Lake Murray/ Dustin Connell

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

1 hour ago, Bill Babler said:

Don’t you just love Montgomery. Dude would be the perfect son-in-law. 

I think they need 2 officials a drone and 15 cameras on Sprague in a snagging event like this. 

That guy is about as slippery as goose grease. 

 

It is a little ironic, the first bed fish event they have he is back at the top.  I hope Watson pulls it off, its been a while since he had a win

[Champ188]

11 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

It is a little ironic, the first bed fish event they have he is back at the top.  I hope Watson pulls it off, its been a while since he had a win

Rooting for Watson, too. Enjoyed being river rat buds with him in the old Central Pro-Am tournaments. 
As for Connell, I've heard from a reliable source that he's another pre-tournament info outlaw who just hasn't yet been caught.

[DADAKOTA]

Not sure what to make of a person spreading rumors about another angler.  If the dude is cheating then call him out directly and turn him in.  Don't trash a person's character on speculation and rumor.  Lots of trash talkers in every tourney group.  Usually from the guys that get their bottoms kicked routinely.  I've never met Connell, but I'm not gonna smear him on rumors.  

[Champ188]

On 4/7/2023 at 8:24 AM, DADAKOTA said:

Not sure what to make of a person spreading rumors about another angler.  If the dude is cheating then call him out directly and turn him in.  Don't trash a person's character on speculation and rumor.  Lots of trash talkers in every tourney group.  Usually from the guys that get their bottoms kicked routinely.  I've never met Connell, but I'm not gonna smear him on rumors.  

My post was attributed to a source whom I consider reliable. There's always controversy around no-info rules on every circuit because it's an unenforceable rule. The anglers are naturally left to self-regulate because obviously you can't assign a "monitor" to go with them every step of their lives. Star-struck fans run up to pros all the time at the gas pump and spew info to a contestant before he can say "Sir, I can't accept any information because of our rules." Lakefront property owners do the same, as do fans out on the water during practice, at restaurants, sponsor booths, hotels, etc. 

Info is gonna be passed to the anglers regardless of what rules you put in place. Only way to make it fair is to say you can't hire guides or ask anyone for info, but whatever you may overhear or receive unsolicited is OK. Or just put a period after "can't hire guides" and let the rest sort itself out. BASS ran a successful circuit for many years under Ray Scott and then Helen Sevier without any such silly rule. 

[dtrs5kprs]

3 hours ago, Champ188 said:

My post was attributed to a source whom I consider reliable. There's always controversy around no-info rules on every circuit because it's an unenforceable rule. The anglers are naturally left to self-regulate because obviously you can't assign a "monitor" to go with them every step of their lives. Star-struck fans run up to pros all the time at the gas pump and spew info to a contestant before he can say "Sir, I can't accept any information because of our rules." Lakefront property owners do the same, as do fans out on the water during practice, at restaurants, sponsor booths, hotels, etc. 

Info is gonna be passed to the anglers regardless of what rules you put in place. Only way to make it fair is to say you can't hire guides or ask anyone for info, but whatever you may overhear or receive unsolicited is OK. Or just put a period after "can't hire guides" and let the rest sort itself out. BASS ran a successful circuit for many years under Ray Scott and then Helen Sevier without any such silly rule. 

Stop making sense. 

[DADAKOTA]

I here ya Champ.  So much info available on the net and social media as well.  How do they police that?    

[Champ188]

16 hours ago, DADAKOTA said:

I here ya Champ.  So much info available on the net and social media as well.  How do they police that?    

And I get your point about Connell ... kid seems to be a good fisherman so I hope the rumors are false and he continues to shine. My bad for perpetuating them, regardless of the reliability of my source.

I still say, forbid contestants in the high-paying tournaments to practice with or to solicit/receive info from licensed guides and let the rest work itself out.