Super User TOXIC Posted February 17, 2024 Super User Posted February 17, 2024 Seems to be all too common nowadays. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjN5L6L6LKEAxXtGVkFHUyaCX0QFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outdoorlife.com%2Ffishing%2Fdisqualified-kansas-record-crappie-stuffed-with-ball-bearings%2F&usg=AOvVaw3A4w6fmysr2uTIV-NukMqu&opi=89978449 1 3 Quote
Super User Bird Posted February 17, 2024 Super User Posted February 17, 2024 I've always wondered what kind of fine or trouble these kind of dishonest people get themselves into...... especially tournament fisherman. Quote
Super User gim Posted February 17, 2024 Super User Posted February 17, 2024 Interesting that they declined to prosecute him. He openly permitted law enforcement into his house to seize and examine the fish. My guess is that once he allowed that, he assumed they would find out what he did and wasn't trying to hide it anymore. 5 felonies since 2019? Sounds like he should be in prison already. 2 Quote
Captain Phil Posted February 17, 2024 Posted February 17, 2024 Some years back our bass club ran a big bass tournament on the Harris Chain each summer. I was the MC for a few years. This was a one fish per boat tournament with the money going to the largest bass. The grand prize was about $2K. Two guys attempted to cheat by stuffing their bass with weights. The weigh master discovered this and voided their win. Our club prosecuted the pair and it went to court. They plea bargained and the court fined the cheaters and banned them from fishing any more tournaments. Forty years ago, a major competitor of Ray Scott's Bassmaster was brought down when two guys attempted to weigh fish caught in another lake. I was there when one of the Adam's brothers pointed this out. As it turned out, the competitor was trying to create their own fishing heroes like Bill Dance and Roland Martin. This scandal eventually caused Ray's competition to go out of business. Cheating was very common in the early days of fishing tournaments. That was one main reason Ray Scott got into the tournament business. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 17, 2024 Super User Posted February 17, 2024 Not worth our time. Simply delete the thread, like it never happened. Because as it pertains to fishing, it didn't. Seems Bobby's character level sits well below the Mendoza Line. A-Jay 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 17, 2024 Global Moderator Posted February 17, 2024 44 minutes ago, gimruis said: 5 felonies since 2019? Sounds like he should be in prison already. Wouldn’t that be nice? 😂 not in this world Quote
Super User Darren. Posted February 17, 2024 Super User Posted February 17, 2024 2 hours ago, gimruis said: Interesting that they declined to prosecute him. He openly permitted law enforcement into his house to seize and examine the fish. My guess is that once he allowed that, he assumed they would find out what he did and wasn't trying to hide it anymore. 5 felonies since 2019? Sounds like he should be in prison already. Those quotes got me, too. Save the juicy stuff for the end of the article so as not to prejudice us against him. Quote
slowworm Posted February 18, 2024 Posted February 18, 2024 If I caught a state record bass in my home state of New Hampshire I would weigh it on my rapala scale, take a picture, release it and keep my mouth mostly shut. Maybe describe it as close but under the record. I’m not one to go chasing accolades…. Quote
Super User gim Posted February 18, 2024 Super User Posted February 18, 2024 56 minutes ago, slowworm said: keep my mouth mostly shut I agree, because the issue is that it’s made public if it’s certified as the record. Which is fine if it’s on a big body of water, but if it’s on a small to medium sized one, you can rest assured that lake is going to get annihilated. 1 Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted February 18, 2024 Super User Posted February 18, 2024 The guy sounds like a scum bag and I’m not defending him but I’m wondering what crime did he commit? I assume that “all the bells and whistles” that he referred to included signing a statement with legal repercussions if proven false. Quote
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