Interesting considering how outspoken he has been about other rule breakers https://www.bassmaster.com/elite/news/elite-herren-disqualified-at-st-johns-river/

Noticed bassmaster has pulled the results from their website, some other polygraph still under review???

I bet they made it a point to “randomly” select him for a poly after all the BS he’s spewed the last year about front lookers and the kids beating him like a rented mule.

Tomatoe Head.

Well Randy’s gonna have to wipe that lipstick off and put out a video bashing no good cheaters…

Goodbye. Off to NPFL you go.

you don’t see it?

Lol

here's is statement from Matt's son Josh about what caused matt to be disqualified.....BASS needs to take a hard look at their rules regarding obtaining info about a lake.....



Quote Originally Posted by Josh Herren View Post
He got dq’d because we were talking on Tuesday about how he was spending all his time practicing down south. That’s where he spent his practice and all the tournament. I wasn’t thinking and made a comment hopefully this one doesn’t get one north in deep creek like a tournament that my buddy had fished the previous weekend just as a general comment talking fish. He never went there to look and went right back and put in at Astor the next day. I have fished opens and understand off limits periods but we talk fishing daily and I just wasn’t thinking when I said it. Polygraph examiner asked if he had received any information and told them I had said it on accident but never went in that direction(70 miles the exact opposite is where he went in practice and the tournament). That flagged it as soliciting for information and dq’d him. The rule states soliciting while trying to gain a competitive advantage so I don’t understand how mistakenly being told something and not pursuing the information or using it for any gains can fall into a disqualification.

From the way I understand their rules he was supposed to call the TD and tell him what happened. The no info rule is pretty crazy they have. I like no info, but I honestly don't see how it's not broken at every tournament with the amount of people these folks talk fishing with. I don't think most do it out of cheating, but more like what his kid said. Buddies just talking. He broke the rule. Have to pay the price.

They should do away with the no info rule now that they have FFS. Let them hire guides and get backseated by guides catching the big fish .
With the internet, all of the information is readily available to any of them that want to use Google.

Hey TD! My son and I were talking and he said yellow spinner baits catch fish when the front looker isn't working out.. am I disqualified now?

It’s still up on the site. They just moved it from the main page to make room for this weeks tournament stuff.

I'm with you on getting rid of the no info. It's kinda crazy to me. Turn them loose, and make it more like the wild west. I'd even open up the off limits. Maybe 1 week off limits prior and that's it. If guys want to go fish for a month on a lake to practice then let them. Who cares.