| Title: | Fishing-V2: All About Angling |
| Notice: | Time to go fishin'! day egins |
| Moderator: | WAHOO::LEVESQUE |
| Created: | Fri Jul 19 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 548 |
| Total number of notes: | 9621 |
Anybody catch that story about the derby winner at the Winny contest
that found out the next day he actually came in 3rd. Seemes he caught a
13" trout on day 1 that weighed over a lb but after hanging on the
board through day 2 was re-weighed at under >8 lbs for a 3rd place
finish. He and his son had been admiring the first place prize of a
$17,000 fishing rig. To say they were disappointed is an
understatement.
I thought everyone knew that fish lost weight once out of the lake;
being out for 24+ hours is outrageous. Someone told them that the fish
might have lost .01/lb or so. From what I have read it could be up to
25% of the fish's body weight after even a few hours out of the water.
The sponsor (Rotary Club?) says no big deal, think of the fund raising
effort - but the father and son who spend a day and a night drooling
over the new boat are threatening to sue for the $16,900.
What a PR disaster this has turned out to be.
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| 493.1 | BRAT::TOMAS | Fri Apr 05 1996 16:35 | 2 | ||
I really don't blame the guy for sueing. Once the fish is "officially"
weighed in...that's the official weight. Period! I hope he wins.
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| 493.2 | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | put the opening in back | Mon Apr 08 1996 08:48 | 2 | |
Yeah, the idea of reweighing the fish on the 2nd day was a blunder by
tournament officials. Weighed in is weighed in.
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| 493.3 | Fish story | NIOSS1::BOURGAULT | Thu May 02 1996 13:20 | 11 | |
Just an update on the story. What really happened was the fish
was weighed without the basket being tared out. When they looked at it
against the other trout the next day they decided to weigh it again
and tare out the basket. I know they were lead to believe they
would win the boat but the difference between 1st and 3rd was
considerable. I doubt very much that the fish lost much body weight
since this happens with evaporation. The fish were frozen solid.
Regards
DonB,
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