Cheaters got caught! (Page 2): I'm just going to say I have known and fished with a few great fishermen that won their fair share of tournaments without resorting to cheating, I've...

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

Sinker Rig wrote:

Why? They all cheat......just haven't been caught

I'm just going to say I have known and fished with a few great fishermen that won their fair share of tournaments without resorting to cheating, I've filled in on a few tournaments.

"everybody else does it" is how doing anything wrong gets justified....which is why the penalties need to be severe enough so that it isn't worthwhile cheating.

The fix is whipping a simple x-ray machine out and using it on all the winning fish including those who step into the winner's bracket...that really is a very reasonable fix. My wife has a portable unit in her veterinary practice that would show you everything including the guts and what they ate in their stomachs.

Just let it be known before a tournament that winning fish may be x-rayed and the cheating stops.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

woodguru wrote:

I'm just going to say I have known and fished with... (show quote)

X-Rays might work on ok on dead fish, but Bass Tournaments are live fish. They're not going to sit still for an X-Ray. Some tournaments use a metal detector.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

woodguru wrote:

I'm just going to say I have known and fished with... (show quote)

Wonder who he means by ( They ) that would put a lot of us in that category. Quite a few tournament fishers on here i believe.

Buckeyepops Loc: COLUMBUS,ohio

I would hope they are recognized everywhere by all fishermen and shunned from the sport! Imagine what kind of lives they lead their families with!!

UncleRob Loc: NE Maryland

Fredfish wrote:

Some tournaments use a metal detector.

That would fix it toute suite if they ran them all under a metal detector. The newer ones are quite powerful and I bet one of the manufacturers would donate one to the cause for advertising. Allow no access to the fish after they've been weighed and run under the metal detector.

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Buckeyepops wrote:

I would hope they are recognized everywhere by all fishermen and shunned from the sport! Imagine what kind of lives they lead their families with!!

Like my wife said” imagine how big of scum bags in everyday life they must be if they would do this in fishing tournaments!”

Side note. They eyes and steelhead are back in close. Let me know if you have some time. Tuesday and Wednesday look like good days.

Tight lines
J

Buckeyepops Loc: COLUMBUS,ohio

What time can you go on Tuesday?

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Buckeyepops wrote:

What time can you go on Tuesday?

Anytime after 9:00 AM. I have to get the kids to school.

Buckeyepops Loc: COLUMBUS,ohio

I’ll try and move some appts to another day!
I’ll let you know!

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Buckeyepops wrote:

I’ll try and move some appts to another day!
I’ll let you know!

Sounds good. Text me. If not no worries We should have good fishing through November.

Retrieverman390

They should be banned for life. No exceptions

DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)

UncleRob wrote:

That would fix it toute suite if they ran them all under a metal detector. The newer ones are quite powerful and I bet one of the manufacturers would donate one to the cause for advertising. Allow no access to the fish after they've been weighed and run under the metal detector.

I agree with OJ's original thought and everyone else's that they should be busted to the full extent of the law and banned from any future tournaments. Regarding metal detectors though, there are non-ferrous metals like zinc that aren't detectable, not to mention nonmetallic objects like sand, stones, etc.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

DCGravity wrote:

I agree with OJ's original thought and everyone else's that they should be busted to the full extent of the law and banned from any future tournaments. Regarding metal detectors though, there are non-ferrous metals like zinc that aren't detectable, not to mention nonmetallic objects like sand, stones, etc.

I believe metal detectors will identify non ferrous metals as well. That's how they find Gold, Silver, copper, lead, etc. They all will disrupt the magnetic field generated by the detector, as will zink and tungsten.

DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)

Fredfish wrote:

I believe metal detectors will identify non ferrous metals as well. That's how they find Gold, Silver, copper, lead, etc. They all will disrupt the magnetic field generated by the detector, as will zink and tungsten.

Thanks for clarifying Fred. Never having used one, I assumed they only worked for ferrous metals.

Bassmatter Loc: Rohnert Park Ca.

J in Cleveland wrote:

This link leads to an article and video of some “p... (show quote)

I was trying to post this, Ryan sent me the video from u tube but I could not save the video to put it on the stage. I told Ryan they need to have metal and lead detectors at weigh ins, sad it has come to that, I hope those guys go to jail! Scum bags!!