Cheater Caught Altering Fish at Sealy Big Bass Splash

[Fishingmickey]

26 minutes ago, Zcoker said:

The battery thingy caught my eye. At first, I couldn't wrap my mind around it but once it was explained, I was like, whoa! They (cheaters) take three AA batteries and wrap them together with duct tape and then place them under the fish to be measured right in the middle of its body. What this does is shorten the actual measurement. That I couldn't understand: why would anyone want to shorten a fish in a length contest? Well, as it turns out, one can use the same fish twice! Once for its actual length and again for its manipulated length, just like they do with board bending. CPR tournaments have been won by mere fractions of inches, so it does make sense. 

     One of the things the photo judges look for is markings.  Most bass are pretty uniquely marked. The fish has to face left so it would be the same side shown.  That would be a pretty easy one for the judges to catch.

FM

[Zcoker]

4 hours ago, Fishingmickey said:

     One of the things the photo judges look for is markings.  Most bass are pretty uniquely marked. The fish has to face left so it would be the same side shown.  That would be a pretty easy one for the judges to catch.

FM

 

Maybe so. But I've seen a few fish very hard to define unless looking at them magnified. I reckon a lot of these photo judges in some of these smaller tournaments are laymen and just accept them, figuring that they're legit. And why not? We're only talking fractions here. Seems that way because these double fish submissions have been going on for a good while. 

[Koz]

On 5/29/2024 at 9:34 AM, Fishingmickey said:

     Being a long time tournament kayak fisherman.  I take pride in my pictures making sure that my pictures are clear and accurate.  A cheater is as despised and ostracized in the kayak world as I am sure is the case in the power boat sector.  The examples above just really seem to paint a picture that all kayak tournament fisherman are less Corinthian then other tournament fisherman.  I just hate to see the few bad examples coming up repeatedly whenever cheating is mentioned and tarnishing the entire group.

Fishingmickey

You get a like and bonus points for dropping the word “corinthian” in a bass fishing forum.

On 5/29/2024 at 9:34 AM, Fishingmickey said:

 

On 5/29/2024 at 9:34 AM, Fishingmickey said:

 

[Team9nine]

26 minutes ago, Koz said:

You get a like and bonus points for dropping the word “corinthian” in a bass fishing forum.

 

 

[Fishingmickey]

On 6/22/2024 at 6:47 PM, Koz said:

You get a like and bonus points for dropping the word “corinthian” in a bass fishing forum.

Thanks Koz!