I actually had a long and I thought very informative discussion with the director of this tournament. I have to say I was pretty impressed. They have done extensive preperation and research to facilitate a fair and conservation friendly tournament in a time when very few tournaments are fair and conservation friendly.
In fact, I have been meaning to have a Q&A here on S-B with the tournament director so people can ask and he can give his spiel to the folks here...
In addition to the slot of 28 - 36 inches, 2 fish combined weight,
This is a NO bait tourny, not even a worm on a tube!
There is a 1 Single hook role also, so if you use a 9er rig, only 1 shad can have a hook !
We (Team Ave Maria) will be fishing it
Basser and I had a long talk with thier rep at the Mass Bass Show. FLW has been running the Redfish for a long time and seems to have all the bases covered. Tubes will be provided to keep fish alive. Every way of cheating you could think of has allready been tried and they know how to deal with it. All they needed was a permit to high grade from Mass, so I guess they got it.
All the recent discussion on yo-yoing raises a question tho. Suppose your 36" ate a yo-yoed pogie and broke off? Without your knowing you could be DQed and falsely branded! What if he swallowed a 6 oz jig? It`ll show up on the x-ray.
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Seems like a lot of ridiculous rules to me. One hook? Kept alive? So if you're a surf fisherman, you're supposed to haul one bass in some half-assed life support device around with you until you catch a second?
If their premise is that these tubes keep the fish alive, why have a slot limit? For the first time ever in the striper surf, you'll hear an agler say "Damn it! another 40 pounder."
Seems like running the 100 meters and awarding a tropy to the guy who comes in 4th.
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