DISQUALIFIED SHARKS

There are other sharks that they need to be disqualified .some need to look at some of those pictures of shark being pull in back of the boat to make the shark alive . I'm not in this year but some need to step up to put a stop to the cheating.

Some sharks tail fins remain erect, others sag. Stretching the tail sometimes is inadvertent. Will and the committee have a tough job keeping this fair for all. Maybe for prizes in the future, fork length should be used as it is easier to police.

There are many different "natural states" of sharks tails. Some up some down. We did not intentionally stretch the tail as you can see Nino is only holding the tail with one finger. Either way it should just be fork length to avoid all this.

Dan,more of the tape going from the nose up the body to the tail,instead of a straight line.....Dave

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In my opinion it is common sense to measure the fish with the measuring tape straight and not following the curve to the fish. It adds length....it doesn't say in the rules that you can't put a basketball between the tape measure and the shark but it is common sense same thing.

Take a measuring tape stretch it to 10 ft and put a 2 ft bow in it and see what it reads after.

The tape needs to be straight that's how I measure my fish and alot of other people did to....if curved tapes are accepted length should be added to all people fish who are measuring correctly. ..or more realistic the fish measured incorrectly should be either dqd or length subtracted 1 time warning. Just my opinion I think everyone doing it knows it adds length.

Good points are being made BUT some have taken the liberty to use sharks caught in the Blacktip Challenge as examples of sharks measured incorrectly that were allowed in that tournament.That was a cheap shot Dan -This is not the Blacktip Challenge ,I am not Josh Jorgensen and we will not allow sharks that are being INCORRECTLY MEASURED.I HAVE MADE MYSELF CLEAR.THE RULES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THIS SITE AND ON FACEBOOK CONTINOUSLY FROM DAY ONE --"Sharks should be measured in a straight line" is that hard to figure out.It does not say "follow the sharks body line or up and down a bulging stomach" does it?? If you want stir shit up I can tell you,, you are barking up the wrong tree ,and I will take swift action to disqualify not only the Hammer Wrangler's 8 ft 11 inch Bull Shark that I used as an example up above but the FIRST PLACE 13 foot 2 inch,and the SECOND PLACE 11 FT 3 inch Hammerheads that both had there tails stretched beyond what is considered to be correct in the BHC. I have all the pictures in my possession by eye witnesses . I really did not want to touch upon this subject and maintain the Peace but since some can't take correction -here we are.

I have stated ALL I AM GOING TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT --IF YOU WISH TO FURTHER CREATE PROBLEMS TO THIS TOURNAMENT I WILL BE SWIFT IN MY ACTIONS & DISQUALIFY WHAT THE COMMITTEE DEEMS UNACCEPTABLE.