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[Blood_Orange]

Thanks Spawn Sack, for filling us in on what the organizers had to say!

Personally, I think rule #8 should be changed to allow another angler to tail/net your fish if it seems pragmatic under the circumstances (as mikeyman pointed out, hazards and so on) Maybe you have a bad hip and can't quickly squat down like that, maybe you swore it was a hatchery so you skid it up on the sand only to see an adipose fin. Another set of hands almost always helps when it comes to a good release.

I agree wholeheartedly. If you can do it safely on your own, then do it on your own. If a dangerous river bank or bad hip requires you to ask a friend to net/tail the fish then do whatever's reasonable. So long as you're not doing anything outrageous (like passing the rod to another person with a fish on) then allowing reasonable help seems like common sense to me.

[mikeyman]

I honestly think that rule is there so others aren't passing fish off they didn't catch. Maybe a non derby entry to a buddy who is in.