The BIGGEST CHEATER in FISHING HISTORY!

[@5050fishing]

Before the Walleye Cheaters there was Mike Long….

[@jeffmorand4796]

How do u hide a record bass from a co-angler??? really

[@cjsoutdoors4412]

@@jeffmorand4796 ...One co angler on Mike's boat did talk about it later after the fact, said it was strange, one minute he had nothing, a sec later he pulls out a fish.

[@5050fishing]

@@jeffmorand4796 he done it. He was hiding tournament fish in secret compartments on his boat and pulling them out when the co angler wasn’t looking. Everyone knew something was up but it took forever to actually catch him.

[@kls2020]

@@jeffmorand4796 Usually it seems these cheaters will give the Co angler a job to do to keep them preoccupied so they can't see what's going on during these fake catches . I story I was told by a highly reliable source about a busted cheater in a Cal Delta shared weight Pro Am event went like this . Cheating Pro pulls up a bridge abuttment in shallow water and tells the co angler there is a lot of nasty stuff under water like rebar sticking up and askes the co angler to hold the boat in position beside the bridge to prevent boat damage so he can concentrate on catching the fish under the bridge . The co angler said Pro caught multiple pale ,long thin bass from this one little spot while he held the boat in place . Same guy was busted at a later Delta tournament using an elaborate sunken plastic barrel with bass inside it and was banned .

[@emilianobanzi9432]

I'll say that I point my finger to all the Mike "Guru" friends that allowed this guy to do that for years! No coanglers saw all the s##t he was doing??? C'mon ! And all the lake records he's still holding it's a shame

[@steveheck7754]

Raised a bass in a 200 gal. aquarium years ago. She was like a pet dog, she'd get excited when I'd walk in the room, or spun a spinnerbait blade. When the barometer was high , would sit on the bottom as if sleeping. when the air pressure dropped, Everything that could fit in her mouth wanted out. She'd down a dozen goldfish, hand size bluegill, and her favorite meal waterdogs. She'd do 6 at a time $$. Loved that fish till she got too big , 7 pounds. Let her go at a catch & release only lake.

[@Splitshot1]

That is the coolest thing I've ever heard.

[@513EM1]

This made me cry

[@rosso391]

That's exactly what I want to do. Raise a bass for fun and release to a catch and release only body of water.

[@P1Gman]

I like this a lot. You should try a flower horn. They're beautiful freshwater fish.

[@althor9997]

Want to do a movie? It's 2022, I guarentee you can get a grammy

[@danielslover8669]

I agree with you. The extreme lengths that he went to are crazy. I don’t understand how or why “winning “ is that important to them. If I win a tournament (and I’m talking a $10 entry fee club or open tournament) , I feel pride. If I don’t place in the same type of tournament, I still feel pride. I did the best I could that day and it either worked or didn’t. That’s it. Then I congratulate whoever won and discuss what we should’ve done with the rest of the people that didn’t win. It just boils down to morals. Most folks have them and live by them. Then you have people like what this discussion is all about. Win at all cost. It will catch you eventually.

[@stevesmith8399]

Randy Blaukat just did a video on Intuitive Angling telling a story about Tony Christian. For years, Tony transported big bass into tournament lakes and staged them in Tupperware bins with a hole in it. He’d ride right out to his hidden bass, drop a jig into the hole in the bin and bag his big boys. He apparently got away with it because the rules didn’t specify transporting fish. He stood by the fact that other anglers were allowed to dump cover and he caught every fish in the mouth.

[@5050fishing]

So many cheaters out there….

[@sammylacks4937]

I'd like to know how he caught the fish originally before planting them in tubs.

[@mrdrunk9733]

@@sammylacks4937 apparently had a couple farm ponds around

[@bradcampbell475]

saw that video. the fact that he was doing it on the pro tour was insane.

[@TN-Vols-Fan]

Christian is barred from FLW (RIP) and B.A.S.S., I believe, competition for life.

[@lukycharms9970]

Imagine cheating so long that you get so confident that you actually sell your boat with your secret livewell still installed in a secret compartment

[@ajword81]

I'm on my 5th trip in a row getting skunked, and I'd rather be honest about that, than lie about catching anything. I don't get these guys...🤷🏽‍♂️

[@codyschale263]

Social media, your nothing without clout. And people have always been dishonest since the beginning so..

[@69jbr69]

Agreed and even if I catch fish nonstop I tell everyone I didn't catch anything. When I am on a skunk run I do the exact opposite of what I think I should and results are usually surprising. That fishing is a never ending puzzle.

[@chrisnoname2725]

@@codyschale263 there are actually a lot of honest people with pride, that aren't shallow clout chasing losers.

[@codyschale263]

@@chrisnoname2725 I agree, but the horde of zombies on social media are expanding and people are literally getting dumber by the day.

[@chrisnoname2725]

@@codyschale263 Well yes, I agree with that.

[@Bassmaster1256]

Mike Long for a long time was know as "Live Bait Mike" because some of his big fish were actually caught using live trout. He was fishing tournaments here in Southern California in the early 2000's and on and we all suspected him of cheating. He actually sucked as a bass fisherman when fishing team tournaments with a partner. He won a lot of tournaments BUT it was always while fishing by himself. I personally left 3 tournaments before launching because Mike Long showed up by himself. Which BTW, he won those tournaments.

[@5050fishing]

Craziness! Where has he been at now?

[@kc72186]

Used to see him out at lake Perris in the early 2000s and my buddy and I saw him using what sure looked like live trout.

[@Bassmaster1256]

@@5050fishing He's almost like dropped off the face of the earth since he was exposed as a big bass "snagger".

[@secretbassrigs]

@@5050fishing I heard he moved to North Korea to do KZbin videos. 😂

[@dragonsnatch1146]

@@5050fishing Word is he still fishes lake cuyamaca in the mountains.

[@willembry5469]

There’s a guy here in West Tennessee that got busted for catching crappie in a different lake and tried to turn them in at a Crappie Masters tournament on a different lake. The tournament director told him he could weigh in, and be prosecuted or don’t weigh in and never come back. He didn’t weigh in. On a side note, I heard Mike Long couldn’t cast very well

[@weirdowolfstudio5409]

Who was that guy ? I live near Nashville btw

[@tommascari8298]

My close friend was at Lake Sutherland, the day Mike Long showed up with a bass that was clearly from lake Poway and claimed the lake record. My friend and the locals knew immediately that the bass was from another fishery. Just disgusting! Nobody has seen him around the San Diego lakes btw, there are plenty of places he could've disappear to, but So - Cal lakes are relatively small and highly pressured, he's not showing up without someone noticing.

[@kavak1344]

If I remember right. I heard stories about Mike Long sabotaging people's vehicles, that were a threat to exposing him

[@5050fishing]

Dang I forgot about that! He did a lot of scandalous 💩 lol

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

He threatened his partners son, the one that originally saw the tank with the bass at his house.

[@kenneth9874]

Maybe that's why he's disappeared

[@stewybagodonuts817]

@@kenneth9874after he was exposed for snagging

[@Fishingin290]

There's lot of things that need to clean up on tournament fishing. These cheaters getting exposed is good lesson for tournaments to be aware of, and create rules to prevent stuff like this happening. I see more tournaments using metal detectors, and larger ones using volunteers, a body on the boat to verify these catches, hell I put my name in that hat.. Have to implement rules to prevent this stuff happening, look at everything possible from past and what people are capable of doing.. Sad we're there, but there's alway that guy like we see. While we're at it, different subject, we should include fish management, guys have to realize these fish can't be out of the water for 3--5 minutes. I continue to see it at weigh ins, and fish being thrown into empty sacks just to drive back to the ramp to drop off, and some are trying to revive them. This is a great sport, I absolutely love bass fishing, but if we don't take care of our fisheries and prevent a-holes from cheating, we're going to ruin it for everyone in the future.

[@Otownbassin]

I worked as a weigh master for a local series last year, no one really cared if the anglers or I placed the fish in the tank and the series was in its 25th year. Then I noticed a team that would pinch the gills and scoop water with the fish to fill the mouth with water and then hold the fish in a vertical manner before dropping them in a tank full of water that had been zeroed. There was a specific rule change made immediately after that stated the weigh master had to handle all fish.

[@richardbossman9875]

Let’s not forget jackass “pros” cranking a bass’s jaw while trying to hold it level from just the mouth.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

The Mike Long Story is insane! I'm actually fascinated by his mentality. How could you build your whole life and persona around being a big bass pro, when you don't even know how to fish!?

[@jarrettesselman8144]

Someone should take Bidens fishing boat away

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

He knew how to fish but wasn't anything special. We would see him at the lakes every now and then. Most of us knew something was up. Guy's were shady out here back then when they were chasing the next world record. It was also rumored that he would use live trout and kept them in a hidden live well. This was when he was starting to make a name for himself catching big bass.

[@brianhart1573]

From Oklahoma, been bass fishing for 46 years,fished a lot of tournaments this has been going on for ever,I know to be true a guy weighed a dead 11 ,won tournament someone took fish home with permission from angler to eat ,it still has ice inside

[@fredtflail]

There's video and a huge article about Mike Long. Didn't seem to get a lot of publicity outside of California.

[@jackieparker1847]

I saw guy snagging bass on mlf one time. Using LiveScope and big spoon with huge treble hooks. I got chastised for saying that. People claimed I don’t know how to fish big spoons. I know exactly how. He was way behind so he took advantage of the rules that haven’t been changed for using LiveScope. He was sacking em up but half were snagged. They do the same thing with salmon run but they outlawed the big treble hooks

[@simonassouline1230]

Couldn’t agree more! Fished the lakes he frequently regularly, meet him a couple of times! 25 years ago, it was well known through the bass community that Mike cheated regularly! No one could prove it, but time and karma did it’s job! Lived in San Diego, for 42 years!

[@mjk934]

I'm a former successful bass tournament angler from Canada, cheaters are a slap to our faces, charges need to be increased 👊

[@5050fishing]

I agree

[@rs-vl2im]

if you aint cheatin you aint trying

[@rs-vl2im]

@@ColoRadoSNOWrider not as lame as Colorado

[@rs-vl2im]

@@ColoRadoSNOWrider Im not you bud.

[@jimmy2thymes916]

I just heard of some guys catching paddlefish in a lake where they are protected....then bringing them to another body of water. They are facing prison time.

[@5050fishing]

Did that recently happen?

[@jimmy2thymes916]

@@5050fishing I saw the headline last week. Looks like the poaching took place in 2018 but one of them just got sentenced to 6 months in prison and has to pay a $20K fine. I googled "paddlefish poachers" and there are a few articles.

[@bmoorear]

I fished San Vicente, El Cap and Morena weekly back in the hayday of Mike Long. My fishing buddy used to always notice him and point him out, just regular fishing during the week.......not during tourneys. He never seemed to be doing what other anglers were doing and would be in weird spots. I always suspected that he was using live trout when I saw him at San V. I remember thinking "something is going on" this dude pulls out a lake record everywhere he goes and don't forget about the "snow bass" at Lake Cuyamaca, that one was the biggest joke of all.

[@kc72186]

Yep, seen him at Perris doing weird stuff back then, I was pretty sure he was using live trout.

[@trevortatham349]

The snow bass is a great story

[@dragonsnatch1146]

The snow bass video is hilarious

[@dubes5594]

One guy in Florida claimed he caught a 22+ pound largemouth bass but for a reason I forget, he was only able to mount the head. Someone called BULLSHIT, and it turned out he mounted the head of a saltwater grouper and painted it up like a largemouth for the state record. It was an article in a fishing magazine sometime in the 1980s or 90s.

[@5050fishing]

That is crazy….

[@_matt_160]

I’m pretty sure 22 pounds is the current world record for a largemouth. Obviously the fella you’re talking about faked it though.

[@jemeeladams1197]

I remember that

[@michaelvoorhees5978]

@Nomen Clature I've caught a 13 lb smallmouth in Tennessee

[@wadecohagan2388]

@@michaelvoorhees5978 hahahaha good one

[@snusnu2978]

Lol Mike long is my uncle. I remember going to his house when I was young and seeing the bass in the tanks. Crazy how all that was involved in scandal. I thought they were his pets lol.

[@5050fishing]

Craziness

[@stewybagodonuts817]

Where is your uncle now?

[@mattwaters6987]

Where is he now?

[@oldstruck1964]

Jussie slommett says he's going to take up fishing. Even if you get caught cheating, no punishment will be giving.

[@michiwonderoutdoors2282]

Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after he was convicted in 2021 on five felony counts of lying to the police.

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

He was punished, maybe not by the law but he lost all his sponsorships, has zero respect and won't even show his face at the lakes.

[@jimmycline4778]

As Corn Pop once told me, if you ain’t cheatin you ain’t tryin!!!

[@fisher8876]

my dad took 2nd to mike long like 20 times in tournaments in the 2000’s and he knew he was cheating, crazy it took that long for him to actually be exposed

[@scottodonahoe9505]

Don't see the color thing being much of an indicator to cheating . I catch small mouth here on the upper Mississippi river in WI on wing dams with perfect camo patterns on them . Then an hour in the live well turns them solid brown !

[@michaelcollier6390]

I bought Mike Long's personal signature swim bait rod 12 years ago in which he hand delivered to me at the bait store I bought it from. I wouldn't even scratch my "balls" with it now.

[@yoooo3231]

Why would you want to scratch your balls with it in the first place ?

[@downinsd1]

Is that a GUSA rod? Those are nice rods.

[@WFSmith]

To bad you weren't smart enough to realize he was a cheater before you bought one of his rods.

[@stewybagodonuts817]

Would you scratch his balls with it? Lol

[@psilocypher]

@@WFSmithWhat a ridiculous comment.

[@catchofthedave8681]

Theres been some pretty nasty cheating scandals in the kayak fishing world. We catch, measure, photo, submit, release. The photo gps pings you to the map to make sure you on legal water, theres a daily code they give you that must be displayed in the pic, all fish must be held same way on board, with one hand holding fish down, or no hands. So the worst cheating in kayak, a guy in texas cut the tail off a bass and then when he’d measure the next several fish, he’d hold the tail over the real tail adding an inch or two, and he’d hold the fish down where hand covered the cut part of tail so at first glance it looked legit. Now theres people messing with the meta data on their phones and building apps so that their phones will show they are in a certain place when they take pics. Or the app will show a certain place when really the person is in a completely dif body of water. That’s the future of kayak cheating. Luckily it looks like the hobies and bigger tourneys sre trying to go to a more live stream format where a good portion of boats will have live cams. They also have the camera boat that comes out and follows people around, etc. But for state trails, you will start hearing of this type of cheating. Also theres people that plant fish while kayak fishing practice, and theres people that have their buddy on the lake in a bass hoat bring them fish to measure, etc Dont get it twisted, Theres a bunchnof ways to beat a polygraph. Polyis just a tool and a deterrent cuz most people have no idea snd think they are crazy accurate. But meditation beats them, lack of empathy, mental tricks where you repeat a lie to yourself so much over the day you respond to telling that lie as if its fact. People who have aspergers and certain personality disorders or anxiety disorders can show inconclusive or pass telling lies. Many types of common drugs can throw off a polygraph, from otc sleeping pills, to blood pressure meds, gabapentin, seizure meds, benzos like valium, cbd, thc……all can change your physiological responses to lying and throw off the test. People can also manipulate the baseline questions by thinking hard of traumatic events theyve suffered or causing themselvesnphysical pain by biting their tongues……doing that while answering the baseline questions truthfully can completely throw off the test and cause inconclusives or make it look like lies are the truth to the examiner. Every single person is different and has dif responses thats why the exsminer has to ask a bunch of baseline questions. Every test is catered to the individual, theres not some set response range that proves pass or fail. If people knew the truth of polygraphs, theyd never be used. Theres a reason they dont hold up in court.

[@5050fishing]

I remember the guy using the tails. Those photos looked ridiculous

[@michaelvoorhees5978]

You just gave me some great new ideas. Gonna have to try some of these. I usually place near the bottom of our kayak tournaments.

[@catchofthedave8681]

@@michaelvoorhees5978 roflol

[@catchofthedave8681]

@@michaelvoorhees5978 the future of kayak cheating is the metadata manipulation on your phone--/making it show as you are submitting fish from legal, tourney waters when really you are 2 counties away on a bass factory lake

[@stewybagodonuts817]

I saw one recently there was 2 inches / numbers missing in the middle of the ketch board🤦‍♂️

[@modgmodg6987]

I remember easing an article back in 1920’s I believe. Black bass weighed in at 22 lbs at a tourney in GA. It was found to have weights put down the throat. Even back then, 🤦🏻‍♂️ cheaters.

[@modgmodg6987]

Reading.

[@universalbeats352]

he really should be locked up for stealing people's money

[@5050fishing]

Yupp

[@scottcraig972]

I brought a baby bass home from a local housing lake. He fit in a Dr pepper can. I named him roachclip. That damn fish eat me out of house &home. Had a virosious appetite. He even enjoyed bologna. !! Anything meat based. A true predator !!

[@peregrinesmith1117]

Sounds like the big fishing tournaments are the problem. Cheaters everywhere.

[@amye4131]

I love the sport of fishing and appreciate what y'all do. I'm fascinated like so many others about this controversy. My only question is since this hasn't been the only cheating scandal - the cheaters that are caught are there actual charges given to these people? Lots of money people invest in being part of these tournaments would be a good reason to charge these guys with fraud. Does this end result happen ever or are they just banned?

[@smallmouthmessiah8496]

I knew you’d keep making these

[@5050fishing]

👀

[@michaelvoorhees5978]

Yep he said he was done with it but the money/ views are too tempting to help his word... kinda like tournament cheaters...$$$ no shame

[@Maine307]

i went to Jr High Middle School with the son of Orlando Wilson...and the stories he would tell us around the lunch table about the fish cheaters...and thier tricks. If u ever asked Mr Wilson about cheaters... he could produce a list a mile long of all the tricks.. The thing is, we asked his son..all the time..how does he catch those fish?? we knew the spots he fished.. and we just could belive the sizes his dad would catch.. to this day, ..i have always rememered the weights in gullet trick..i knew it at a young age..they also carries shots filled with liquid filler they would inject intot he fish.. ( injections mixed with corn starch and play sand) to increase the weight..every once counted..

[@svenngunnarrustgard1228]

It even made the news here in norway 😂😂 famous for all the wrong reasons 😂😂

[@5050fishing]

😳

[@EDCIndiana]

I don't think this was the first time those 2 cheated. It's hard telling how long they got away with it. I'm guessing most of their wins. They amount of money they got makes this worse to me. Mike long sounds like a piece of work also.

[@5050fishing]

I’m sure it wasn’t but their careers weren’t as long as mike longs

[@luster5497]

You're right on the money, fish lighten up and darken on daylight plus temperature.

[@LargeBasstafarian]

Just read up on this guy a few weeks ago .. hoping with the attention the walleye cheaters get, Mike Long get some more too. Kudos for bringing thus up (again)

[@5050fishing]

🤙

[@mrskipadedodah5094]

Look in Louis Spray Musky story. 1939 worlds biggest Musky. To this day people say he paid people to catch fish and he fattened it up with weights or ground fish. Seen the mount at fishing hall of fame in Wisconsin. It is big But swear it is Same size as a Bass pro fish in their tanks. Several other “record” breakers were stuffed with weights and tools. Tons of articles about the early record days

[@shaundiltz5821]

I think the whole fishing community needs to email the Ohio DNR. THey need to prosecute to the fullest as an example. THis has national headlines. It would be nice to see these pos's in prison for 20 years. Teach other poachers/cheaters not to try this crap.

[@CrazyEightyEights]

Most Americans despise cheaters of any ilk! Cheating is a slap in the face to all who genuinely compete. 'Winning' by cheating is a hollow victory and inevitably, sooner or later such theft will be discovered and punished.

[@alex111683]

Yeah I don't know why Mike Long didn't make much bigger news. I think it's because that was before TikTok and Instagram were huge. This guy's whole career was on lies. He would literally go fish a body of water and catch the record fish for that water within the hour. And he'd always film his big catches in super low resolution, if he ever he filmed.

[@geneelkins1707]

The Mike Long story is just another example of greed and ego trumping everything. The walleye guys and Long are both bad deals.

[@5050fishing]

Lots of more like them..

[@freddyeltigre2327]

I fished in tournaments where huge Walleye that were caught, had been held in Gabions , this went on for years, until they found scares on walleye's noses and sides where they tried to get out, One Judge noticed the same Guys winning and decided too investigate the walleye's, and sure enough the truth came out, and they shut the walleye Tournament down. This was many years ago in Canada. It ended up that a few Indians were selling the big fish to the highest bidders, My fish were over the 10lb range and I ended In 14th position no prizes. This went on in other tournaments as well, around the same Area. Most Tournaments in the areas have also shut down , due too cheats.

[@lightinbrian5938]

Interesting story, had to look up what a gabion was LOL

[@freddyeltigre2327]

@@lightinbrian5938 A Gabion is a cage that they fill with rock to protect shorelines usually 4 Ft .by Wide 8 Ft. Long . 4 Ft. high.

[@theregoesone3225]

He was on the cover of Bass Master magazine

[@5050fishing]

Yeap! Everyone thought dude was a stick.

[@theregoesone3225]

@@5050fishing and apparently he sucked, low actual skill level.

[@5050fishing]

@@theregoesone3225 that’s what I heard. Toward the end he could fish a little but yeah he was straight trash lol

[@kevinbeaudean704]

Thanx, I can't even fathom that mentality. How can you live with yourself. Their pictures should be in every tackle shop, boat ramp or where ever anglers congregate.

[@isaacsalmi427]

First and foremost, respect the fish. Secondly, if you are fishing tournaments, respect your fellow anglers. It's stuff like this that makes all anglers look bad, even though it's like 1 percent that do this type of stuff.

[@cwatson42785]

Yup I completely agree about Mike being the worst. I remember when the scandal with him broke was huge news

[@mikedickinson9730]

Mike Long holds the record at Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet. I had a feeling that he most likely did not catch it to be honest. Edit: They removed him!

[@randyjudyshepherd3649]

Ok fishermen I have fished turnys all over the U.S. I caught my first big bass in a spring fed pound outside Springfield Mo.in 1968 on a wooden jitterbug black with white high lites itbottomed

[@randyjudyshepherd3649]

Out our 8lb scale and it didn’t even bounce then dad had me walk back into the pound and revive her till she left my hands on her own power those were hard lessons for an 8yr old boy that lived to fish I learned another lesson that year not to lie or steal for anyone who will do one will do the other a person who I believed was my friend stole my wooden jitterbug and lied to me about that he broke it off what I’m hitting to is that when the prize is so big that people will sell there sole to win that prize

[@randyjudyshepherd3649]

And usually it’s money or prestige that leads to money take away the money prizes boats and trophies bigger than 12”in any direction and has a value of more than $40.00 then a man who fishes a tournament is only taking home what he brought his name and prestige of wining much like the Olympics used to be. Let’s see what happens to the cheating then

[@BiggameTechJourney]

Money all cheater care about. I heard this story while back too it crazy. I like you making this type of video. Keep it up

[@Dj.MODÆO]

To understand how a cheater or scammer feels pride and satisfaction about the way they win or get rich, you have to understand that to a cheater or scammer the the skill they take pride in is fooling people and getting one over on everyone. The fame and prize money is just a side effect of being a successful con man. That’s why cheaters and scammers continue to run scams long after they have made millions of dollars or gotten rich and famous…they love getting away with it. Some aspect of having higher risk giving them a greater satisfaction is present considering that the repercussions of getting caught are greater than the repercussions of simply not winning so the thrill and excitement of getting away with the cheating feels 100x greater than they would feel had they won legitimately. To them, fooling everyone and making all that money at some other suckers expense and keeping their dark secret is more exciting, satisfying, and fulfilling than being a famous fishing tournament champ.

[@dominicconnor3437]

When they are giving polygraphs to run a tournament it's time to stop lol

[@donaldosborne3669]

Mike, did go to other lakes but did not go to Nor Cal to claim a lake record as stated in this video.

[@ben1449]

Walleye guys aren’t hiding they are arrested

[@yep.fishing]

Mike Long, the Eddie Guerrero of fishing

[@kerrypitt9789]

BASS is in my opinion an organization run by fear. Mike Iaconelli tells of a time early in his career, that another BASS pro who didn't like this new Rookie. He won the tournament but on his way home he was phoned by a guy (Dewey something) telling him to come for a polygraph. He had been fishing amongst other anglers in the tournament and he had a Co-Angler. Funnily enough they all said they saw him fishing outside the boundaries. He wasn't. I question that they actually interviewed anyone. When he took the polygraph it was given by a guy with no credentials and when he failed Mike wanted to pay for an actual Tester. He was denied but they told him he would just lose the one day. Mike was pretty angry. The last name of the contestant who complained was Butter I believe but he did not have to take a polygraph. Mike almost quit but came back and won in the top 5 of the next one then won Angler of the year. There is always corruption where there is money. This story comes from Mike's Autobiography on KZbin

[@MakerInMotion]

A Garrett security wand is $150. What the hell are they doing with polygraphs and voice stress analysis? Just scan the fish like the doorman at a club. Squeeze test too in case they try ceramic weights.

[@nightrider5420]

I was vacationing on a lake in maine fishing a very productive cave, A cove I have fished for years when a local in a canoe came up to me and asked me politely to "Not Fish the cove" and that the "local Pro" was fishing A BASS sanctioned tournament in 2 days and that "He planned on winning it here on the cove". That explained why I had seen a fisherman release 5 or 6 big Smallmouth Bass two days before over an isolated grass bed. Would you consider that cheating? I do.

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

I would have laughed at that person so hard they would have heard me at the launch ramp, followed by a polite "F off".

[@stewybagodonuts817]

Releasing bass where u were fishing? Did they catch them there? More explain needed?

[@blondeonthepond2530]

Google the 2 guys cheating on KY lake in 2006. Catching Bass and putting them in baskets and submerging them. That's the one that sticks in my mind bc it's in my neck of the woods. That ticks me off to no end. I work my butt off, fishing before and after work, to do well in online tournaments, starting "pole loaner" programs at the library where I work that allows patrons to check out rods and reels, and hopefully one have a career in the fishing world. I have no use for someone who screws over those who play by the rules, to take the easy way out, but thought and energy into cheating in any way. I don't know how some folks live with themselves thinking that ok. Shame on you.

[@kimskitchen123]

Integrity trumps having great angler skills. 😏 All these cheaters are living a lie.

[@5050fishing]

Big FAX

[@ownlydown5933]

Welp. Gotta do what you gotta do to survive make money and eat right? Lol.

[@jeffjames4064]

Destroying the time honored tradition of "the one that got away" lie

[@cjaydustie1867]

I’m actually surprised checking fish for weights isnt standard practice for competitions like these. That is like the first thing that comes to mind when thinking how to cheat and isn’t creative at all. Guys need to think outside the box.

[@rickhay9782]

Not just cheaters, they are thieves...and thieves have no conscience that it why they continue to try to win at all cost ...to steal prizes, prize money, and accolades ...

[@jeremiahmueller3560]

If you can catch a fish, you can catch a fish... they were passing those polygraphs by taking some sort of downers to keep their blood pressure low.

[@5050fishing]

Yeah they had to of been doing something

[@isaacsalmi427]

I mainly fish walleye. I catch different species as well. A few times, I have accidentally snagged a fish while trolling or casting. I have always released the snagged fish out of respect for the fish. My thinking is the fish has enough to deal with navigating nature without me not catching it legally. I give it a sorry for snagging you and here you go back into the lake.

[@mudieproductions]

Cool story to hear thanks for the video!

[@theoutdoorsman9726]

I fish quite a few bass tournaments, never fished a walleye tournament. Here in western ky where I’m located walleye, while they are present in some of our rivers and reservoirs, don’t have a super high population number and aren’t really targeted by many people here. Anyway I personally haven’t fished a tournament where someone was caught cheating so I could only imagine how fired up a crowd would be if it happened. That’s a lot of money a cheater would be stealing from everyone. I’ve been reading this stuff after all this happened and evidently cheaters are stuffing fish with ice now so they’re getting smarter. After being weighed all the evidence just melts away. 🤦‍♂️

[@maxsfight2432]

I can’t believe what people will do to win a frickin fishing tournament! All the hard working honest anglers who got screwed over for years should be furious!🤬🤬🤥🤥

[@Quetzachapin]

Lol. You’ve seen my comments on the other channels as I can see. You’re welcome. 👍🏼

[@5050fishing]

What comments? 👀

[@glenpuyallup3847]

Fishing tournaments need to scan all fish being weighed in under a metal detector, period, no exceptions. There are a lot of inexpensive detectors available that would work just fine for the job.

[@40below1000]

I don't fish, but why are competition fish not routinely cut open on a table by the scales immediately after weigh-in? It's dead, so you need to gut it ASAP anyway, and you'd notice any extra fish ballast a lot easier.

[@scottswift1394]

That's like the hunters who hunt in yellowstone

[@ikashibimauler]

They need to record all catches on video with chest cameras and tournament day specific wrist bands and mark individual fish on video to compare with the actual fish brought to weigh in. For the tournament's weigh in, the tournaments need to stop using weight as the decider and go with a point scale based on length and girth. That way nobody is cramming ice or shad or fillets down a fish before weigh in.

[@dannytravis7118]

That's just pathetic. I love to fish for the sake of fishing. I haven't ever done a tournament, but I'm thinking about it. Truthfully I'm not real good. I catch whatever hits my bait. I've been impressed by anglers who can go out and just catch pan fish or crappie. And bass and walleye. There's a lot I need to learn

[@donniebelcher7214]

This is why I don't fish tournaments

[@bradallen7247]

The guy that busted him was an x partner that knew his pattern of lakes during spawn and went and videod from up in woods while long was on facebook claimin he caught on jig but snagged it dude was on fb also showing him snagging at same time

[@chriscarr6392]

I live in San Diego. In the mid 90s I was all in with the big bass hunts. I even left work early to attend a Mike Long seminar at a fishing store. Also, when I was taking my kids to the Poway Lake youth tournaments, Mike was one the MCs. Wow, you talk about the big news when he was exposed. What a total POS.

[@acme9538]

Mike Long story. I Live in So Cal and primarily fish Saltwater Bass . . . but I do fish freshwater bass as well. Anyways, there's a Ranger boat dealership / tackle store called Anglers Marine that uses to have an event at the shop called 'The Bassathon'. Seminars / Retailers / Sales etc . . . Anyways, I was there one year and saw that Mike Long guy . . . I watched and listened to a small portion of his seminar and immediately said to myself, "This Guy Is A Complete Goon" . . . .he had ZERO to offer in terms of knowledge, or anything relatable. He was a tall lanky/ugly mother f'er . . . just a complete Oger. I knew the guy was a complete sham, and that was probably in the early / mid nineties. I didn't give 2 licks about any of that stuff cause I didn't have a dog in the hunt, but I smelled a RAT, even back then.

[@houliemon1315]

Lance Armstrong was on the cover of many magazine's also ! A cheater is a major let down !

[@zzzzzsleeping]

There is no such thing as "bigger cheater" CHEATER IS A CHEATER.

[@bruceesterline3170]

Did he get charged for theft? Stealing is Stealing and stealing is a crime. Just imagine how much he made cheating 🤨

[@eopie]

The cheaters are the fishermen that use livescope

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

Why is that? They can see the fish? I personally don't fish an area unless I am pretty sure it's holding fish. Most of us can read a lake along with experience and find the fish, if some clown wants to spend rely on livescope that's fine. I can find structure holding fish just fine without it.

[@astrophysicistguy]

A co angler said he barely knew how to cast

[@5050fishing]

I’ve heard that also

[@packerjh2]

Dark water makes the colors bolder on some fish

[@je8784]

Fishing used to be for fun, now they put too much $ up for grabs and spoiled it.

[@astrophysicistguy]

Af friend of his gave him 24/7 access to a SanDiego lake and he caught some at night when no one else could

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

Not only nights but the closed days. Hugh did that for a few guys when he ran Jennings. He was just trying to promote the lake.

[@gegegenokitaro]

Pro walleye guy makes more than Pro bass fisher 25yrs ago. I remember wanting to become Pro basser tho, I look in there salary and decide not. I think there was only a few people making real good money back then. Too much money involved now.

[@johnnytrammell3774]

I caught a guy cheating in a tournament on Lake Fork. He cut the tail to make it under 16”. I took a pic of him and sent it to the tournament director and got caught. He failed the lie detector test and was banned from fishing that circuit.

[@vuelee5313]

The biggest cheater is "one rod one reel". It's TRUELY cheating to use your one and only LUCKY ROD for fishing. Lol

[@jaystrock613]

I think Mike Long was also a navy seal but black ops, off the books, CIA kinda sniper.

[@garywest2250]

Mike Long sold a ton of Huddleston Trout Swimbaits ($$$$$) by saying that was how he caught his fish. Which we all know, were snagged.

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

Or caught on live trout. When he started he would fish his swimbaits the same way you would if you were trying to hide the fact you were fishing a live trout. He would drop the "swimbait" behind the boat, leave the reel in free spool then drive around the point He wanted to fish, then he would put the reel in gear and retrieve it slowly, pulling it over the zone he wanted to fish. He claimed it was to be stealth and give him the right angle but it would also be the way you would fish a live trout without it being obvious from a distance or killing the trout on the cast.

[@maxwelltodd7757]

Cheating is rampant in all competitive fishing. I have seen guys cheat for less than $100.

[@vicmorrison8128]

Needs to be regulated with substantial penalties and mandatory jailtime. Sorry...that's just one way it needs to be dealt with, with all the a-holes out there.

[@astrophysicistguy]

Yep, Mike long. BASS actually put him on the cover of their magazine.

[@jamesbridges7122]

I guess I'm old school . I was raised to be honest . I'm not a competition fisherman. But if I'm going to e recognized for something, I want it to be real.

[@ralphwillis2248]

I will never believe another fisherman as long as I live. It's not good.

[@Brandon-du3tk]

That's not me guys.

[@heatherstrommen3413]

Ive seen him he looks so different it all makes sense now

[@FleetTech97]

What is the issue with snagging and what is it? I’m new to the sport just wondering