Sportsmen

[foakes]

Whenever money is introduced into a Sport —- the snakes slither out.

Best, Fred

  https://thehill.com/homenews/3921717-pair-in-fishing-scandal-plead-guilty-to-cheating-in-walleye-tournament/

[Midway Tommy]

As usual, a mere slap on the wrist is all they'll end up getting. Our justice system leaves a lot to be desired nowadays. 

[Rancanfish]

Can you imagine how it is for their kids to find out Dad's a cheater and a thief?

[nelz]

They lost the boat and now have a felony record, not exactly a slap on the wrist. 

[JasonGotaProblem]

Can you imagine how it is for their kids to find out Dad's a cheater and a thief?

Depends how they raised them. Cheaters are often raised by cheaters. Some don't differentiate at all between legit and ill-gotten winnings.

[Swami805]

Hopefully they'll revoke their fishing privileges too. Add some fines, community service

[Dominick]

Guys that do what they did don't care.  They will cheat their way through life.  Dominick

[Keta]

Make them break their rods, reels and smash their boats and motors. Then ban them from fishing tournaments for life.

[Keta]

Can you imagine how it is for their kids to find out Dad's a cheater and a thief?

They most likely are teaching their kids how to "win" like daddy.

[Shellbelly]

Cheaters are often raised by cheaters.

I was raised in a rural area.  Poaching was frequent.  When one young man was caught, my dad commented that it runs in that family.  In high school, there was a group of guys who trespassed and poached regularly and bragged about it.  One was eventually caught and convicted for cattle rustling.  Pretty bold.  These guys would take ducks, geese, dove, quail, deer, fish from stock tanks, furbearers...anything.  One of them was generational and recruited some followers. 

Today, they all live marginally.  Each one has either been in jail or fined for stupid stuff.  They can't afford to pay attention. 

When I moved to central TX, poaching deer was common.  Many poachers were known locally.  TPWD used mechanical deer decoys to catch road hunters.  It's effective.  As a hunter, I can't imagine being so stupid as to shoot deer from a car on a public road.  Then they have to cross a barbed wire fence and drag it out.  For 150, you can day hunt, get a doe, and possibly all the pigs you can handle.  Going to the dark side for any kind of game just doesn't make sense.

[foakes]

I think that this is a little different from poaching, Brian.

This is outright stealing from their fellow fishing competitors.

However you are right —- and so is Dominick...

These types of folks are on a different level from honest folks with a conscience —- and who know right from wrong.

There is more coming their way —- they just don't know it yet.

Best, Fred

[dlrider]

Make them break their rods, reels and smash their boats and motors. Then ban them from fishing tournaments for life.

Whaaaattt?  NO!  I'll take them.  Likely they had the money to buy better equipment than I have.

[Keta]

It hurts worse when you make them do it.