[Wright is right!]

"Cheating in Bass tournaments has been going on for decades."

How does that work? Guy grows his own bass to gargantuan proportions and then secretes it in the waters where the tournament will be held? How DO you cheat in a fishing tournament? Stuff your catch with lead pellets to make it weigh more?

Inquiring minds want to learn....

Michael

[auboy]

Most commonly, a fisherman will catch the bass, sometimes over a period of days, before the tournament and place them in a fish basket or cage for retrieval during the actual tournament. This way, the angler can choose the largest limit of bass to cage. A secluded spot is usually chosen, for obvious reasons, to hide the "treasure".

Then, after retrieval, the "lucky" angler proceeds to "fish" until time for weigh-in. He/she thens brings the bass to be officially weighed. Shazam… what a fisherman… wish I could catch 'em like that. We have a winner!

[auboy]

By the way, most larger tournaments, with larger prizes and more exposure, have an observer (often a sportswriter) to make sure the fishing is on the up and up. Usually, the type of fraud that Mr. Engleking was attempting happens in smaller, local, one angler to a boat type tourneys.

[par4]

Just go out in the days before the tournament, catch as many fish as possible, put them is your live box and select the largest for hiding in a cage somewhere out of the way.

On the day of the tournament, go to the spot, pick up the cage and "Viola!", instant day's catch.

Now, for lesson two - how to use Life Savers to cheating at golf......well maybe that's best kept a secret.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"How does that work? Guy grows his own bass to gargantuan proportions and then secretes it in the waters where the tournament will be held? How DO you cheat in a fishing tournament? Stuff your catch with lead pellets to make it weigh more?"

Live bait. As in shad or shiners.