A Sinking Feeling

  • By: Fly Rod and Reel

DALLAS (AP) A suburban Dallas man must serve 15 days in jail after admitting to stuffing a lead weight into a bass he caught during a fishing tournament.

A Texas Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman tells The Dallas Morning News that Robby Rose must also surrender his fishing license. That's after the 45-year-old Garland man pleaded guilty to felony attempted theft after admitting to rigging his fish.

The felony charge relates to the bass boat Rose hoped to win with the rigged fish at a bass-fishing tournament on Lake Ray Hubbard last October.

Rockwall County District Attorney Kenda Culpepper tells the newspaper that her office considered the issue one of a $55,000 bass boat, not a 10-pound fish.

The newspaper reports fishing contest officials became suspicious after feeling a lump inside the fish and confronted Rose.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/15/2010 - 10:17.

LOL. I cant stand it. I'm certain I have never read a story like that. I know fishermen and bass fisherman can't stand to be out fished. Lordy that just takes the cake. I must confess I believe he is maybe the only one caught leading his fish.

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