Payday

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http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Three-New-Jersey-Fisherman-Awarded-Home-Millions-After-Competition-Controversy-433174153.html

[JHbowhunter]

2 million, ot bad!   The Bi-state shad touarnament is heading in that direction!     

[Lunatic]

Similar story of disqualification back in 2010 at the NC's Big Rock Tournament. (I fished this one twice)

 

No fishing license, no $900,000 prize

 

 

Failure to pay a few bucks for a fishing license has cost some tournament winners in North Carolina more than $900,000.

A one-year fishing license for North Carolina residents costs $15. For out-of-staters, it's $30. And because an angler in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament didn't have a license, it cost the winning boat $912,825 in prize money.

"It hurts," Andy Thomossan, whose boat, Citation, caught an 883-pound blue marlin, told USA Today. "We didn't do anything wrong. But one of our people did. He failed to get a fishing license, but we didn't know it. He told us he had it. He didn't. So you take a man for his word, you know?"

 

Under tournament rules, anyone fishing aboard a vessel must have a North Carolina fishing license, including the captain, mate and anglers.

Click here for the full article.

[hammer4reel]

Rich has always said he was going to win big in the tuna division .

More than likely .this will be the highest ever prize paid for a tuna .

 

Couldn't have been won by a better guy .

 

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2 million, ot bad!   The Bi-state shad touarnament is heading in that direction!     

I think it is safe to say we are happy right where we are at, Jack. money causes problems and brings out the worst in people no doubt