MN BASS STATE TOC

[skeeterpro1]

Anyone hear you won? The only thing i heard was someone got DQ'd for using facebook and twitter tourney the tournament. Really who has time for that during a tourney.lol

[mainbutter]

So.. what's the reasoning behind DQing people for facebooking/twittering?

[skeeterpro1]

basccially the rule is no cell phone use unless in case of an emergency just to do that fact of telling other ppl fish tips or spots or thats basically the jiff of it.

[mww24]

that sucks. should read the rules. i'm sure it was spelled out clearly.

[sicheneder]

the results are posted on the fed site now

[champion198elite]

Someone must really think he's something to wanna tweet during a tourney!!

[NTW]

I just web searched his twitter page to find this....

We'll, all my tweeting finally bit me in the A$$, my updates during fishing day, cost me 2nd place on TOC, DQ'd for non-emergency use cell

4:07 PM Sep 10th via Twitter for BlackBerry® .

Tougher day 2 so far, got around 8lb limit, time to get serious!

10:26 AM Sep 10th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

The Skinny: Leading MN State Tourney of champions, 17.51lbs, 160+ boat field, need to take it home tomorrow

3:57 PM Sep 9th via Twitter for BlackBerry® .

Got 2 nice culls on a beaver w/ 1/2oz tru-tungsten flipping weight, looking for a 4lbr now

11:59 AM Sep 9th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Got my limit, couple a doozers n some 2lbrs, time to go find some kickers!

7:48 AM Sep 9th via Twitter for BlackBerry® .

Ready for tonka, got 4 jigs on the deck and 3 Tru-Tungsten tx-rigs!

4:04 AM Sep 9th via Twitter for BlackBerry® .

Late night swap battery and rig rods yet

6:54 PM Sep 8th via Twitter for BlackBerry® .

Finally updated my Twitter mobile app after being locked out, watch for fushy updates from MN state bass TOC

12:36 PM Sep 8th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[bemidjibasser]

just plain dumb

[tritonman]

Take it easy boys! This person you are bashing is a class act and always promotes the sport of bass fishing in a positive way. Yes, he did violate a rule and was DQ'd for it but I do believe that any form of cheating was not his intent. Promoting our sport was. A minor oversite in the rules and lesson learned I'm sure.

[mww24]

yeah. doesn't look like he was doin much wrong sportsmans wise. just not followin the rules. oh well.

[Central Bassman]

Take it easy boys! This person you are bashing is a class act and always promotes the sport of bass fishing in a positive way. Yes, he did violate a rule and was DQ'd for it but I do believe that any form of cheating was not his intent. Promoting our sport was. A minor oversite in the rules and lesson learned I'm sure.

Well said!!!

[Jig Master]

So who got DQ'd?

[LegattoAD]

What Triton said.

Are we bass fishermen or a bunch of old hens?

[Raider4ever]

Is it really that hard to leave a cell phone in a dry storage compartment?. Yes, he promotes the sport. Yes, he was not using it to gain a competitive advantage. But, you technically aren't privy any tweeter's incoming tweets. So who's to say that someone couldn't use it for incoming "information". You make the call. Personally, "...can't use a cell phone except for emergency purposes..." spells it out pretty clearly.

[NTW]

I've never met Rich but I'd be inclined to guess that tritonman is right on. He has a HSOforum that he uses to share information and promote the sport (and I'm glad he does). He and a colleague conduct interviews with pros which you can listen to online. He's certainly a hellabass fisherman...I wish I could catch them like he does!

That being said, I'm not sure how much bashing was done and it's worth talking about if it helps others take note of the rule. I'll bet that he would agree it was a dumb move to share the info live, especially without knowing for sure that it was within the rules.

[Craigums]

I ended up in 57th out of I believe 164? Not to bad for my first state tourny. I was in 37th after day one but only managed to catch 2 fish on the second day. Here is a picture of the 2 fish I brought to the scales though. How did everyone else do?

[ikeslayer]

craig i did about the same as you - decent standings on day 1 and then only weighed 2 fish on day 2. got to fish some good water and meet some really awesome people!!! and i think i finished in the middle of the pack - it would be fun to see where the top highest non boater finished??? i do know the the 6.33 was caught by a back seater. and out of Flukers backside of his basscat!!! (sorry chuck)

State was fun to fish.

[NTW]

Glad you guys had fun. Sounds like a great event. I wish I knew of a club in the area to join.

[Craigums]

I outfished both my boaters

We were in there spots though so I can't brag to much. I got paired with two really cool dudes who were super helpful in answering any questions I may have had.

[HellaBass]

Nate Steinbauer from Baxter Bass Snatchers won the tournament with 34.98lbs for 2 days

You can download pdf of standings here - http://mnbfn.org/TOC/2010/2010finalind.pdf

Don't think this a violation, since there are no links or logos, apologize if this link breaks board policy

[Craigums]

Rich congrats on the day 1 lead, You should be proud of that. You live and you learn

[Doufish2]

Sorry guys, I can't feel sorry for someone who has been around tournament fishing for that long. Rules are rules and he broke it and knew better.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Dou--Please know that the offender is a valued member of our boards here.. He made an honest mistake.. ooops, move on.

[bassNspear]

Dou--Please know that the offender is a valued member of our boards here.. He made an honest mistake.. ooops, move on.

well said!

[sicheneder]

was that a smallie? it looked pretty nice.

someone tried to weigh one in at the dennys on monday and couldn't because the season ended on sat or sun.