I have the Badger Derby rules and they just state that the Alberta regs. must be followed. I would have treated the fish as a fish caught and weighed it in, if in the opinion of the judges they told me that it was not legally caught then that would be the end of the story. (by the way that was a great story). Now as for legally hooking the fish i have used a split rig with one hook caught in the mouth and one outside the mouth back by the gill plate. In the process of pulling him up the hook came out of the mouth but the other stayed by the gill plate would i be a fish poacher?
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