dheisner

I had something happen to me the other day that could have made for a really interesting fishing tournament situation and I thought I would throw it out there and see what you guys thought and whether or not you had ever heard of it happening before or not. I was fishing with a spinnerbait when a 2 pounder hit my lure. I hooked it and started playing it. When it got half way to me, out of no where came this monster largemouth which proceeded to eat my 2 pounder. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. He had all of that 2 pounder in its mouth with the exception of about 4 inches of tail. Since I was using a spinnerbait, I didn't hook the big one and eventually pulled the bass back out of his mouth. I was fishing in a 5 acre farm pond in Alabama. Several weeks later, a lady caught and 11 pounder out of there. Maybe she caught my fish? Anyway, she weighed it and threw it back, so the hunt still continues for the monster. My question is, hypothetically, if I had been fishing in a tournament and using a plug, and the big fish had eaten the little fish and I managed to get the second hook in the big guy and land them both. Would they count as 2 fish or one and what the heck would you do about the weight. I could see this being an issue if one treble hook was in the first fish and the second treble hook got hooked down in the stomach of the bigger bass so that you can't get the little one out of his mouth without performing surgery. I just thought that was a really interesting scenario and wandered what would happen in a real tournament. It's definetly the most bizaar thing that has ever happened to me while fishing! I guess I have a story for the grandkids!