Ish and Poche DQ'd from Toho Open

[JP Z]

I guess Poche accidently bumped Ish's boat and then he got a bit angry and hopped in Poche's boat. Both of them ended up in the water.........wow.

[TR21HP]

Once you're in the water you are disqualified period.

[JP Z]

Is that the rule? Didn't actually know that one. Sounds like there may be some larger repercussions to this incident.

[TR21HP]

200 boat tourney! Has everybody noticed the huge influx of FLW pros into BASS last year and this year and visa versa as well? That has to be really expensive fishing both tourneys. Going to have to really represent your sponsors to afford that.

[bassfshin24]

Yeah if you step out of your boat you get DQ'd. So even if Ish wouldn't have fell in the water he would have been DQ'd. I've never really cared for Ish. I've heard him talk trash about other anglers before.

[TR21HP]

Unfortunately with more money on the line, more cameras in their faces and the supposed need for more info about these guys comes this garbage as well.

[bassfshin24]

Yeah it's pretty unfortunate being that their job is FISHING. I've even seen it in small club tourneys which makes me really upset.

[TR21HP]

Just read an article on it and it happened in the locks which have always been a free for all but usually cooler heads prevailed, not this time. You can really get beat up in locks especially in the smaller ones.

[RK]

Interesting, and fairly thought-provoking piece by Randall Tharp on the environment in which this incident happened.

Way to put a good foot forward, "Pros."

http://www.bassmaster.com/blog/tharp-toho-incident

[JP Z]

RK, I read that yesterday. I thought it was a great piece of writing. And from the sounds of it there were a lot of boats crunched in the locks.