Fishing an X rap this weekend. caught a lil o dink, got it to the boat. when i pulled it out of the water it threw the bait from it mouth ,flipped and hooked itself in the gut and tail. now i dont know tourney rules, would i have been able to weigh this fish? since by the time it was in the boat it wasnt mouth hooked. Better yet, what if it was the world record? could i count that catch in this situation? just wondering.

You disqualified the fish and the question when you said dink.

You disqualified the fish and the question when you said dink.

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I was wondering the same thing.  I had a fish hit a spook this weekend, hooked in the mouth with the front treble and the rear treble stuck into it's throat.  It tossed the front treble on a jump, so landed with only the rear.  Is that considered "foul hooked" or not?  I would say no, as it wasn't snagged but wasn't sure what constitutes a record.

These are good questions.

I understand that a fish can be hooked outside the mouth so long as you weren't sight fishing.  

I'm not sure about world record rules but on the local level there is no rule against weighing a fish that has been hooked outside the mouth.

Mottfia

as long as you werent site fishing it would not matter...if it were a 23lb bass you wouldnt have to worry bout that happening...if it comes off its gone