We’re big fans of the Kayak Bass Series and everything it stands for – fishing, kayaking, getting outdoors, being active, and doing things the right way. We’re also big fans of the way they’ve handled their latest incident, and will let them tell their story below.
From the Kayak Bass Series Facebook Page: We, at the Kayak Bass Series, take pride in running a fair and fun tournament. We had an excellent 2015 year, and up until this past weekend at the Dale Hollow Lake Open, we had two great 1st events!
We had an excellent showing of some of the best anglers around the country fishing their asses off. Dale Hollow was a challenging lake for many, and while we didn’t have many limits caught, we did have a ton of AWESOME fish caught.
While I was writing up the recap for the event yesterday, I was going through the winners photos, finally, and literally at the same time that I was looking at it, I realized that I was receiving messages from numerous individuals throughout the kayak fishing community asking me to second look all the submissions for the winners.
Upon further review, I discovered that the winning angler’s measuring board had been altered in a manner that would extend the length of a fish approximately 4 total inches more than the fish would normally measure.
It has been decided by the KBS Committee that this angler is to be disqualified from this event, stripped of his earnings and title for this event, and banned from the Kayak Bass Series in whole, indefinitely. Further actions are under consideration and the angler will be dealt with to the maximum extent possible.
We are in the midst of contacting the other winners to make all of this right, and will be following up, most likely -mid-next week with a full recap. The leaderboard on iAngler Tournament has been updated to show the true standings for the Dale Hollow Event (http://ianglertournament.com/tournament/leaderboard/683) and the Angler Of The Year Points will be updated shortly.
My deepest apologies for all the other anglers that competed, as it’s not just about the money, it’s about the whole experience. We urge you to forgive us for the oversight, but also allow us to make it right moving forward. We are taking steps to secure situations like this from happening again, and we will be making some announcements very soon about that.
We don’t take this lightly. The Kayak Tournament Community shouldn’t ever have to go through this, but things like this do happen from time to time. It’s up to us to correct the course and push through.
Thank you for your time, energy, belief, and support. It’s greatly appreciated, and we are looking forward to putting all of this behind us and getting to the next event.
– Andrew Cameron & KBS Management
