Last Tuesday 4/30/13 a friend of mine found a basket with 5 fish in it. One was over 7lbs. Two were over 6lbs. The other two was a 4 and a 5 pounders. He released the fish and closed it back so they would know the fish were released and didn't just escape. It was in the back of the slue on the left when you leave shellmound boat ramp. He went back in there today to take pics of it but its gone. I guess they figured it out and removed it or worse yet relocated it. If he had thought, it would have been a good place to set up a trail camera and found out who was using it. Those would have been some good pics to bring to weigh in. Anyway maybe some of the people we fish with are not as good as we think!
Fish basket found on Nickajack!
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bronzeback45
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emoTskTsk that's so wrong. I cant for the life of me figure out why people must cheat. Myself winning a tourney more rewarding than winning the money, you can say you were the better angler on that day. I really don't know what I would do if I catch someone do that. I'd probably end up in jail emoEnforce .
bent rod
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Turn the fish loose and take the basket to the channel. Glad he found them.
Good thing is it sounds like it was not one of our folks. With us having a three fish weigh in and the basket having five fish it would appear that someone needed five. Those guys need to be caught and shown to everyone. Then banned and made public so no other tournament will have them. If they ever find it again I agree with setting up a camera or at least taking it out to deep water and sinking it where no one would ever be able to use it again. I just don't get it, how does someone take pride in cheating to win? It is not like any of the tournaments down there have any big money pay outs you would think someone would cheat for. Pisses me off! emoHoppingmad Jmax
Oldman
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just let it be known to ever body if any body finds one of these to not do nothing but set up a cam.that way we can catch the sorry bastards and drag their names through the mud.(or maybe a stake out by the men in green)
flpper
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I fish there sometimes with a buddy out of S. Pittsburgh. He pointed out a couple of guys they caught cheating in the past. wonder if it's the same guys/
Oldman
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i think if some one was caught cheating they would or should NEVER be allowed to fish a tx again period.
Hank's Dad
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Isn't it true that if someone is caught cheating and there's money involved they can be charged with larceny? Seems to me a camera might have been a better deal. If I ever caught someone cheating they'd be banned if I had any say about it. And they'd be posted on every web site possible so they'd be banned everywhere.
Oldman
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there u go
gobigorange
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This goes along with the lack of respect for fellow anglers and all the discussions that have been on here before about what happened to common decency. I just don't understand the thought process, most of the tournaments around here don't even pay out enough to make stealing worth being black balled for the rest of your life by every fisherman in the area. I used the term stealing because this type of behavior is no different than the low lifes that break into vehicles at the boat ramp.
chillerman69
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28lb bag is pretty good for the Nick. There have been some huge bags caught, there, recently. Did you get any pics of the cage? The craftsmanship or lack of it, may be a strong clue but only one piece of the puzzle. Was the slough before you hit the river or the one, to the immediate left of the ramp and docks?
This caliber of person or persons, couldn't help but keep an eye on it and may have been watching you as you were messing around it. That would be watching you with binocs because to physically guard an area may lure other fisherman there, thinking there was a bite on.
The person(s) probably fish every day. Their either retired, on disability or work an odd shift, like me. Can you imagine how nervous they would be, not watching it constantly. That's a winning bag and most likely big fish.
How big was the cage/basket? Would it fit in a bass boat....better question, could it be hauled around in a bass boat and not stand out? if it was too big, a pontoon boat would be the hauler and that would mean a person or a pair with a bass boat and access to a pontoon boat.
If it was a pair, they'd almost have to be brothers and very close, almost inseparable. There's almost too much anxiety for it to be more an a single individual because of the chance, one would come clean and blame it all on the other. Never under estimate the power of a conscious. Having said that, if it's a solo, I bet this person would have a stone cold personality....probably smoke.
Also, the fish would have to be put in the live well after being caught. Anyone seeing a big fish being caught and not being thrown back in, during the week, should remember that because it's not the nature of a bass fisherman.
For some reason, I keep picturing someone a little older, maybe a fading star. I think the younger anglers believe they can win with time on the lake but things like this will have a corrupting effect, even if, just a little. It's one of those, end of the innocence moments and I just realized, that's the worst part.
That's my profile of this person or persons and I have absolutely, no one in mind.
It's sad but but it gives all those honest fisherman that have caught good or winning bags a bit of a black eye. I don't think it's all about the money, a lot of people that cheat, do it for the rush or excitement.
If there are small waterproof tracking devices, it might be good for each TWRA officer, to have one. BTW, if you're the one and you're reading this: fu, you sorry pos, you've made waste way too much of my fishing time on your sorry ass
This caliber of person or persons, couldn't help but keep an eye on it and may have been watching you as you were messing around it. That would be watching you with binocs because to physically guard an area may lure other fisherman there, thinking there was a bite on.
The person(s) probably fish every day. Their either retired, on disability or work an odd shift, like me. Can you imagine how nervous they would be, not watching it constantly. That's a winning bag and most likely big fish.
How big was the cage/basket? Would it fit in a bass boat....better question, could it be hauled around in a bass boat and not stand out? if it was too big, a pontoon boat would be the hauler and that would mean a person or a pair with a bass boat and access to a pontoon boat.
If it was a pair, they'd almost have to be brothers and very close, almost inseparable. There's almost too much anxiety for it to be more an a single individual because of the chance, one would come clean and blame it all on the other. Never under estimate the power of a conscious. Having said that, if it's a solo, I bet this person would have a stone cold personality....probably smoke.
Also, the fish would have to be put in the live well after being caught. Anyone seeing a big fish being caught and not being thrown back in, during the week, should remember that because it's not the nature of a bass fisherman.
For some reason, I keep picturing someone a little older, maybe a fading star. I think the younger anglers believe they can win with time on the lake but things like this will have a corrupting effect, even if, just a little. It's one of those, end of the innocence moments and I just realized, that's the worst part.
That's my profile of this person or persons and I have absolutely, no one in mind.
It's sad but but it gives all those honest fisherman that have caught good or winning bags a bit of a black eye. I don't think it's all about the money, a lot of people that cheat, do it for the rush or excitement.
If there are small waterproof tracking devices, it might be good for each TWRA officer, to have one. BTW, if you're the one and you're reading this: fu, you sorry pos, you've made waste way too much of my fishing time on your sorry ass
deerhunter09
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what the guy should have done that found them was to leave them alone and called the twra and let them take care of it.
Yep, should have called TWRA and had them stake it out, and let the criminals be charged with fraud. If it was there last Tuesday, it was for a tx last weekend if I was a betting man.
All I can say is if you get caught cheating on chick...good luck getting out of the parking lot!
All I can say is if you get caught cheating on chick...good luck getting out of the parking lot!
Sniperchoke
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Take a hole punch. Punch a different fin on the fish then wait til weigh in.. Busted!!! Then kick A$$$$
xroadsbasser
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I bet the basket owners didn't count on the water on the lower end of the lake getting as low as it is now!!! Maybe they will fall in and drown when they relocate it!
did you take any pictures with a cell phone ?the men i fish with on nickajack are as good as there are on that lake!not saying it wasnt found but i like more evidence than a long paragraph on a forum page .if you ever come across another call m c sherifs dept and twra they will handle it .leave them there and go to any local tment offical and i supose some one will watch it THIS IS HOW RUMERS GET STARTED ON CERTAIN INDIVIDULES .not saying you did not find it but there was a better way to handle said situation,
procraft
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i think a good thing to do would have been put a hole in it so the fish could get out and every fish the put in it could get out or put a pad lock on the lid hooked to a hand gernade then when they open the lid by by end of story
