boga grip for tournament weighing

[Gunpowder]

i realize that many tournaments have a catch and release category, but you cant use those towards winning the big prizes. im not sure if this has been discussed before but why dont tournaments such as OTW and other big derbys allow for one to weigh and picture their own fish so that it can be released. i know this sounds way off the wall, but if tournaments are trusting that you entered the shore division category and are catching and weighing fish only from the shore, why cant they trust one to accurately weigh a fish himself and take a picture and measurements? i mean, many of the serious surf guys that are bringing in the big bass to the scales are the ones that own and carry a boga grip and some sort of camera... if the boga grip was IGFA certified, why not allow for this? it has been forecasted by many on this site that striped bass are in serious trouble and are being overlooked as far as regulations go, wouldn't this perhaps be a good idea? what are you thoughts on this.....


mike