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That's why "fish stories" always include the words "the fish/beast/monster/cow was THIS BIG" (use hands spread apart to indicatee size), instead of saying the fish WEIGHED this much.
Remember, the more a fish story is told, the bigger the fish seems to get.
In any tournament, unbiased officiating is key. If an unscrupulus person wants to cheat, they'll find a way to try. Lord help them if they get caught.
I remember a fishing show a couple of years back, I believe it was something like the "Mad Fin Challenge", that covered an East vs. West shark tournament. One of the boats had what was an undersized fish, and claimed it was legal size. When the boat docked at the weigh in station, the fish was weighed and IMMEDIATELY cut up, preventing any verification of the fished size.
Keep in mind, the fish weighed less that what a legal size fish should weigh, meaning either the fish was sick and malnourished or the fish was undersized. The worst part was that they had comments from the crew stating that it was short, but they still called it in as a legal fish.
So, like I said, if there's a will (and money) there'll find a way.
As for me, I give whoever is running the tourmanent the benefit of the doubt.
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