Mike Long, world record hunter

[JestersHK]

I think they said he pocketed close to $150,000 in tournament winnings... The damage he did to that tournament circuit you'd of thought they would of exposed him sooner.  If I was the author of that article I bet he sleeps with one eye open for a while.

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1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Seems like an awful lot of work for just a little bit of money.  Seriously, think about all the crap he had to go through just to take home 300.00

There are way easier ways to make 1000.00 and do it honestly.

The article said something about $150k over the course of time...  But any real money he made probably some more from sponsorship deals, appearance fees, tackle deals.  

 

But- from reading the article and everything that went into this for him:  It probably was never about the money anyway.  The dude sounds like a complete narcissist.  He obviously wanted fame/respect/status.    

[moguy1973]

5 hours ago, ness said:

You’ve thought this through pretty good 😄

I've seen articles where they bust people with contraptions like that to cheat in fishing tournaments.

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2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Seems like an awful lot of work for just a little bit of money.  Seriously, think about all the crap he had to go through just to take home 300.00

There are way easier ways to make 1000.00 and do it honestly.

 

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

Yeah you're right Wrench I don't think he made a lot of money.  

I think every bass forum out there has a Mike Long thread running.  

Feels like this was as much about stroking his ego as anything else. 

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31 minutes ago, moguy1973 said:

I've seen articles where they bust people with contraptions like that to cheat in fishing tournaments.

Just funnin' you

[STLbassbuster]

4 hours ago, MoCarp said:

More bass cheaters 

 

https://nypost.com/2019/03/14/fisherman-charged-with-fraud-for-cheating-at-bass-tournament/

25,000 bond now that's what I am talking about!

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25 minutes ago, STLbassbuster said:

25,000 bond now that's what I am talking about!

Typical cash bond is 10% of that unless they’re deemed a flight risk.  In which case bond would have been higher.  He could put that on a credit card.  

[MoCarp]

Not just bass cheaters

 

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2019/06/dec-officer-stops-cheating-cny-bowfishermen-from-winning-tournament.html

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Dude has an aquarium in his garage & has bass stashed inside the boat swimming around in minnow bags. Lol what an idiot  

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1 hour ago, TrophyFishR said:

Dude has an aquarium in his garage & has bass stashed inside the boat swimming around in minnow bags. Lol what an idiot  

Can't say he wasn't creative....