Ditto!

Does anyone remember the man accused of cheating in the 70’s from the Arlington area? His first name was Danny and later on committed suicide.

some of the trails in my area have done something that seems to work in keeping the cheaters from entering....they would advertise that the winner and someone chosen at random in the top may be required to pass a polygraph test....then 2-3 times during the year,have the polygraph operator show up and give tests to winner and someone in top 10...
less expensive than giving a test at every tourney and the possibility of having to take a polygraph keeps most of the cheaters away....plus....if there is suspicion of cheating,the tournament director could require the person under suspicion to pass a polygraph test before awarding them the prize money..

Robby Rose passed many a poly

apparently there is a small percentage of people who can lie and fool the machine...we had couple guys in our area that were doing it until we had a boat follow them then they somehow lost their ability "to find a winning bag of fish".....as mentioned there are people who can beat the machine but it seems to keep almost all of the cheaters from entering...

I had to take a Poly for a job one time . I was much younger , and it made me really anxious . Not because I needed to hide anything , just because I had never done it .
The examiner , asked me to take off my shoes just before I got wired up . He examined the shoes ( which I thought was kinda strange ) , then put them aside and started the questions . I answered all the questions without issue . When he said that he was sure I had passed , I asked him why I had to take off my shoes . He said that people who are hiding issues , and need to pass , put thumb tacks in their shoes and randomly "poke" a toe on the thumb tack to create a false reading and make the results seem confusing .

Sadly, I can't name a single professional sport or highly competitive amateur competition where there isn't cheating for the sake of advantage. Not sure why fishing for money would be any different.

I played soccer overseas in Germany and I never cheated.. I did try and take every advantage I could...Now with fishing I am not good enough to fish with the big boys... I would suck at cheating.. That is why I don't play cards for money...My son fished wwith me in most tournaments so setting good example is key for me... I know a lot of fisherman and really good fisherman and I know they don't cheat and are very competitive. They win a lot more than me..

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