They must be able to beat a polygraph then- seems like a ridiculous claim with zero evidence to back it up.

Kudos to Scott for not acting like a 5 year old taking his toys and going home when he got caught.

Don’t attack Baylorbassguy, he’s right, these information rules are dumb.

oops....didn't mean to post twice...

If that’s a two pack, shove the other in whiny little beeeyatch James watsons fat mouth.

If you report it before the tournament and it's truly trivial information they should just distribute that information to all the contestants to make it even. If the discussion had happened on this forum it's considered public knowledge and it's not a problem. Just make it public info and let everyone fish.

How about no info rules?

It's not a state or FWC mandated no wake zone at the train bridge - in fact it's not a no wake zone at all... Only Bassmaster applies a no wake at that bridge. So while Bassmaster event rules were broken, no state laws were.

Unlike the upteen no wake and 30mph limit zones around Astor and south... now those damn zones are legit, and the FWC has an office/dock right there, and are always watching lol.

I agree with this as well... it basically sets up a precedent where some will just say eff it, the penatly is the same whether I self report or maybe get caught later, but maybe not - so might as well roll the dice and see if they get away with it... There def some guys out there who would lean towards the latter...

DQ is harsh enough, no need for a fine on top of that, imo.

Pro bass fishing is like listening to a catchy song that you don’t like, but for whatever reason also can’t stop listening to. I have realize came dislike it, but I still follow, for now, really don’t know why.

It’s like watching nascar for the wrecks…😆

So weird watching the JM crew do a FLW tournament and not Bassmaster

I believe that if Scott's side of the story is true, this actually sets the absolute opposite precedent that needs to be set. If you do the right thing and report that you were in an area that dock talk was taking place, then you guarantee that you get DQ'd, you get a fine, guarantee yourself a bottom 5 to 10 in AOY, guarantee that you won't make the classic, and maybe even put your AOY average to stay in the Elite's at risk, . If you don't do the right thing and just fish the event without reporting, one of two things is going to happen. Scenario A: you fish the event, finish where you finish, don't get the polygraph, get your points, and move on down the road. Scenario B: you fish the even, get the polygraph, get a DQ and a fine. Seems to me given the odds, most people will probably choose to just take their chances and fish the event when they see how BASS handled this. BASS has now stated that being a man of integrity guarantees negative consequences that only a fraction of the people with no integrity will face. It's a bad precedent to set.

Personally I'm 50/50 on it. On the one hand you have guys with more sonar technology than ever before in their boats, go find your own fish.

On the other hand, with all that they have available to them, how much of an advantage is it to be given a waypoint anymore? Sure, your search is shortened, but it feels like its less of an advantage than it would've been in the past.