Those are the rules as stated today...what were the rules as stated in 1982 when the fish was caught? IGFA only started maintaining the records as of 1978 so the rules and regs could have been different back then.
In most sports the rules and regs are ever evolving so there may not have been anything in the rules back then that spoke to somebody helping you land the fish.
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Originally Posted by ridler72
Plugging with a black over silver Rebel he hooked THE fish and fought it for one hour and forty minutes before it was beaten and he and Pat could pull it clear of the rocks.
1. From the time that a fish strikes or takes a bait or lure, the angler must hook, fight, and land or boat the fish without the aid of any other person, except as provided in these regulations
Attack the IGFA not the angler.
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