Bassmaster Elite Series Question

I was watching the show this morning as i was cleaning the house (i was bored!). Anyway, Mike Iaconelli's line broke and he jumped into the water to get it and the fish was still on so he handlined the fish in. Did it count? I never heard since the vacuum was drowning out the sound! He did have one hand on the boat at all times maybe that made it legal? Anyone know the ruling on this? BTW, congrats again to Bill Smith again i'm sure he feels great!

It would have but the fish was short..

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Somewhere I think I heard them say in a past show that one part of your body has to stay in contact with the boat. I saw a few guys flilpping boat docks on recent shows and they had one foot on the dock and the other in the boat, but it was legal.