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The lack of a fishing license for one crew member may have cost a boat more than $900,000 in prize money in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in North Carolina.
The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that Andy Thomossan, the fisherman who caught a record-setting 883-pound blue marlin June 14, said tournament officials stripped the Hatteras-based boat Citation of the title and the $912,825 from the total $1.66 million purse.
“No record. No money. No fish. No nothing,” Thomossan said, adding the rules violation involved the lack of a fishing license for one of the crew.
One of the boat's owners, Michael Topp, said the lack of a license for a “for-hire” mate was discovered during a lie detector test. The tournament requires the test for the top money winners, including the captain, mate and angler as well as “others as deemed necessary.”
What were they thinking? The license is only a couple buck's. :wow::smt009
The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that Andy Thomossan, the fisherman who caught a record-setting 883-pound blue marlin June 14, said tournament officials stripped the Hatteras-based boat Citation of the title and the $912,825 from the total $1.66 million purse.
“No record. No money. No fish. No nothing,” Thomossan said, adding the rules violation involved the lack of a fishing license for one of the crew.
One of the boat's owners, Michael Topp, said the lack of a license for a “for-hire” mate was discovered during a lie detector test. The tournament requires the test for the top money winners, including the captain, mate and angler as well as “others as deemed necessary.”
What were they thinking? The license is only a couple buck's. :wow::smt009
