So what won the Tournament?

To set the record straight, I'm the guy. My partner and I made a terribly expensive mistake. We did not read or interpret the rules well enough. I wish I could say I was good enough with live scope to say we saw the fish I caught. What I can say is we knew the fish was in the area as we both live on the lake and had seen her in and out of a boat dock over the past few days. In regard to the post about failing the poly graph no test was taken, in discussions prior to the poly the rule was brought to my attention, and I then realized we had screwed up. We had no ill intent, but I could not take a poly graph and say we had not scanned the area. We had Talon's down at the dock where we had seen the fish days prior and did scan and see fish but would not have known if it was that fish or not. I'm sure there are others on this thread that have made mistakes during a tournament but were not put in a situation requiring a poly graph or maybe didn't even realize you made the error because it was never brought to your attention.

So, what specific rule did you and your partner neglect to adhere to? I didn't read anything concerning scoping fish.

The rule states electronics are to be used for navigational purposes only prior to start time of the tournament. We were using shallow water anchors but did have scope down and scanned the area prior to start time.

That's a shame, sorry that happened to you guys. It could have happened to anyone.

That’s a tough one. Way to own up to it. It was mentioned it was not intentional on the Facebook page.

So can you fish future tournament since you were disqualified?

Yes, I can fish future tournaments. I've talked to Bass Champs a couple of times today. This goes down as a rule infraction much like not wearing a life jacket, not having a fire extinguisher etc.