TRUE STORY

I worked at ATR in danville in the early 90's. We had a little factory club going and we fished Cumberland that year in Nov. Me and my partner won the club tourn. with about 9lbs or so, we had some smallmouth and a kicker Large of 3#10. A guy said he wanted to stock his pond with some fish, so we all aggreed to let him take a few,, and big fish,, with him. Heck you work with the guy right??
Well,,, just so happens Bryants had a tourn the week after in Nov. and the guy who "stocked his pond" had the big fish in that tourn was 3#8 oz, that is a little close to what we had??
Well,, after talking to the guys and saying that is pretty dang close in weight, it all fell apart, For him.
He bought some fish from a neighbor, who cut the fin on one and the other was blind in the right eye. Seems these fish showed up at a Bill Taylor tourn. who was notified of these fish. Well,, this guy has never fished since.
I hate to say it, but if there is money involved, people will find a way. If you suspect someone,, ask then to go fishing. Take your skill and base it on theirs to see what the days catch is. If you KNOW they are on drops and he wants to go shallow, go shallow, or vice versa. Play like your having a good time and see what gets brought to the scales in the next tourn.