Yes, if you cheat and you call Jeff a cheater, then you are a hypocrite. Are you implying most tournaments have a no info rules? If so, are you saying most willfully break it? I really doubt thats the case, or at least i hope not.

Well my local bass club doesn’t have that rule


Sounds like if yours does, you’ve been willfully cheating.

funny to see the two that have been in question, and roommates, have absolutely run away with todays championship round. Makes me question a lot of things watching todays tournament.

If Connell and Wheeler are cheating I would say the rest of those guy’s better join em.

If he wasn't damaged goods before he is now for sure, I wonder if he tried to enter a BASS event if they would event let him fish?

Isn't it about time for this thread to go away!!!...................just saying......

Jeff....is that you ?

I honestly think Jeff Sprague isn't the bigger story here.

Did anyone watch the Dunkin/Birge interview?


So Sprague is caught breaking rules red handed. MLF does nothing until months later when the evidence becomes public. He received a DQ. No fine, no suspension for intentionally breaking a rule for financial gain, i.e. cheating IMO.

Birge informs the tournament director that he will miss a portion of a tournament. This decision only effects him personally, and gives a slight edge to all other competitors as they have 1 less fisherman to compete against.

Birge is informed he will be fined up to $25,000, AND receive a suspension.


So if you cheat, no fine, no suspension.

Want to miss a tournament or a portion of a tournament, Fine + Suspension.


I don't know why anyone wants to fish for this league.

couple issues here. Sprague is a cheater and got away with it for along time and MLF is a POS organization which anyone with half a brain knows anyhow . They say he stole 30K........hell they probably didn't even have the money to pay him that yet anyhow after what they did last year.

Not hardly.................

Your take?

Bass fishing at all levels from bass clubs to the elites has turned into a lot of drama. I think this is why you see turnouts so low this year (as well as the economy) and I think next year you will see a record low number of turnouts for tournaments. It wasnt like this 10 years ago.

Sorry Rh...I was responding to Tiltman.

Some of you are missing the point here. JS is the problem on here. MLF, BASS, BASS CHAMPS, TTT, TTO, OUTAW, SEALY, or whatever comes to our back yard or state we will fish because it's something to fish.
JS has 2 strikes Snagging, Info. To me the sight fishing is a drug to nearly all of us in Texas, we all seen the LF Live it was very obvious, to me that was 10 times worse than the info gate.
JS is from Texas and represents what we all are so proud of that lone star is beside his name which none of us are proud of. JS is representing our, state, towns, lakes us even. THATS WHY EVERYONE CAN'T GET OVER THIS and I don't blame them.