I remember reading his story in Bassmaster magazine years ago. He was supposedly the big bass expert in southern California and helped start the swim bait craze. After reading this story and seeing the video, he is not a big bass expert. Unless you consider snagging bass as a sport.
The aquarium in his garage with two large bass in it and then him weighing in two similar sized bass in the next tournament (which he fished alone). This combined with his remarkable successes when he fished alone, versus when he fished with a partner make me wonder about his integrity.
From reading the article it seems to imply that he had a secret live well in his boat, he used fish caught on previous trips and other lakes. He tied up a fish to a tree on one occasion and another he was catching 'dead' fish during the tournament from the back of the boat. Using other peoples fish to claim lake records (apparently one mentioned in the article has been rescinded after the article was posted). The article makes him seem like a master of cheating techniques.