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Originally Posted by Mike P
Here is the other problem I have. Stevie Morris is fielding a team, OK, fine. I know Stevie is a straight shooter. It's not a problem with Stevie per se. It's a problem with what lawyers call, "the appearence of impropriety" #^&#^&#^&#^&'s is also an official weigh station--that's the reason the slips are getting in the same day they're caught. Now, if I catch a 35 lb fish on a Monday, and I take it to M&Ds to weigh, after I fill out the slip, Mike is going to send it in. If I catch a 43 lb on, say, Thursday, and weigh it in at Canal B&T, Bruce Miller is also going to send that slip in. When OTW gets it, they'll see I weighed in two fish in a week and the 43 won't count. Now, instead of being Stevie Morris, I'm Joe Sleazebag and I own a B&T. I'm a official OTW weigh station and I decide to field a team. What's to stop me from holding slips from my team for the week, and only sending in the largest fish for each member?
In the wrong hands, having your team captain as your personal weighmaster can be a problem.
Again, this is in no way a suggestion that these guys are doing that.
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This is not an accusation and I am in no way implying this happens but just an observation and something I've been wondering about as an area to address and prevent other possible ways of cheating.
We know slips can get there same day and even if not faxed once the slip is filled out there is a prepaid envelope for it to be mailed in. Easy enough for it to go out in the mail to get to OTW with in lets say 3-5 days. So how is it the month ends, you have a monthly leader for largest fish , it is now 10 or more days into the next month and now there is a new monthly leader for largest fish from the previous month. Who is to say you can't back date a slip on a fish caught a week or more into the next month to claim the monthly prize. just something else to think about.