UPDATE…Big Bass Tournament Cheater Arrested/Name Released/Additional Details Announced..
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- Randy gives an update on the tournament cheater…#fishing #fishingtrip #bassfishing #angler #catchandrelease #bass #fishingdaily #fish #fishinglife #lake
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2.5 lbs of weights? Anyone that has has been bass fishing for awhile gets pretty good at estimating fish weight. I can usually guess within 6-8 oz. How this idiot thought he could fool the tournament directors into thinking a bass is 2.5 lb heavier than it is is ridiculous.
He’s from Louisiana 😂. I swear it was a 6lb’r. But ya, he’s only 18”
Like they say, you can't fix stupid
RIGHT
This is where I’m at- I really feel like a bass would already need to be of a prize-winning (maybe record-setting) size to make an extra 2.5 lbs inconspicuous. It’s not an amberjack tournament ffs
That's how damn stupid people really are. They truly think everybody is ignorant and won't notice which is comical. Might have gotten away with 8 or 10 oz but not 2.5 pounds.
Life time ban of fishing license
They should make him eat 2.5 pounds of weights and see how he feels
Yup
No, it should be proportional to his weight. He should be forced to eat somewhere around 40lbs of lead.
50000 fine 10 year minimum for cruelty 5year for cheating and ban from fishing pro or recreational for life
There's people convicted of murder that get lesser sentences than that!
I don’t agree with recreational fishing for life. If these folks have children, it’s not the kids fault and they shouldn’t suffer because their father is an idiot. So maybe a fishing license with restrictions.
@@rickyphillips2552 We should fix that problem too!
That's WAY to heavyhanded lol. DUI convictions aren't even held to that standard.
He must of got out of there quick before things got ugly. I live on the Mississippi, a lot of catfishing tournaments and a lot of rough living dudes. I can't imagine if something like this at weigh in...
probably stashed all his confiscatable items, stolen stuff evidence drugs and alcohol etc lol
it's too bad you don't see many Good Ol Fashioned 'Tune-Ups' anymore . . . . the world's gone soft.
The fine should be based on the possible gain... $100,000 prize for 1st place, penalty should be for stealing $100,000, regardless of success.. Lifetime ban on fishing/hunting, ect licenses...
Hopefully his judge is an outdoorsman
You would have to be a complete psycho to stuff these weights into a fish. Just imagine doing that. It's hard to even think about
You're right Randy. It's sickening what he did to the fish.
Another example of where this sport is going. Sickening.
So long as money is involved cheating will always continue. We live in a society that has no respect for others and where people only give a damn about themselves. They could care less who they cheat, steal from, run over, screw, or abuse they simply could care less then when caught the penalty is so minor they are not detoured from anything bc they aren't penalized hardly at all.
Randy….what about the guy who just got caught tying a stringer of bass to a barge in the cal Sag canal bass tournament up by Chicago…a barge worker saw something funny going on and he took out his phone and video taped it on his phone…then the next day during the tournament filmed him pulling up to that barge and placing those bass in his live well…the worker is a avid bass angler and reported it to the tournament director and the were waiting for him at the weigh in….lock these losers up for years only way this is going to stop…
Because our justice system does more to protect criminals than protecting victims.
People have been cheating in fishing tournaments since they started. Nothing new.
Perminant tournament ban and fine matching the total winnings of the tournament plus whatever state laws apply.
Hey give the guy a break!!! He forgot his 2.59lb’s of sinkers in the livewell. This will be his story…”Them sinkers were floatin’ round in der and dat bass just dun eated dem up! Ah trod diggin em outa him but then figgered, He ate dem so dat must be legal an all cuz he just dun swallowed dem up”.
This isn’t the first time he cheated, he just finally got caught.
This goes on a lot more than you think guys. He just got caught is the difference.
Randy, the walleye cheaters did not get a "slap on the wrist"...they each received a $2,500. dollar fine, 18 months of probation, their fishing licenses were suspended for 3 years, & they forfeited the boat & trailer used in the tournament
That sounds like a slap on the wrist
5 years in prison & 100K fine plus take his boat rods reels & all tackle
Plus 5000 Hours of Community Service plus TAKE HIS FISHING & HUNTING LICENSE FOR LIFE IN THAT STATE PLUS ANKLE BRACELET WITH 5 YEARS PROBATION
Death Penalty and a $50 million dollar fine
Don't winners of these tournaments have to pass a polygraph test after?
Why dont they just use a medal detector to scan all of the fish coming in to be weighted? I'm sure they could figure out an efficient way to do it.
Yup
I agree 100 % Randy
they need to make an example outta this dude... including lifetime ban on fishing in the 50 states
That is a lot of lead. Thats "10 four once sinkers". What in the hell was he thinking.
How long will it be before the tournaments are forced to have their own version of TSA?
😮 Instead of jail or fines < Make him stare at a 6" FFS Screen for 6 months??😅😅
I would like to see a permanent suspension of their fishing license for life. Not only suspend their fishing privileges for their state of residency, but make it nationwide. That is in addition to confiscation of their boat and fishing gear as well as fines and jail time.
Henderson harbor on lake Ontario banned tourneys at the ramp, to many deaf smallies at weigh ins. Keep messing around nys will ban tourneys all together
FFS - why do people think they can get away with this type of cheating? Especially after the Walleye incident…
Lack of intelligence
Arrogance
Done it before
Entitlement
No conscience
Confiscate boat and all related equipment that was used to catch the fish.
When are these guys going to learn smh.
Maybe these big bass tournaments should go to a length vs weight format. The one bass for weight seems to really invite the aspect of cheating knowing you can win a ton of money for one fish. Regardless, as long as people’s morals continue to slide we’ll see more stuff like this unfortunately. Keep up the good work Randy.
I'm not taking up for anyone, but people think their punishment is mild, but in reality, this man can't show his face around a boat ramp, not to mention the embarrassment his family is enduring. Fellow employees, neighbors, his life mentally is in turmoil.
Calling that p.o.s. an angler is a disservice and an insult to real anglers.
The Walleye cheaters in Ohio also had their $130,000 boat taken away from them, 3 year fishing license suspension, and they are never allowed to fish a tournament again. I would have made it a lifetime license suspension.
Ever been to jail?! A year is a pretty good deterant. Jail SUCKS.
Must not be that bad. I hear people say, "I've been to jail, and I ain't afraid to go back" all the time.
@@mikehager5506 I'm not "afraid" to go back, but a year would definitely suck. And I bet those folks don't want to go back. I learned my lesson. 6 months was enough to teach me. I moved, quit the worst habits, and live in a state where I am not a "criminal" for growing my own medicine. It's not that I fear jail, it's that I enjoy my freedom. I can do whatever I want because I don't have any desire to break laws. And I want to keep it that way.
I’ve seen cheating in a $10 a boat “fun fishing “ open evening tournament. I honestly don’t know what the answer is.
The worst part about all of this is, theres multiple ways to prevent this from happening, yet competitive fishing does nothing .
They should make an example out of this terd! Charge him with theft for full amount of tournaments winnings, animal cruelty, take away fishing license for really long time if not life. Ban him from tournaments indefinitely!
I think the solution to the problem is to adopt the kayak fisherman’s way of documenting length vs weight. Total # inches and have a witness and go pro on every boat. This will be a deterrent to cheating.
Shocked it doesn’t happen more often in these “Big Bass Bash” type events! Offering $100k for biggest bass.
So here’s the problem…it’s just a fish. Or at least that’s what lawmakers will say. Realistically the way you handle this is to carry out the punishment of confiscation of gear and boat, $3000 fine or 1 year in jail, mandatory felony conviction, and lifetime ban from competitive fishing. If they pay the fine to stay out of jail, then they get 2 year probation.
Maybe states and their DNR agencies should start prohibiting tournaments. It seems like nothing good comes from them. Speeding through no wake zones, cheating, accidents, tying up boat launches and animal abuse all in the name of winning money. Guys are Spending $100,000 + in debt only to make corporations money to try and win a tournament. Fishing should be relaxing and enjoyable.
The Ohio thing with LEWT happened in my neck of the woods and of course locally, those boys probably were better off in protective custody than anywhere else. The problem when someone is caught like they were is, they had been winning/placing pretty regular on this tour which brings into question every time they ever put a boat in the water, what really happened. If it had been me and I was losing to these guys, now I question everything, we all would.
now we eat the walleye, so cutting them open is a good way to police it. But with Bass? DOn't know about yall but I don't eat bass. Love catching em, but shit, I got yellow perch and walleye to cook up.
It pulls the rug from under the guys doing the hard, honest work to catch fish. Need to pull around a airport luggage scanner or what?
I’ve been saying this since the Walleye guys, animal cruelty charges. Felony! $50,000 fine minimum.
Lifetime ban from all tournaments, suspension of license for 10 years minimum and whatever the criminal penalty is for attempted theft of the first prize amount ... and reporting of his name to his employer ...
There is a surprising lack of ethics among anglers. That's why they will push ffs till it's basically dynamite. Unfortunately, it requires the law to keep them in bounds. Call your reps. Ban ffs.
This has been going on for years and you know it has, I have no respect for anyone for not doing all possible to keep all bass alive, but in my state they just don't care at all , so those of us who want to fish for fun are out, so sad to see bass fishing going down the tubes this way and our kids and grand kids will not get the fun out of fun fishing that I did;;;;;;;;;
Fine them the top prize amount of the tournament. ($10,000 min) Ban fishing license in U.S.A for 5 years minimum. Ban from tournaments for life.
Does no one have a video at the weigh in?!
2.5lbs is wild. I havent caught a 2.5 lb fish in 2 weeks.
keel haul under each boat in the competition that they cheated against.
Did they not learn from the walleye incident?
Unless Marshall's are on every boat. I wouldn't even want to fish a tournament, too many ways people can cheat the system and when tons of money is tied up in these boat setups, people get desperate. I'll pass.
CPR would solve the problem. Catch Photo Release
Agree about the animal abuse.
wow. hurts to see the bass community to be apart of that bs scheme
Understand this, complaining to CZcams isn't going to change any laws. Mass people b******* about it isn't gonna change any laws.
You are so write about that .
I’m 100 percent serious when I say they need to make an X-ray machine just for fishing tournaments
15" bass-weight 5.43 pounds
CRUMB BUMBS like this guy is why we cant go to CWNR formats
Cheating should be a lifetime ban from tourments and also your fishing license
Revoke his Mf fishing liscence for life !!!! Period
Disgusting to say the least!
Snagging weights is crazy
As long as there is money to be won, there will be people willing to cheat. No penalty will change this.
it was some lead weights cmon be real the dude didnt kill someone. ban him from entering any more competitions and fine him end of story.
Should never be able to have a line in the water again.
Money is the problem
Greed 😬😩😞
No jail time over a few days at most.
I’m in agreement that the penalty should be stronger. Where is PITA?
Aren't bass a living creature any more I'm beginning to think not in the eyes of the higher ups or competitors
They didn't do shit to the walleye fisherman
Man I knew those egg sinkers actually had a purpose, I'm joking you know damn well this dude's going to skate with a small fine and a slap on the wrist just like Kaminski and Runyon did
Put his name and adress out there. Let nature take its course
When he passes he'll be going to heaven.
He won't be aloud in hell because there's a river.
How many of these low life's have been caught over the years, or have we just figured out it was happening? My guess is, it been happening for years.
This is a state charge. Laws in that (and every) state to effect any change. The ONLY way to have the rules updated/changed is through pressuring you state representatives and stat senators. Can’t be an individual thing either. It HAS to be larger groups and organizations that pay and that VOTE. Also money is the grease in politics. Dangle cash as part of a political action group in front of a politician running for election is one strong way to get change. Yelling at the tournament and bemoaning the lack of strong laws don’t cut it. Bitching on a website is easy. Squeeze the politicians shoes. There are dozens of fishing organizations out there. What are they doing? This has gone on long enough.
1 year in jail is more than my state I bet
Why not just stuff 1lb of gizzard shad down the fish? If they cut the belly open and find gizzard shad what can they say?
Genius.
Should be a big fine, year in jail and hunting-fishing licenses revoked for life!
Fishing for money spawns this type of behavior
Another example of the powers that be not unlike BASS & MLF thumbing their noses at bass tournament anglers.
Take his license and rods
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All hunting and fishing of any kind should be suspended for life
Probably will be. The way things are going will not be very acceptable soon.
And he just happen to have a bunch of catfish sinkers on his boat was he using ffs
PUNK
Hey Randy, I bet he uses forward facing sonar, too!! SMH 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I agree that there should be more penalties, but I also think that sometimes it sounds hypocritical with the animal abuse part. I think to take the hypocrisy out you should agree that sports fishermen that just catch fish for fun, or for money, not for food that end up killing the fish either because it was hooked bad or because the fish later dies should be fined as well. One could play that game, the fish was just there minding its own business and then you catch it and the hook goes in a little wrong and now the fish is dead, just because you were having some fun or sportsman time...
Okay, let's play devil's advocate here. Now this guy ran off, so I assume he is guilty. How can it be proven that anyone stuffed weights in a fish for THAT tourney? Example, an angler stuffs a fish, wins a local tourney, releases said fish, then here comes another angler a few weeks later, that catches the same fish, but this time, they find the stuffed weight. So how cool is to ruin this guy's life, with ZERO proof he/she was the one that stuffed the fish? He just weighed it in, and did nothing wrong. I'm all for penalties, for the right person. Again, playing devil's advocate here.
Do you think a bass can swim with 2.5 lbs of weights in it????
@@brian9670 I have no idea brother, again I was playing devil's advocate. Excuse my ignorance.
It's highly unlikely that a bass could survive with that much solid lead in It's gullet.
21 lb bass was caught in California with a 3 lb diving weight in its stomach was proven it ate the weight
@@bassman4201000
When was this? I am not good enough with the internet to find the story. Thanks
Every bass fisherman on tour are cheaters "LiveScope"