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That’s a lot of trophies!
He didn’t get em honestly
Is that they guy that got caught cheating on the Crappie USA trail? What's his name?
That is a shame
Paul turner. I think
If y'all ain't going to spill the beans please give me something to Google to chase it down. I am lost as a Christmas turkey.
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All I know is that I read on a hunting forum that someone got caught cheating at the Crappie USA classic. Fishing a different lake than the rest of the competitors is what I read, but that's all I know.
Oops typing while Bama was replying.
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So they went to another lake and filled the live well then went to weigh in saying it was from the lake he should have been on?
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hate to hear things such as this. prayers of comfort for his family. often individuals make choices without fully realizing the impact on their family, friends, and sponsors. often these things carry an immense collateral damage to others.
Winning all those trophies looks like he would have got caught sooner.
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I don't want to judge because it doesn't seem to be resolved but it doesn't look good. I'm sure he didn't cheat for all those wins but now everyone will doubt him. Not to mention depending on the law he could be in real trouble.
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Really sad
Always one in the crowd that thinks they will pull the wool over someone’s eyes. The last crappie USA they had here I could of kept 2 pound plus fish here at the dock I was catching just days before the tournament but you would never see me try anything like that, not the way I was raised and I have morals.
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Morning guys I've been up most of the night driving this old mail truck!! I really been thinking about this all night I'm not on here to bash anyone but it has got up under my skin a little bit by looking at all those trophies I wonder how many of them was really won legal. Just take a few minutes go to google search his name look at all of those photos some of those fish look to be the same. Now with that being said I am beginning to believe he had a crappy aquarium somewhere around his home with all the money that they had been winning he must have been feeding them prime rib. Also by looking at some of the photos from this year 2019 it looks like he had really let hisself go I'm not too sure he might've had a very big habit that's my thought this morning you guys take care I'm off of my 30 minute DOT break I'm back on the road eastbound and down looking for Alabama have a great day guys.
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Paul TurnerQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
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If we don't have character, we don't have anything. I've always heard a person can destroy everything he's worked for all his life, trust, character, reputation with 5 minutes of evil.
Many years ago, I fished a open bass tournament of 70 boats. 2 men in a little jon boat who were strangers to all of us weighed in 5 dead big bass. They had the most weight. Those fish were white. They were questioned and disqualified. It's been my experience where a lot of money is involved, watch out.
x2 on that jay. money can ruin anything!
I don't fish tourneys partly for just this reason. also its a gamble as to who wins. even if all players were equal it still has luck involved.
if true he should be ban from any and all tourneys!
I'll go on the record and say his tournament fishing days are over the only thing he can probably fish now will be the creek banks.Quote:
Originally Posted by river scum
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All tournament trails I know of have a rule that says that if you have ever been disqualified from any tournament you cannot fish in their tournament.
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Another good article.
https://www.crappie.com/crappie/miss...rful-prevails/
I'm glad and happy with BnM for parting ways with this gentleman before this event. They showed class and expect better from Pro Staff.
Also he is banned for life from fishing any other events.
Here is from BnM facebook.
To all of our FB Friends,
As many of you already know, there was a situation during the recent Crappie USA Tournament on Old Hickory Lake that was held October 25-26. Based on the images that are being disseminated across multiple social media platforms, we feel the need to inform our friends and supporters that Paul Turner was not a part of the B'n'M Family when the incident occurred this past weekend. Our relationship with Mr. Turner was dissolved on August 19, after the conclusion of another tournament during which we believed something suspicious occurred.
As a participant in the Crappie industry for over 70 years, we strive to uphold the highest of standards whether it relates to our product, our customer service, or in this case, our Pro Staff. Our Pro Staff and Ambassadors are held to extremely high standards and our expectation is that they will be good stewards of the great sport of crappie fishing.
Thanks for all of your support!
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When I was a teenager my best friends Dad and his fishing partner fished all the big bass tourneys here in Indiana, they would go to a lake a week before the tournament with a homemade fish box and catch several 5-6# bass and put them in this live box.. they won a lot of tournaments and were eventually caught and were banned from all tournaments after that plus it cost them a bunch of money..
same guy was also caught poaching deer had 3 illegal deer hanging in a friends barn and someone turned him in, it ended up costing him thousands of dollars in legal fees to not lose his hunting license for life. Bad thing is he continued to do it even after this, had no hunting or fishing ethics what so ever.
This all happened back in the early to late 70`s.
Weird they parted ways in Aug but he has on a B'n'M shirt. Lol.
There's no telling how long this has been going on or how many more fishermen there are that still do this. There's a ton of money on the table, trucks and boats. Money is the root of all evil.
Glad they caught him. From what I was told, they gave him 2 options ... go to jail and keep the fish or leave the fish and be gone for good. He chose to "leave the fish". Lol
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cheater cheater pumpkin eater
Cheaters always win. Thats why I dont play that game.
Flamed out, he did. No mercy, please!
Closing this...enough has been said. :deadhorse Thanks for understanding
https://www.crappie.com/crappie/main...heater-caught/