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Topic: Fish's Mouth Open = DQ or Adjusted Length?  (Read 1855 times)

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Sin Coast

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It seems completely unreasonable to DQ a fish just because the mouth is slightly open. (Especially when it provides little to no advantage!)
Why not adjust the measurement instead?
 
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Neither ... anglers choice of deduction/DSQ?


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Sin, your question was answered in the other thread.

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I believe this was a satisfactory answer to cover this topic

"If you have a fish whose mouth absolutely will not shut, state so in the comments when you post and the committee will review.  I'm guessing 99% of fish will be able to have their mouths shut.  We'll deal with the 1% in some fashion."

This along with the closed mouth rule should keep it fair.
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Cool, I was just curious what other people thought about the DQ vs adjusting the measurement for open-mouthed fish. But I kinda assumed the consensus would favor the idea of assigning an accurate measurement to fish w/open mouths...Instead of an outright DQ. So shame on me haha!
Still though, Thanks for voting guys.
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