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 Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
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02/24/11 03:17 AM
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Barrett
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Since dumping your own brushpiles in a public lake is technically illegal..... would it be cheating if you won a tournament off a brushpile that you made?
I understand building brushpiles is something a lot of people do and there was even a post about where to get your free christmas trees a few months back.
Polygrapher asks.... "Did you break any lake laws etc"
It just seems like a gray area and was wondering what everyone thought...
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: Barrett]
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02/24/11 03:22 AM
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skeeter
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Not sure building brush piles is illegal on all lakes
Last edited by skeeter; 02/24/11 03:23 AM.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: Barrett]
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02/24/11 03:23 AM
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slim 285
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There is no law agains't fishing brushpiles. They do not ask if you broke a law yesterday!!!!!!
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: skeeter]
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02/24/11 03:24 AM
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Barrett
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im not sure either. SO that is a good point. I have just always heard it was.... especially if the lake is owned by COE
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: slim 285]
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02/24/11 03:24 AM
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Jay Kendrick
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That's the same as saying you broke a law by speeding on the way to the lake....
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
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02/24/11 03:26 AM
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SkeeterRonnie
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what they ask your only pertains to what you do within tourney hours. also if you have been caught cheating in another tourney. if you broke TPWD rules, etc. they cant enforce laws or punish you for what you do outside of thier realm. Look at the 5th amendment of the constitution 
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
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02/24/11 03:27 AM
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bassackwards dav
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Or what if your tail light is out on the trailer when you launched and you knew it. Should you DQ yourself LOL.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: bassackwards dav]
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02/24/11 03:29 AM
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Barrett
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This was just a discussion i had with a fishing buddy today. I am for building brush piles as well. I was just wondering what was yalls thoughts.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: Barrett]
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02/24/11 03:35 AM
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tommyc
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This was a huge topic several years ago. There are folks that have tournament brush pile paranoia. If they did not set them out or dont know where they are at, paranoia sets in.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
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02/24/11 04:14 AM
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PM me with the GPS coordinates with said offensive brushpiles and I will assess them to see if they are legal and report back to you.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: Kat-man-do]
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02/24/11 05:27 AM
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MikeSouza
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Like stated, you're perfectly legal!
Here is my question
During a trailered event. While heading to weigh-in by vehicle and you get a traffic ticket. Should that person be DQ'd? What if an angler is speeding to not b late to weigh-in and didn't get caught. Should they be DQ'd? Would that be qualified as cheating? Kinda like not slowing down for a no wake zone.
Just asking because this is one of many reasons I am not for trailered events.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: MikeSouza]
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02/24/11 05:50 AM
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Brandon Dickenson
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not cheating!!
Last edited by Jerry Springer; 02/24/11 05:51 AM.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
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02/24/11 05:51 AM
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Brandon Dickenson
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I haven't made a cast to a deep water brushpile in years, and I am here to tell you if people start calling that cheating I will stop fishing tournaments. As long as you catch all your fish on the same body of water as the tournament, with artificial lures, you are good to go in my book.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: MikeSouza]
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02/24/11 05:52 AM
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Brandon Dickenson
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Like stated, you're perfectly legal!
Here is my question
During a trailered event. While heading to weigh-in by vehicle and you get a traffic ticket. Should that person be DQ'd? What if an angler is speeding to not b late to weigh-in and didn't get caught. Should they be DQ'd? Would that be qualified as cheating? Kinda like not slowing down for a no wake zone.
Just asking because this is one of many reasons I am not for trailered events.
NO! Too much thought went into that. So if I started my big motor before my killswitch was attached or before I buckled the last strap of my lifejacket, am I DQ'D...
Last edited by Jerry Springer; 02/24/11 05:53 AM.
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Re: Homemade brushpiles and tournament fishing.
[Re: Brandon Dickenson]
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02/24/11 06:05 AM
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MikeSouza
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Someone speeding to make it to weigh-in is within the rules? Hmmmmmm. So would you turn in another tournament boat for blowing by the "no wake" buoy to obviously gain an advantage in time?
TD's can't have a grey area. Laws are laws and rules are rules!
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