question if this is legal in a tournament

**Bluewater Sportfishing** · 03-13-2009, 03:39 PM

Is this samson post IGFA legal and can this be used instead of a chair?

**fmoore** · 03-13-2009, 03:45 PM

"The following acts will disqualify a catch:
....3. Resting the rod on any part of the boat, or on any other object while playing the fish."

Straight from the rule book, albeit from 2004 but I don't think the rules have changed any.

**Bluewater Sportfishing** · 03-13-2009, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by fmoore

"The following acts will disqualify a catch:
....3. Resting the rod on any part of the boat, or on any other object while playing the fish."

Straight from the rule book, albeit from 2004 but I don't think the rules have changed any.

The object I guess would be the little roller in the front of the rod there in the pic?

**DropinBack** · 03-13-2009, 05:11 PM

Not legal...

**Bluewater Sportfishing** · 03-13-2009, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by DropinBack

Not legal...

why?......

**fmoore** · 03-13-2009, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Bluewater Sportfishing

The object I guess would be the little roller in the front of the rod there in the pic?

I don't know about any of this stuff to be honest. I think this has come up before and the conclusion reached was illegal. It seems to me that that roller is definitely a place to rest the rod.

If my memory serves me correctly one guy said he removed the roller for IGFA tournaments. I guess whether the aluminum tubing is a place to rest the rod or not is another debate if that route is taken. Seems like the rod might fly out of the gimbal though.

**Shortfin** · 03-13-2009, 07:05 PM

I was fishing in a IGFA Billfish tourney and we had to leave the roller at the dock or they would have DQ'D all of our catches , or we had to pull the post completly

**Bluewater Sportfishing** · 03-13-2009, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Shortfin

I was fishing in a IGFA Billfish tourney and we had to leave the roller at the dock or they would have DQ'D all of our catches , or we had to pull the post completly

so if you removed the roller then all was ok? They didnt give you any slack after that?

**Shortfin** · 03-13-2009, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Bluewater Sportfishing

so if you removed the roller then all was ok? They didnt give you any slack after that?

It was ok'd by the tournament comittee ,that is all that was said ,there was another boat that had one and landed a sword the day before and they should have been DQ'D but they were locals

I am still unclear if that was IGFA legal without roller but we had a limited means of rod holders not to mention we had a 13 year old angler on the vessel and only 3 adults

I would e-mail the igfa and ask the question and print the e-mail

**SNAKE EYES SPORTFISHING** · 03-13-2009, 07:39 PM

im sure you could still attach a harness to the reel, loose the roller , anyhow he if the rod would touch the roler its not upright enough ... jmo...dave

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