Drug Tests And Professional Anglers

[Crookedneck]

_{This is a funny thread!}  

 

_{My younger brother is a weight lifting-meat head, several weeks ago he was home and I took him fishing.  We were fishing on Green Bay in some 3-4 footers for smallies.  After about an hour he started whining about how sore his calves were.  He said it felt like he was doing 240 lb calf squats for the last hour.  He had to sit down to keep from crying.}

 

_{If you were to fish for days like this I could see where PED would be an advantage.  LOL!}

 

_{I would have to say that from some of the reactions I have seen when a fish is missed there is some Roid Rage going on in the pro's.}

[Jrob78]

Hahahaha, I can't believe y'all are still talking about this.

[quanjig]

I know a lot of tx's in my area if you win, you are required to take a lie detector test and one of the questions is have you or did you ingest any alcohol or drugs during the tx!

[The Young Gun]

Sometimes I think Ike is on something. LOL

Lmao!

[flyfisher]

I think most of you are missing the benefits of PEDs.  It isn't about bulking up or getting stroner per se it is about recoevery time.  Most baseball players get busted for either a stimulant or HGH.  HGH helps one recover more quickly and stimulants keep you going.  Why else do yo uthink once adderall was banned from MLB there was a sudden rash of ADHD cases and subsequent exemptions?

 

I do agree though that being on any type of tour type event schedule can be difficult to manage and there seems like there isn't enough time in the day . We have all fished from sun up to sundown before but i know i have never done it where i needed that paycheck to feed my family.  That brings an entirely different pespective to any activity.

 

The main differnece in fishing is being stronger really sin't going to help you as much as it does in football or baseball.  I also find it pretty hard to think that the pros aren't able to stay in good enough shape to fish every day at a high intensity level. 

[Master Bait'r]

This is hilarious.  

 

 

I would never fish sober on purpose.  

[Grizzn N Bassin]

I agree with flyfisher with the using peds recovery time is deffenitly rated higher imo.... i will say yea you will get tired of standing your boat all day driving hours on end little sleep, it is stresfull and engery depleting.. but baseball.. especially the everyday players playing 162 games ? playing day in and day out well ive only played 98 games in season and let me to you. that is very tough on your body....you cant even compare it to fishing unless you are out of shape and can't stand all day.. or football, hockey, basketball etc... jmo..

[Grizzn N Bassin]

There is something to compare it to

 

Baseball schedule:http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=nyy#y=2013&m=7&calendar=DEFAULT

 

Elite series schedule: http://www.bassmaster.com/slideshow/2013-elite-series-schedule

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Only one sport I can think of that's actually.strenuous.. Mountain biking..football.baseball.basketball not so much what do you do maybe a 1 hr game a week then.talk about it for 72 hrs...haha then break a toe off 4 months.like others said try a tourney 3 days in a.row 100 deg temps..4.or 5 times a.month

a 1 hour game?? watching clips from sport center is not a full game... the average time of a 9 inning baseball game is just under 3 hours..  they play mostly everyday and so does basketball which ispretty much all running...  football yuo need more time to recovery well for obvious reason getting tackled or hit and running.. have your biggest freinds tackle you then times that by 20.. let him do this to for i dont about 15 times then tell me how you feel the next day......  i bet you would pick sitting on a boat fishing

[SirSnookalot]

You may call professional fishing a sport if you like, but to call the anglers athletes is a bit of stretch.  Watching the U.S. Tennis open those athletes put on an awesome display strength and stamina over a 2-5 hour match with only a few pauses. Tri athletes are amazing, swimming, biking and topping it off with a marathon run.

[Master Bait'r]

If you can have a triple digit BMI and still be a Pro...  It's not a sport it's an activity  

[dam0007]

 

http://www.bassmaster.com/sites/default/files/imce/2013EliteRules.pdf

 

They don't drug test per the rules, but it states clearly in section C6 (iv) in the official BASSmaster rules and regulations:

 

(iv) Chemical substance addict

ion or abuse, conviction of a felony or crimes

involving moral turpitude, or other conduct

reflecting unfavorably upon efforts to promote safety, sports

manship, fair competition and compliance with tournament

rules shall be grounds for rejecting any application for partici

pation and/or for disqualificat

ion after circumstances are

reviewed by the Tournament Director. Any disqualification

suspension from, or other disci

plinary action regarding any

tournament or fishing organization shall be grounds for reject

ing any application for participation in a BASS tournament

and/or disqualification from a BASS tournament after ci

rcumstances are reviewed by the Tournament Director.

 

Also in section C6 (i):

 

(i)

Use of alcohol or drugs (other than those purchased over-the-

counter or prescribed by a licensed physician) by any competitor during the official practice or during the tournament will not

be tolerated and shall be cause for automatic disqualification from this and all future

B.A.S.S. tournaments. No alcoholic beverages, other non prescription

stimulants or depressants, shall be allowed in the boats during the official

practice or competition days, or when in the weigh-in area.

 

Chemical subastance addiction/abuse, does nicotin count? Dip/Chew, Cigars, Cigs, etc? Like all things sports related, pros are role models for kids, I wonder how pro anglers are looked at with this. I know baseball was shunning dip/chew for awhile back in the late 90s.

[Pavo]

well if you are fishing in tournaments and what not im sure you'd already be used to fishing for 8 hours and its a pretty normal thing for you. unless you are new then yah ur not, but honestly i dont see people in fishing using PEDs as a advantage more of personal use or some weird reason.