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zacs, my friend caught that fish you posted pics of. that was a surf caught fish maybe mid-fall. that fish was caught maybe a few miles from a heavily fished boat spot. during the week the spot gets a lot of local commercial rod and reel pressure. a lot of those guys yo-yo too.
as far as this particular derby fish, he caught it using his tatics, whether or not all the lead and rigs were from him or someone else. it's a difficult one to weigh on as someone mentioned what about the bait used and consumed by a bass if one entered that fish? should that be taken out of the bass, weighed and then subtracted from the fish's overall weight if the yo-yo's are taken out? i guess the committee either has to decide to remove the contents for yo-yo caught fish and subtract that from the fish's weight, disqualify the fish right away, or leave it as is (it sounds like they already disqualified it). you have to assume that someone else that may have caught a boat fish and it happened to have yo-yo in it's stomach shouldnt be penalized if the person used a different method, such as throwing eels? is that fair to disqualiy a fish in that instance? what if you caught a bluefish w/ a diamond jig from the boat inside it's mouth. it's not in the stomach, but in the fish's mouth? that jig could weigh 6-16 oz., or more.
going back to my friend's fish, he's was caught in the surf. his fish counted towards a tournament for a club. would it be fair to disqualify his fish w/ those contents if he caught it from the surf? you cant yo-yo from the surf?
i've been a tournament chair for clubs before. it's difficult at times. you dont always think of every possibly rule until something comes up such as this one. it'll be an interesting story for a while for the derby.
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