I thought someone on here might know.  Per FLW rules, can you weigh in a dead fish for the big fish pot without penalty?  

without a penalty?  no way

Well I cant find anything about it flw rules.  I recently fished a local tournament that uses flw rules and I tied for big fish but the other guy's fish was dead.  

yes, big fish is normally wieghed with out penalty and I about 99% sure the big fish at the okeechobee tournament this year was weighed in dead.

Ok i was just tryin to see if there was anything in the FLW rules about it.  I know a lot of local clubs and tournaments have a stipulation that says no dead fish or a set weight penalty for the big fish pot.

I would argue that one till the end. If a fish is dead who knows what could be done to make its weight

Dead fish usually lose weight, unless they are immediately put on ice.

Whos to say the fish isnt dead because its stuffed full of tungsten?

If there's any suspicion, it isn't going to do any harm to fillet.  Usually there is a challenge process documented in the rules.  Something smells fishy, invoke the process.  Honestly, I think there's a lot less cheating at small opens and club tournaments than people think.  Rather than grumble and hate at the weigh in, use your smarts, know the rules, and ask the TD to enforce them, when necessary.