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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: Gratiot on August 03, 2010, 09:28:02 PM

Title: Bass Fishing Tournament Weighted With Scandalous Cheating
Post by: Gratiot on August 03, 2010, 09:28:02 PM

Quote from: Article by Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com

A professional angler found to have stuffed lead sinkers down the throats of fish he submitted for weigh-ins during a prestigious bass-fishing tournament has been banned for life from that and other competitions in a scandal that has rocked the tight-knit and passionate bass-fishing community.

Mike Hart, a successful Southern California pro whose career earnings total more than $200,000, was accused of cheating in this manner during the recent $100,000 U.S. Open held at sprawling Lake Mead on the Nevada-Arizona border. An official with the Western Outdoor News bass tour said Hart confessed after he was caught virtually red-handed.

Grindtv.com in Association with Yahoo Sports (http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/19468/cheating+scandal+at+us+open+rocks+bass-fishing+community/)

Title: Re: Bass Fishing Tournament Weighted With Scandalous Cheating
Post by: cavegal on September 13, 2010, 03:23:26 PM

What a idiot. Giving a bad name to the Bass Fishing World. I hope he had to give the money back.

Title: Re: Bass Fishing Tournament Weighted With Scandalous Cheating
Post by: Wineslob on September 14, 2010, 02:05:49 PM

I've been on lakes where one of these "fishing tournaments" is being held..........................what a joke.