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I think the reason many albies are weighed in is to have a shot at the grand slam. I was lucky enough to get one over 10 lbs this year and had a shot at a weekly. I must have caught at least 20, but only weighed in the single fish.
I love the competition as I'm sure many do. It would be difficult for me to throw away a fish that I knew would increase my grand slam weight even if it would not win the weekly prize. Raising the minumim length seems like the right thing to do. I would bet that 50% of the albies I caught were under 28" and another 40% were under 29". I don't know the statistics but I'll bet a mere inch raise in the lmit to 29" would cut out more than half of the 600 fish that were weighed in this year. I would much rather see the minimum length increased than to see the fish left out of the derby.
I'd love to see the histogram on the 600 fish. I'm sure the weights can be easily transformed accurately into length.
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