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swimbait | Mon Apr-18-05 10:38 AM |
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#15018, "Don Pedro, 4 in a row, what are we using, and cheating"
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Some of you guys know I've been fishing a lot of tourneys lately at Don Pedro. CV and I won the WON Bass, 100%, Nor-Cal Bass, and Angler's Choice. The other one I fished was the ABA with SWMB8R in my jon boat and we took 5th after losing an 11-12lb fish.
I know everyone wants to know what we are doing and where we are fishing. I'd be talking about it too if I was fishing those tourneys and the same guys were winning every one. I also know that some guys have seen us hook some fish in the tourneys so people are barking up our tree so to speak. That's all part of tournament fishing and I expect that in tournaments people will try to get on our stuff and see what we are doing.
So let me tell you as much as I feel like telling about what we are doing. The bottom line is that we are winning on swimbaits and sight fishing. When the fish are active we're catching them shallow. When the fish shut off, we're going deep. This is exactly what I said at the awards Saturday and its the truth. Pedro is extremely clear and those fish move up and down daily, even hourly. I am not going to say what we're catching them on, what spots, what our patterns are etc so please stop emailing and asking :) I don't have an obligation to anyone to say what I'm doing and so rather than lying, I'm just saying hey, I'm not telling.
Now to the topic of cheating. A few weeks ago one of the anglers fishing the 100% bass tournament caught a fish that had a wire clip in its lip and a piece of braided line coming off the wire. It was apparent that the fish had been tied up and had managed to break the line and get away. This weekend one of the teams fishing the Angler's Choice found a mesh cage back in Woods with live bass in it. They dumped the fish and brought the cage in to the TD and everyone got to see it at weigh ins. The bass in it were apparently 2 and 3lb bass (baffling since catch 10 to 13lbs on beds right now at Pedro is not very difficult). There was another tournament at the lake Saturday and its possible that whoever was cheating was in that tournament. No one was caught in either incident.
I am bringing this up because there could not be any more clear indications that TD's with upcoming tourneys at Don Pedro should be giving the polygraph. I am by no means accusing anyone in particular of cheating, I don't know but a handful of the fishermen in the Motherlode region anyway. But with two definite cheating incidents in the last month, something should be done. I've had the pleasure of meeting some of the local guys at Pedro and there's a lot of regular hard-fishin guys out there playing by the rules. But there's also some scumbags trying to cheat everyone out of their money. That's BS and I hope the TD's will use the polygraph more.
-Rob
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RE: Don Pedro, 4 in a row, what are we using, and cheat...,
billythekidd44,
Apr 18th 2005, #1
RE: Don Pedro, 4 in a row, what are we using, and cheat...,
swimbait,
Apr 18th 2005, #2
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Mattlures,
Apr 18th 2005, #3
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Bassin,
Apr 18th 2005, #4
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bassnet,
Apr 18th 2005, #5
RE: Don Pedro, 4 in a row, what are we using, and cheat...,
Eric Wong,
Apr 19th 2005, #6
By the way, congrats on your great wins, Rob!!,
Eric Wong,
Apr 19th 2005, #7
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bassnet,
Apr 19th 2005, #8
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fishsteelhead,
Apr 27th 2005, #9
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SWMB8R,
Apr 27th 2005, #10
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fishsteelhead,
Apr 27th 2005, #11
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fishsteelhead,
Apr 27th 2005, #12
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swimbait,
Apr 27th 2005, #13
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fishsteelhead,
Apr 27th 2005, #14
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Eric Wong | Tue Apr-19-05 03:00 PM |
Member since Mar 29th 2003
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#15036, "RE: Don Pedro, 4 in a row, what are we using, and cheat..."
In response to Reply # 5
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I fished against the guys who cheated at Castaic (who took our money), and none of us down here know whatever happened to them. Most of the anglers know who they are and the TD's definitely know who they are. They won't ever fish another tourney down here again.
They were basically caught by an alert tourney angler who found the cage (a small dog cage connected to rope, connected to monofilament, tied to a bush in the back of a cove). He notified the tournament organization and asked what to do. They asked him to clip the fins, save the clippings in water in a ziploc, and put the fish back in the cage. When the guys weighed in the fish, they literally matched up the clippings.
If anyone of you ever finds a cage with fish, consider doing this to nail those bastards!
EW
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fishsteelhead | Wed Apr-27-05 02:56 PM |
Member since Mar 02nd 2005
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#15088, "RE: Don Pedro, 4 in a row, what are we using, and cheat..."
In response to Reply # 0
Wed Apr-27-05 03:24 PM by fishsteelhead
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Rob or Anyone, Did not read through your complete novel, however personally, I believe fish tournaments S _ _ K!!!!!!!! I do have that reserve right to view my opinion, don't I?! Whatever happen'ed to the good days of JUST FISHIN'!? Now in this age, one has ta' create a business and make a profit outta' the one cherished thing we have in this world - nature!!?? I know for a fact that I definately, "ruffled some feathers" and if that's the case, apologies are in order. Have a good day. Outta here... ~Skip C.
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fishsteelhead | Wed Apr-27-05 04:32 PM |
Member since Mar 02nd 2005
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#15091, "RE: Don Pedro, 4 in a row, what are we using, and cheat..."
In response to Reply # 10
Wed Apr-27-05 04:35 PM by fishsteelhead
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Forgot to mention, I fish Don Pedro and have for about twenty years (if thats anything at all??). As far as the ladders for MY steelhead, I'm well aware of that along with other mis-appropriated funds that never seem to go to where there suppose to. Like PETA, I have gone around w/ the DFG and other government branches. I am talkin' about private individuals wantin' to make a buck. Please spare me on the right to ,"private enterprize". Again, have a good day and am, "outta here"... ~Skip C.
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