Party Boat pool "irregularity"?

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Originally Posted by hartattack

Smells fishy ! Whenever I have a contender I insist on the mate switching the 2 fish on the balance so that the winner wins on both sides

Thanks for the comment..You must understand how I am.
I am pretty much a naive' and trusting soul, thats more inclined to believe in the best of the human nature, not the worst.. As I get older, thats starting to change, sadly...
As I stated, on party boats I always feel like an outsider at a best buddies club.
I didn't think it was right to say anything and that on a party boat the mate is to be trusted 100%, period, no questions.

If the general consensus from the knowledgeable membership on this site is that thats not an inappropriate thing to do, I will certainly do it next time, if I have similar doubts.. the trip in question i was just not thinking along those lines as this was happening.. It was later on when I started re thinking everything when I put it together..
1-His fish being lean and streamlined, and mine was much fatter with that typical big head and mouth,
2-The scale looking "locked", never moving even in the slightest at any time when the fish were being placed on and off,
and 3-
the fact that the mate never once centered the fish as they always do.

Next time, outsider or not, I will ask the mate to center the scale, or better yet, to remove both fish and change sides.. If he and the captain get pissed off at me , so be it... bob