For those of you who watched Major League Fishing last year know how stressful it was for the competitors; Well it's about to get that much tougher. So what do you think about the new rules?
Major League Fishing posted a release about the new rules. For the entire article visit Major League Fishing New Rules.
“There won’t be a lot of fish hitting the carpet. Because when fish hit the carpet, anglers get penalized,” Major League Fishing Commissioner Don Rucks said. “That’s actually one of two significant new rules for us that are aimed at protecting the fish our anglers catch.”
The new fish-handling rules are:
Anglers will be penalized with two minutes of inactivity if they allow a fish to touch the carpet of their boats.
When releasing fish back into the water, anglers’ hands must be no higher than the boat’s gunnel above the water surface. Failure to properly release a fish will result in two minutes of inactivity.
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Published October 3, 2012.