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Originally Posted by rphud
Albie was suspect based on an instagram pic posted and it appears new rules on Albies taken for bait were violated. Did not hear a thing about the two bluefish until the committee commented. There is a big shore blue “under scrutiny” as well. Seems to be a no brainer but the committee is in a bit of a bind on that one it seems. Talking to committee members you can feel the tension. Thought cheating went away with stripers but appears not to be the case this year.
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The way to stop someone taking a big albie from the barge and later entering it is to have a volunteer on the barge clip one tail lobe, like they do with any fish that's entered.
When I fished the Derby, I would never make a report based solely on my suspicions. I remember an old veteran named #^&#^&#^&#^& Hathaway who got caught because he had a commercial license and had more dead bass on the beach than the rules allowed---you weren't supposed to weigh in any fish in that circumstance. At least that's how I remember the rules. Someone drove by in their trick and spotted the fish lying on the sand. He called out the window and said something along the lines of hey #^&#^&#^&#^&, I hope you know that you can't weigh any of those fish in. #^&#^&#^&#^& told him that he knew and they weren't fishing for the Derby. Well, guess who turned up at the weigh in the next morning with a big bass to weigh in? I think #^&#^&#^&#^& got a 10 year suspension, which in his case was almost a lifetime one. I think he was close to 80 at the time.
The funniest one I ever saw was the
who walked into the weigh in a little before the closing with a 5-6 lb. bluefish that was obviously frozen solid, with freezer burn, and a wire leader hanging out of its mouth. There were about 15 bigger blues already weighed in. I rolled my eyes, the weighmaster saw us trying to keep from laughing out loud, and gave us a wink. He weighed the fish anyway because it wasn't going to win anything. After the guy left, he told us he was going to disqualify it from winning the daily Mystery Prize.
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