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I think the biggest impediment is the regulation that a potential record fish can't be weighed on a boat. You can get a good hand scale pre-certified, and take care of all of the photos and measurements with the fish alive, but unless you have a live well aboard big enough to hold a record sized fish, you'll never get it back to land alive to be weighed. And then there's the whole "possession" aspect of the law---in MA, a fish in a livewell is deemed to be in your possession.
I'd say the record is safe so long as the current slot remains in effect.
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