Do any MS tourneys have pre-launch boat checks?
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Do any MS tourneys have pre-launch boat checks?
All of them.
Interesting. Crappie USA is gonna be up here next week with a super event on Egypt - no boat checks, launch anywhere you want on lake. Just don't seem right. Houses line the banks, boats are kept in water on this relatively small lake.
Wrong atm. Only been checked once and a magnolia event this year. That was at Sardis
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?Quote:
Originally Posted by South65
I don't believe Boat checks do much good. We are all on the honor system in some form or fashion anyhow. If a guy has got it in his mind that he is going to cheat in a tournament then he will find a way to do it. Whether you are cheating in a tournament or poaching deer at night it's all the same to me.
At every MC.com we checked every boat when they signed up at morning meeting.
I only know of one time at a CDC that someone cheated and then they didn't even place in the money n LOL The year I fished the MCC, we were never checked and then never checked at a CDC tourney in the 3 or 4 years we fished them. A SMART cheater would just catch the fish and put them on the lake somewhere in a basket, hidden from all. SAD if someone did that though. Takes a pathetic, pitiful just plum sorry person to cheat cause tourneys are supposed to fun FUN. Not like there's thousands of bucks on the line unless you fish the CM
Competition and money does strange things to some folks.......really a shame
I grew up playing golf. At a young age a good friend who was older told me that a cheater never wins, he may win that day but he will get beat and humiliated in the end. I went on and played collegiate golf and that saying still stuck with me. Moral and honor is something to be proud of. Whatever the case it's really not worth losing either of those. I'm all for boat checks or whatever u want to do. Ur just not gonna catch many of this crowd trying to cheat.
what bird said! when you tell the truth you never have to remember what you said!
that's right cricket and I know a few with some really bad memories
never understood the point of cheating
That's funny. This is my fourth year fishing MCC and have NEVER known them to check ANYONE.Quote:
Originally Posted by South65
I should have been more clear. My point was it's in every rule book I've ever read, but rarely enforced.
Correct. You should have been more clear. You just stated they do. Nothing about its in the rule book but not enforced.Quote:
Originally Posted by ATM
Not worth it in my mind to cheat. What an embarrassment if caught and to lose such valuable friends in the process.
I'm glad you agree with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
Gewber.
I even agree with u ATM. Must be all this freeZing over lol
Having to cheat only shows how pathetic a person is at fishing. OR hunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with DonDon...
That's why I gave up tournament archery, too many cheaters...I though fishing would bring me back to my childhood and just wet a line from time to time,,,Now even fishing have become a huge competitive sport,, go figure
The national tournament trails give lie detector tests to the winners and big fish winners and a few others at random. I have not heard of anyone failing one but it could happen.
Bird down put it perfectly
A cheater will find a way to cheat no matter what, even if ya check the boat, truck, garage, or whatever. It's all about integrity.
I don't think you'll find any cheaters here! As Hawgdog said, what would it cost ya IF ya did get caught!!!!! Just ain't worth the risk to reward for 2-300 bucks, or ANY amount if money!!!!
I have seen a cheater get caught at one of the old Crappiethon tourneys at Reelfoot one year. They they failed the voice stress test over the phone, but they still paid them because the legal fees would have been outrageous to fight it, and a polygraph doesn't hold water in court, but they permanently terminated the teams membership for future events. That's been 30+ years ago tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerA
The fish they weighed didn't have hook marks in their lips, and the fish looked like they had net marks on them. That's back when it was legal to net crappie commercially on Reelfoot.
just plain STEWPIT right thereQuote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
Yall know we wont cheat... Hell, we throw em back :)