Apache Tourney
I wasn't in the tourney, but I watched most of the weigh in. As I watched, I noticed that many of the "big fish" being weighed looked a lot larger than what was being recorded. At one point, a fish was weighed as 2.87 lbs. The angler stated that the fish was definitely not 2.87. I peeked in and looked...commented to the guy next to me that it was more like a 4.....anyway, the scale was reset and the fish was re-weighed. It was now recorded as a 3.96. The difference is 1.1 lbs or about 1 lb 1.5 ounces. My observation is that everyone weighing after that reset was 1.1 lbs greater than those previous. I have participated in several weigh-ins with the bass club I belong to...and resetting the scale is a huge no-no....but when I asked myself what I would have done in that situation....I couldn't answer. There's no telling when that error in the scale came about, but I'm sure there is an action to best mitigate such an occurrence.....one I'd like to know in case our club is ever faced with such an issue.
Bottom line is, the folks that run that tourney are top notch and I'm sure they'll do what it takes to make it right with anyone who may have suffered from the scale thing. Also....because I don't know the exact procedure for how they conduct the weigh in...I may be totally off base here.
Regards,
BassTrix