Do they run high school tournaments in the summer? Seems like Slew is probably more right on the Working Man Tourney.....either way, not a good deal.
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Originally posted by RR 314 View PostWell done, grasshopper!
For those calling for prosecution by TPWD, what is the crime? Is it illegal to keep legal size bass in a container if under bag limit? Is there a penal code provision regarding cheating in a tournament? Very well could be, I just have no idea.
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Originally posted by tvc184 View PostEither under the Penal Code or TPWD Code.
Remember that ignorance is not a defense to prosecution.
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Originally posted by tvc184 View PostEither under the Penal Code or TPWD Code.
Remember that ignorance is not a defense to prosecution.
Edit: Just read and saw they “drew a check” in prior tournament/cheated. That would do it. I guess I’m getting old, I always thought that you lost your amateur status if you received money. Well, prior to NIL swamp.
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Originally posted by RR 314 View PostWell done, grasshopper!
For those calling for prosecution by TPWD, what is the crime? Is it illegal to keep legal size bass in a container if under bag limit? Is there a penal code provision regarding cheating in a tournament? Very well could be, I just have no idea.
Sec. 66.023. FRAUD IN FISHING TOURNAMENTS. (a) In this section, "fishing tournament" means a contest in which a prize is to be awarded to one or more participants in the contest based on the weight, length, number, or type of fish caught by the participants or based on any other criteria applicable to the fish caught.
(b) A person commits an offense if, with intent to affect the outcome of a fishing tournament:
(1) the person provides, offers to provide, sells, or offers to sell a fish to a participant in the tournament for the purpose of representing that the fish was caught by the participant in the course of the tournament;
(2) the person, as a participant in the tournament, accepts or agrees to accept a fish from another person for the purpose of representing that the fish was caught by the participant in the course of the tournament;
(3) the person, as a participant in the tournament, represents that a fish was caught by the person in the course of the tournament when in fact the fish was not caught by that person or the fish was not caught in the course of that tournament;
(4) the person alters the length or weight of a fish for the purpose of representing that the fish as entered in the tournament was that length or weight when caught; or
(5) the person enters a fish in the tournament that was taken in violation of any provision of this code or a proclamation or regulation of the commission adopted under this code.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person sponsors or conducts a fishing tournament and knows of the occurrence in the tournament of activity prohibited by Subsection (b) of this section and does not immediately notify a law enforcement officer commissioned by the director of its occurrence.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that if the offense occurred during a tournament in which any prize or combination of prizes to be awarded for any one category for which an award is given, whether the prize or prizes are to an individual or a team, is worth $10,000 or more in money or goods, the offense is a felony of the third degree.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Parks and Wildlife Code, Section 66.119 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 114 (H.B. 1806), Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 2011.
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Originally posted by crash8005 View PostStraight from the TP&W code:
Sec. 66.023. FRAUD IN FISHING TOURNAMENTS. (a) In this section, "fishing tournament" means a contest in which a prize is to be awarded to one or more participants in the contest based on the weight, length, number, or type of fish caught by the participants or based on any other criteria applicable to the fish caught.
(b) A person commits an offense if, with intent to affect the outcome of a fishing tournament:
(1) the person provides, offers to provide, sells, or offers to sell a fish to a participant in the tournament for the purpose of representing that the fish was caught by the participant in the course of the tournament;
(2) the person, as a participant in the tournament, accepts or agrees to accept a fish from another person for the purpose of representing that the fish was caught by the participant in the course of the tournament;
(3) the person, as a participant in the tournament, represents that a fish was caught by the person in the course of the tournament when in fact the fish was not caught by that person or the fish was not caught in the course of that tournament;
(4) the person alters the length or weight of a fish for the purpose of representing that the fish as entered in the tournament was that length or weight when caught; or
(5) the person enters a fish in the tournament that was taken in violation of any provision of this code or a proclamation or regulation of the commission adopted under this code.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person sponsors or conducts a fishing tournament and knows of the occurrence in the tournament of activity prohibited by Subsection (b) of this section and does not immediately notify a law enforcement officer commissioned by the director of its occurrence.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that if the offense occurred during a tournament in which any prize or combination of prizes to be awarded for any one category for which an award is given, whether the prize or prizes are to an individual or a team, is worth $10,000 or more in money or goods, the offense is a felony of the third degree.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Parks and Wildlife Code, Section 66.119 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 114 (H.B. 1806), Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 2011.
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It doesn’t become a felony until the prize or money is over $10,000 but cheating in any fishing tournament where even trophies are given, appears to be at least a class A misdemeanor.
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Been a long time since I fished any bass tournaments but seems like a few of the bigger ones had a clause along the lines of "if you have ever cheated in any other tournament you are not eligible to compete"
Looks like an open records request would reveal what if any charges/citations were issued
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