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!

I'm not a tournament fisherman, but I would think if they were both legally hooked it would be two fish.  However, the big one would be so po'ed you would only have one fish by weigh in anyways ;D ;D.

2 fish, 2 weights

I would say that both fish would count if legal where you were fishing.  If you had the Tournament Director's cell number, I would call and get his verdict on the matter before keeping the fish for weigh-in.

Chad

I would say that both fish would count if legal where you were fishing. If you had the Tournament Director's cell number, I would call and get his verdict on the matter before keeping the fish for weigh-in.

Chad

no need  its not the basspros   you caught 2 fish at once plain and simple   its a bragging right also   not something to hide or be concerned with

If the larger fish had totally swallowed the two pounder (and its tail wasn't sticking out the larger ones mouth), would it have counted as one fish? I expect many tournament bass have been weighed in after having recently eaten.

I would prollie weigh in both.....

Yet some people would look at it as the 2lber being live bait, depend on polygraph tech's reading the lie detector alot of times....

I was wade fishing a small river when I was in college. Me and a buddy were casting poppers on 3 wt. flyrods..I hooked a 12 incher off of a barely submerged rock, river was maybe 15 feet wide and shallow....playing small fish, the water erupts and the little bass is gone and my drag screaming....its 6 or 7 pound LMB.....then he jumps onto top of some rocks, spits the little bass out and sits on the rock kinda looking at us for a second then slides off into the water...... It was weird, and I wasnt under the influence of any mind altering substances.

Tim Horton had this happen in a tournament either earlier this year (may have been the Classic) or last year - both fish were legal.

Tim Horton had this happen in a tournament either earlier this year (may have been the Classic) or last year - both fish were legal.

He thought he had a 7 or 8 pounder on the end of his line, ended up being two 3 pounders.  Pretty cool to watch him bring those in to the boat.

Last Friday I caught two LMB on one crankbait!  Here is the picture!

Tim Horton had this happen in a tournament either earlier this year (may have been the Classic) or last year - both fish were legal.

He thought he had a 7 or 8 pounder on the end of his line, ended up being two 3 pounders.  Pretty cool to watch him bring those in to the boat.

I'm surprised at this.

I would have thought the second, larger bass would be DQ'd because it hit live bait, not the lure.  the fact that an angler was lucky enough to stick a hook in it, doesnt' mean that he fooled the big one with an artificail.  

I'll bet there was alot of discussion before that ruling was made.

Are you sure it wasn't something like happened to Tpayneful?  That, in my mind is clearly legal.  Both fish hit the lure, but the original post was also clear,  the big bass did not see the lure he hit the little bass = live bait.

Tim Horton had this happen in a tournament either earlier this year (may have been the Classic) or last year - both fish were legal.

He thought he had a 7 or 8 pounder on the end of his line, ended up being two 3 pounders. Pretty cool to watch him bring those in to the boat.

I'm surprised at this.

I would have thought the second, larger bass would be DQ'd because it hit live bait, not the lure. the fact that an angler was lucky enough to stick a hook in it, doesnt' mean that he fooled the big one with an artificail.

I'll bet there was alot of discussion before that ruling was made.

Are you sure it wasn't something like happened to Tpayneful? That, in my mind is clearly legal. Both fish hit the lure, but the original post was also clear, the big bass did not see the lure he hit the little bass = live bait.

Tim Horton was throwing a Rat-L-Trap and each fish bit its own treble hook.