Hackney DQ'd

What the hell is this all about ?

http://www.bassfan.com/docktalk_article/15619/hackney-s-day-1-weight-dq-d#.V2yLCJA8KrV

Cayuga has 11 off limits areas, lots of "private property" that is off limits.

He fished one of them.
DQ

Fishing in off limit area.

Leave it to New York state.

Oh snap

terrible. He still has a chance at AOY even with essentially a guaranteed last place and zero point finish.

So is he done for the whole tournament or just today?

got to believe he inadvertently fished an area that was not plainly marked or some confusion exists as to whether it should have been off limits....

Just today but same difference. Even a 20 lb bag tomorrow puts him in last for the event.

He wasn't disqualified, just his weight for today. He'll be fishing tomorrow.

News reports said his first days catch ( 17lbs. 8oz.) was disqualified for fishing in a restricted area. Would have to assume he's still in the tournament by the way they worded it. Hope so, he's still my " dawg ". There are 11 restricted areas at Cayuga but supposedly the anglers were informed of them at a meeting before the tournament started.

Bummer.... Bass even posts a photo blog that they say shows the infraction.

http://www.bassmaster.com/slideshow/hackney-water-0

Must be real confusing as to where you are not allowed to fish.

BASS Elite series should never go to a venue that has off limits. What a JOKE!

That's as bad as fishing that lake in Minnesota/Wisconsin with different laws governing the lake. I think it was Palaniuk that had some weight DQ'd because of it.

that sucks! he will recover though

on bassmaster.com does anyone else having problems looking at photos i can click to pic 2 but it won't click to pick 3 or even back to pic 1 this happens on all stories with pics..

Fair point.

If they are going to fish lakes with off limits areas officials should be required to warn them when coming near an area or have the area hilighted on all of their GPS charts....

The good news is it let a cool dude move up to #1 in the AOY standings!

Gerald Swindle is not happy about it. He said in an interview that he wanted to earn it. He doesn't like to benefit from someone's misfortune. Him and Hackney are good friends off the water.

That's not good news and Gerald isn't happy about it, either.

I read on Bowman's blog he fished in an off limits area for 20 minutes.

I guess the real question I have for BASS is why are the off limit areas not shared with the competitors until the meeting on Wednesday. You practice for three days and find out that, "oh [censored], all of my fish are off limits"! You would think with the ability to communicate via this thing called technology that the info could be shared on the Sunday before so it can be added to your electronics. Sometimes I wonder about how BASS operates these days.

Just saw this on another board. It was not posted when I made my previous comments.

http://www.bassmaster.com/news/anglers-react-hackneys-first-round-dq

Here is a good article from Bass. Seems like they posted all the "off limits areas" a month prior and even distributed maps showing them. I don't agree with water being "off limits" either but heck the rules are the rules. Chapman said he spent 30 minutes inputting all the coordinates into his graph just to make sure he didn't shut down near one. Sucks for Hack though. He had the AOY locked up.

http://www.bassmaster.com/news/anglers-react-hackneys-first-round-dq

“We emailed [maps showing] the off-limits areas for Cayuga Lake to all of the competitors before BASSfest at Texoma and then posted the [maps] while we were at Texoma (earlier this month),” Weldon said. “We sent out an email about them again last week, and then we posted them at the pre-tournament briefing Wednesday night.”

Hate to see Hackney's catch get DQ'd, he's my guy. However, all of those guys are "professionals", and I'm sure Hackney won't be blaming BASS for the mishap. From my understanding, BASS didn't set those "off limits", but the state of New York did.

Did they DQ the other guy fishing the same row of docks in the pictures from Bassmaster...

That's John Murray and I was wondering the same thing.

That stinks. Hackney is a good dude.

good question... maybe it was all in relation to a "line" drawn from point to point.

http://www.bassmaster.com/news/anglers-react-hackneys-first-round-dq

Looking at the leaderboard, Murray was not DQ'd. Guess he didn't go as deep and cross either of those two green lines on the aerial photo.

He must not have. They (BASS) could always ask to see their GPS track for the day and that would prove it one way or the other!!

In this age of electronics and GPS it seems it would be easy for BASS to come up with a way to give anglers the exact limits on their own electronics. But BASS seems to be technically challenged in just about every aspect.

I wish they would post a picture showing the off limits area. Might make it easier to understand where he went wrong.

I just hate it for the guy, it goes to show you how EVERYTHING has to go right to win at that level.

Off limit areas are nothing new even around here. All pump stations are off limits. Many tournaments put gas docks off limits. It's not BASS's fault. Just an unfortunate mistake on hackneys part.

Did you open the link I posted? The map of the area in question is in it.

Fouz- yep that article def has a pic with the area mentioned. that's why I liked it as I kept trying to find it!

Honest mistake for sure. No reason to break any rules, Hackney's a good fisherman and a class act.

DOH! Yea I read the article on my phone but didn't catch the picture. Thanks

DQ'd?

Day one catch, only. Unintentionally fished in an off-limits area.

In the pictures posted by B.A.S.S, there's someone sitting in the boat with him.. Wouldn't that be a BASS official? If so then he should know the off limits boundaries as well right? Couldn't give a brother a heads up just in case Hackney missed the marker?

No that's a Marshall who paid to be a Marshall and ride with/learn from the pros. But he cannot help the angler in any way.

Leave it to the Yankees to mess up a good thing.

Big difference from Texas waters and up North. Up North the Marina/Dock Owners fought to make the water around the Marinas private
water. We are lucky that TPWD ruled against Marinas make water private.

This private water problem is not just a Yankee thing!
http://www.bassfan.com/news_article/7182/kernan-applauds-process-after-winning-appeal#.V214rtQrKt8

Amen brother. Too much confusion and if the marina's and boat docks are off limits tell'em to yellow tape around them while the tournament is going on. Eleven restricted areas, never heard of such a thing.

He got swindled.

aerial view and ground view are 2 different monsters. that really sucks, just hope he recovers and still wins AOY..

He weighed in 15-4 today. The man ain't no quitter. He's still my " dawg ".