Wired2Fish first reported: Tournament Directors Take Note. More alleged fishing tournament cheaters have been cited by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, this time on Banks Lake in Lanier County, Ga. Two tournament anglers purchased an 11 1/2-pound bass from two recreational anglers not involved in the competition. I spoke with Captain Scott Klingel, south-central Region Supervisor with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division and he shared the details from the incident report.
According to the incident report, tournament anglers Ronnie Eunice and Brandon Smith were competing as a team in the Southern Bass Busters Association Tournament on July 12, 2014 when a recreational fishing boat approached them. The recreational anglers, Dustin Miller and Sarah Demott, stated that they caught a big bass and asked the tournament boat if they could use their scales to weigh it. The tournament anglers weighed the fish at approximately 11 1/2 pounds.
Klingel told us that somewhere in the course of the interaction, a deal was struck between the parties to purchase the bass.
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