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Garland fisherman on the hook for felony theft after cheating in bass tournament (Texas)
Dallas Morning News ^ | 04/14/2010 | Matt Peterson

Posted on 04/14/2010 9:10:05 AM PDT by devane617

The theft charge was prompted by the grand prize in October's Bud Light Trail Boss Big Bass Tournament on Lake Ray Hubbard: a $55,000 bass boat.

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I would hate to be this guy when he tells his fellow roomies in the local lock-up why he was put behind bars...
1 posted on 04/14/2010 9:10:06 AM PDT by devane617
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A Garland man pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge after admitting he stuffed a lead weight into a bass during a fishing tournament.

Robby Rose, 45, must serve 15 days in jail and surrender his fishing license, said Mike Cox, spokesman for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The theft charge was prompted by the grand prize in October’s Bud Light Trail Boss Big Bass Tournament on Lake Ray Hubbard: a $55,000 bass boat.


2 posted on 04/14/2010 9:11:34 AM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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This will lead to a whole new batch of “the one that got away” stories ...


3 posted on 04/14/2010 9:12:41 AM PDT by Scythian
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I don’t know, something seems ‘fishy’ about this whole story. ;-)


4 posted on 04/14/2010 9:13:55 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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Sunday morning fishing shows have been ruined with these contests, who cares, trying to catch the most and stuff, it’s like a beer guzzling contest. I miss the old shows where they’d be flying fishing in wyoming or just Bill Dance fishing and goofing off on some lake, now it’s contests, contests are not what fishing is about, they ruined the whole thing for me ...


5 posted on 04/14/2010 9:14:07 AM PDT by Scythian
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Is nothing sacred? Fixing fish? I’m afraid I agree with other fellow here; never cared for the competitions anyway. The fun of fishing is the strike. I’m a lousy fishermen, but even the small ones were fun.


6 posted on 04/14/2010 9:19:33 AM PDT by throwback
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who cares, trying to catch the most and stuff

I thought the contest was about how many different patches they could sew on their shirts, pants, shoes, hats, whatever...how many stickers they could put on their hot rod boat...

7 posted on 04/14/2010 9:23:22 AM PDT by OBXWanderer
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I have fished in a few local bass tournaments and found that I enjoyed fishing so much more when it wasn't a competition. Needless to say, I don't watch that stuff anymore either. I love fishing from a $30,000 to $40,000 bass boat just as much as the next guy. But I have just as much fun fishing in a $200 jonboat.
8 posted on 04/14/2010 9:24:17 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr (Gun, Bible, Gadsden Flag...the definition of a hater and far right-wing extremist)
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I hear you. But these sponsors and Professional fisherman make a pretty good living with these tournaments.

I prefer Jose on Spanish Fly and what’s his name on The Greatest Fishing Show. The TGFS guy was pulling 100 pound groupers out of pilings the other day. He’d drop 200 pound test line with big bait by the pilings, the gigantic grouper would hit and the driver would just back the boat up. Hilarious!


9 posted on 04/14/2010 9:28:44 AM PDT by poobear
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So NOW all the BASS must be checked with a metal detector?...


10 posted on 04/14/2010 9:36:22 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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Never understood the economics of buying a $100,000 dollars worth of equipment to fish. Having said that this happens all the time in tournaments. Sometimes they sneak out and stake fish out before the tournament.Lot of people enter very few win.


11 posted on 04/14/2010 9:42:01 AM PDT by ontap
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Never understood the economics of buying a $100,000 dollars worth of equipment to fish.

I'm guessing the top ranked fishermen have that stuff provided free of charge by the manufacturer.
12 posted on 04/14/2010 9:49:57 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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I guess he got some of those bass turds on himself this time.


13 posted on 04/14/2010 9:52:59 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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I’ve found that now that I live on the lake I seldom go fishing. If someone comes over and go fishing I’m happy to go out and row at a creep along the shore as they fish and I take the camera rather than my rod.


14 posted on 04/14/2010 9:53:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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I worked with a guy that grew those champion size pumpkins. He was DQ’d in a competition for injecting them with water to increase their weight. One of the guys in the shop left a pumpkin on the break-room table with a pressure gauge sticking out of the top and a faucet out of the side. It was hilarious.


15 posted on 04/14/2010 9:54:19 AM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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For sure...that’s the guys with their own show!!! What about the thousands of others... Have a nephew who bought a brand new bass boat and announced to the family he was going to get rich fishing....boat got repo’d the next yaer.


16 posted on 04/14/2010 9:55:51 AM PDT by ontap
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LOL I’d be a lot happier with a pontoon raft but even some of those are specifically built for fishing.


17 posted on 04/14/2010 9:59:35 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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I have a pontoon and an older bass boat. The pontoon is great to put the grand kids on on go fish and swim off of while my son and I take the bass boat out for night fishing.


18 posted on 04/14/2010 10:04:33 AM PDT by ontap
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Never understood the economics of buying a $100,000 dollars worth of equipment to fish.

It's quite simple actually — The first year, the fish you catch average out to $2000-$3000 per pound. If you fish frequently enough (and long enough), you can eventually get your cost down to around $100 per pound. :=)

19 posted on 04/14/2010 10:13:30 AM PDT by Bob
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“Never understood the economics of buying a $100,000 dollars worth of equipment to fish.”

Chicken feed compared to over $million to buy a boat to marlin fish.


20 posted on 04/14/2010 10:13:47 AM PDT by dalereed
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