I mentioned something to my father about this subject (hand off). He said his good friend was up below bonneville this year with his wife and kids. He said he had banked a couple of fish then a officer watched him set the hook, hand the fish to his wife, and she landed it. The officer wrote him a ticket for handing off the rod. I think it's a bunch of crap. When I take my girlfriend out freedrifting, any fish I hook I hand off to her because I want to see her land them all, watching the excitement, seeing her run around the boat like a chicken with it's head chopped off. It's a crack up. So write me a ticket and I'll do it over and over, because I think it's a B.S. rule.
Keith