not if they handle it like they do the fishing, i have measured and remeasured fish to be sure they kept for tournament weigh-ins only, all are released, once on a famous texas lake gw comes up and wants to check my fish, i give him one he hands it back, i give him the second and he turns and puts it in the water, i get very very irate, he ask if i would have rather had a citation, the fish was 21" measured in accordance to tp&w standards, not even a 1/32 short but this j/a took it upon himself to be judge and jury( he never fanned the tail or anything)[:@],like i said i wouldn't count on tp&w cuttin me any slack, i still ended up in 7th in the tournament, but that legal fish cost me about 400 in winnings, up till that day i had the utmost respect for the gw's, but know i realize some of em go to school to become real "professionels" not all but a few


BTW the spread law soundsbad to me