Winning Measurements: Total Length from tip of nose to tip of tail. (Someone needs to be a sand hand for verification or a picture needs to be available with a measuring device to count)
Rules: This one will be the old fashioned way and surf casting from the beach only.... No Bay Fishing.
Only "Posting" P-Soul members are eligible. All fishing contests are competitions in which all members including moderators are eligible.
Mike, it has been brought to my attention by a few people that the rules weren't followed even though they don't doubt it was a big fish. There is no way I'm going to disqualify your shark as it was a great catch solo on the beach and you wanted to get it back on time as not to put it's health at risk.
I think what I'm going to have to do though is asterisk your catch since it didn't follow contest rules. By this, I think I'm going to very loosely follow something along the line of Bassmaster Rules. Since there was no sand hand for verification nor a picture with a measuring device, that there will be a 2" reduction for rule related issues. Your length will stand, but in event of someone catching a 94.5" and have the appropriate pictures or sand hand verification, that person would win. There are a lot of good prizes here to win and the rules have been placed a while ago for everyone to see.
I know this won't make either side happy, but I feel this is a middle of the line ruling in which it benefits both sides and there is still 7 weeks of fishing ahead of us. A last minute call at the end of December would be worse, so I just want to nip this in the bud now.
I will adjust any rules for future contests as to make sure that any rule skirting is addressed. Once again, you and Joe have the most legitimate sharks for this contest, but you didn't have a sand hand for verification nor a picture of some sort of measuring device next to the shark since you were solo and Joe had a family come down to help him. I have no doubt you guys caught what you caught and will be added to the Shark List as noted, but for these contest rules has to be followed in a way there is some legitimate way to verify.