15 year old bass wins £800 angling comp

Mobius 1 · 12 Jul 2012 at 11:06

Unfortunately, for the pro angler, he got busted.

One of the judges of the competition recognised the fish.

It had been thieved from the aquarium :eek:

(god know's how he sneaked a rod and tackle in, assuming thats how it was caught?)

http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_guernseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=500348

*****'s, they'll do anything for a quick quid. :rolleyes:

edit: a cookie for anyone who can spot my unintentional fishy pun

DanielMMS · 12 Jul 2012 at 11:35

Channel News reporters are excellent. :rolleyes:

Opening paragraph:

Matthew Andrew Clark, 29 is in court today with one charge of theft and one of making false representation whilst taking part in the bass club competition.

Penultimate paragraph:

Officers say they are looking into allegations of theft and fraud, and while no one has been charged yet they do have one man in custody.

Spot the inconsistency...

RomanNose · 12 Jul 2012 at 11:43

It seems as if he just took the bait, £800 is a good catch. It's just a question of if the police are going to go any deeper and investigate all the lines of inquiry they have.

Yamahahahahaha · 12 Jul 2012 at 11:54

800 pounds? That's a big fish!

It's good to see them taking a hard line on this. It's important to tackle crime, but I guess the lure of that prize money was enough to bait them.

/coat

bledd · 12 Jul 2012 at 11:57

Keep your coat on my friend, 4 in one sentence is good going

The Halk · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:02

That was a du(m)b step for him - dropping the bass.

Delboy · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:06

Good cod, what a loser. That's not the time or the plaice to be caught hook line and sinker. I guess he wasn't in tuna with the possibility of being rumbled and now probably feels a bit koi. Haddock he thought about it properly he might have got away with it, now he'll just have to wait for the seal of approval from the court ruling given that he's made a rod for his own back.

What do i win?

Supercow · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:07

So something looked a bit fishy to the judge?

Shayper · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:09

The Halk said:
That was a du(m)b step for him - dropping the bass.

Skrillex recently lost a fishing competition.

Because he can't fish.

Efour · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:09

I guess the judge thought it was fishy right from the start

:edit god im so slow.

Firestar_3x · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:13

Judges almost fell for that, hook, line and sinker.

Mobius 1 · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:26

Delboy said:
What do i win?

A beautiful fillet, of the finest bass.

brb, nipping to aquarium

div0 · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:30

£800 for 1st plaice isn't too bad, but the guy in second must be pretty bass'd off.

No trout the guy's feeling a bit carp after being caught, but it's probably a bit too late to be floundering around for excuses now.

Dis86 · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:45

Fishy pun wouldn't relate to *****'s would it?

Mobius 1 · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:48

Dis86 said:
Fishy pun wouldn't relate to *****'s would it?

winner

here, you earned it

Cosimo · 12 Jul 2012 at 12:56

I do like a fishy story.

estebanrey · 12 Jul 2012 at 13:05

From the title, I thought this was going to be about a fish that went angling and won a competition.

Mobius 1 · 12 Jul 2012 at 13:09

estebanrey said:
From the title, I thought this was going to be about a fish that went angling and won a competition.

haha, now that i re-read the title, i agree. apologies. i dont often make threads

Jimz · 12 Jul 2012 at 13:54

How does he catch the fish though, does he tie it to his line then pretend hes pulling it in?

I cant see how he would do this in a competition there are always judges around...?

DanielMMS · 12 Jul 2012 at 14:04

There probably weren't any judges around. Here in Jersey (so probably the same in Guernsey), fishing contests are generally operated on the basis of trust. Basically you go to wherever you wish around the coast of the island, land what you can then report back to central weighing stations with your catch.