Creative yak tourney cheater

[Quillback]

Guy put a cutout of a yak seat in his power boat so it looked like he was fishing out of yak when he took his tourney fish pics.  

Fisherman Caught Staging Kayak Pictures in a Bass Boat Banned from Tournaments for Cheating | Outdoor Life

[fishinwrench]

With kayaks being motorized, and rigged with everything short of an aerated livewell, these days........ What determines whether you're in a "kayak" or a boat ? 

[jdmidwest]

My river Yak is a stick steer 16' boat with a trolling motor and a 25 jet.  Unless I just want to be lazy and float down a stream, then I take the 10' yak.

My jet boat cost less than most of those yak setups.

Did I ever mention there should be a law against Tournament Fishing?  Takes the fun out a nice peaceful sport.

[jdmidwest]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

 rigged with everything short of an aerated livewell, these days........ ? 

5 gallon bucket and an aerator, that is pretty simple.  Usually just keep the bait in there.  I have a cooler that came from Academy with the aerator holes in it for around $40 bucks.  Fits in the back cutout of the little 10' boat.

https://www.academy.com/p/magellan-outdoors-13-qt-dry-box?sku=gray

[Flysmallie]

17 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

With kayaks being motorized, and rigged with everything short of an aerated livewell, these days........ What determines whether you're in a "kayak" or a boat ? 

I pulled my small electronics off mine a couple of years ago just so I wouldn’t be associated with that crowd. This year I have just about quit using it all together and part of that is so I’m not part of that group. 

[WestCentralFisher]

People will really cheat over anything. All for $200. But it's not really about the money, it's about the ego boost. 

A guy I used to fish with quite a bit would regularly lie about the size/quantity of fish he caught any time we were not standing right next to each other...even though a non-zero amount of these times I was still close enough I could actually see him plenty well enough to know it couldn't be true. I wrote it off as weird but harmless, but eventually it became clear it was part of a larger trend of having to be better at everything than the other guy, which wore thin quickly.

The silly bit is he probably was a better fisherman than me. He didn't really need to lie, but he couldn't help himself. 

I'm immune to these things, because I know I'm only an alright fisherman, and it's been a long time since I could be bothered to care. 

[jdmidwest]

Fishermen lie all the time.  My favorite, "Catching any?", standard answer "NO".  Move along, nothing to see here.

If I would answer yes, they would pile on top of me and not leave me alone....

 

[WestCentralFisher]

On 11/12/2025 at 7:39 PM, jdmidwest said:

Fishermen lie all the time.  My favorite, "Catching any?", standard answer "NO".  Move along, nothing to see here.

If I would answer yes, they would pile on top of me and not leave me alone....

 

My stock answer to that question is "Oh, just enjoying the beautiful day". It's not actually a lie, because I almost always am, and if people want to conclude I'm putting a positive spin on a bad skunk and move along, well that's on them.