to catch a few LM, all in all a good few hours out we boated and released 8 nice bass in preperation for this Saturdays team tourney. Including a nice 4+ pound bass that crushed a buzzbait right before sunlight. That fish has a dead catfish hanging out of it's mouth. Dave pulled the catfish out and it was close to a pound in it's half digested state.

Question: During a tourney if the fish is placed in the livewell and doesn't spit up the catfish would it be included with the weight at weigh in? Or would it be taken out? Should the dead fish be removed prior to putting it in the livewell? Just wondering

Usually, regurgitated baitfish cannot be weighed... but I guess if it's
still in there, then you're good to go!

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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This morning me and Dave "what time is it" V went out to catch a few LM,
all in all a good few hours out we boated and released 8 nice bass in
preperation for this Saturdays team tourney. Including a nice 4+ pound bass
that crushed a buzzbait right before sunlight. That fish has a dead catfish
hanging out of it's mouth. Dave pulled the catfish out and it was close to a
pound in it's half digested state.

Question: During a tourney if the fish is placed in the livewell and
doesn't spit up the catfish would it be included with the weight at weigh
in? Or would it be taken out? Should the dead fish be removed prior to
putting it in the livewell? Just wondering

Nope just wondering about fish that stay in


"Charles Summers" wrote in message
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Usually, regurgitated baitfish cannot be weighed... but I guess if it's
still in there, then you're good to go!

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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This morning me and Dave "what time is it" V went out to catch a few LM,
all in all a good few hours out we boated and released 8 nice bass in
preperation for this Saturdays team tourney. Including a nice 4+ pound
bass
that crushed a buzzbait right before sunlight. That fish has a dead
catfish
hanging out of it's mouth. Dave pulled the catfish out and it was close to
a
pound in it's half digested state.

Question: During a tourney if the fish is placed in the livewell and
doesn't spit up the catfish would it be included with the weight at weigh
in? Or would it be taken out? Should the dead fish be removed prior to
putting it in the livewell? Just wondering

Alwaysfishking wrote:
Question: During a tourney if the fish is placed in the livewell and
doesn't spit up the catfish would it be included with the weight at
weigh in? Or would it be taken out? Should the dead fish be removed
prior to putting it in the livewell? Just wondering


If the fish doesn't spit up what it ate, then the contents are part of the
fish, even if partially exposed. But if a fish does spit something up,
you're not allowed to shovel it back in. I've seen pros do exactly that
though. When questioned, the logic was that "it was part of the fish when I
caught it". But that doesn't fly if they've culled even one fish during the
day.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Thanks Rich, anyone ever have an official take the contents out at weigh in?
"RichZ" wrote in message
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Alwaysfishking wrote:
Question: During a tourney if the fish is placed in the livewell and
doesn't spit up the catfish would it be included with the weight at
weigh in? Or would it be taken out? Should the dead fish be removed
prior to putting it in the livewell? Just wondering


If the fish doesn't spit up what it ate, then the contents are part of the
fish, even if partially exposed. But if a fish does spit something up,
you're not allowed to shovel it back in. I've seen pros do exactly that
though. When questioned, the logic was that "it was part of the fish when
I
caught it". But that doesn't fly if they've culled even one fish during
the
day.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Never had that problem, I'm sad to say....


"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Thanks Rich, anyone ever have an official take the contents out at weigh
in?
"RichZ" wrote in message
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Alwaysfishking wrote:
Question: During a tourney if the fish is placed in the livewell and
doesn't spit up the catfish would it be included with the weight at
weigh in? Or would it be taken out? Should the dead fish be removed
prior to putting it in the livewell? Just wondering


If the fish doesn't spit up what it ate, then the contents are part of
the
fish, even if partially exposed. But if a fish does spit something up,
you're not allowed to shovel it back in. I've seen pros do exactly that
though. When questioned, the logic was that "it was part of the fish
when
I
caught it". But that doesn't fly if they've culled even one fish during
the
day.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing