No more Winni whoppers: Fishing Derby winner will have to take lie detector test

PaugusBayFireFighter · 05-21-2013, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Seaplane Pilot

A fishing derby on Squam Lake? Oh the horror! I can just see it now: "Lovey, there are bearded men in a camouflage boat, fishing in front of our house. Don't they know who we are?" It would be like caddy day at Bushwood.

I can see a similar sign at Squam....

SQUAM LAKE FISHING TOURNAMENT
~FISHERMEN WELCOME~
1:00 to 1:15

VitaBene · 05-21-2013, 01:36 PM

Great post PBFF

SAB1 · 05-21-2013, 03:52 PM

"Winnipesaukee is a put and take fishery and that's what fish and game wants. Sure there are a few 4 year old salmon and even a very rare and occasional 5 year old but the majority of the salmon (95%) in winni are 3 year olds or less and there is plenty of them! Too many in my opinion but I am not a biologist, just a avid fisherman who goes out on the big lake every chance I get. I don't believe F&G will ever change their thinking about Winni..."

Yep. The lake just takes to much pressure too. Sad. I rarely fish it now as the size of the salmon is nothing like it used to be. Way to many little fish for me.

Winnisquamguy · 06-05-2013, 10:28 AM

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LACONIA — Dakota Wright, the 17-year-old whose 3.7 pound, 22.5 inch long salmon, was the largest landed in the 31st annual Winni Derby which concluded on May 5, received his $12,500 winner's check Saturday after passing a lie detector test.
John Moriarty of the Laconia Rotary Club, which took over sponsorship of the derby three years ago, said the test was administered by Dave Crawford of the New England Polygraph Institute in Moultonborough and that Wright ''passed with flying colors.''
Derby officials say the test was instituted due to concerns which surfaced on many fishing blogs that some winning fish in recent derbies weren't actually caught in Lake Winnipesaukee.
Moriarty said that ''based on the high degree of credibility'' of Wright's test, it was determined that it would not be necessary to have the witness to his catch, his father, Mark Wright, also take a lie detector test.
Wright, a junior at Bishop Brady High School in Concord, caught his winning fish near Welch Island in Gilford arouund 6:30 a.m. on May 4, the second day of the derby.
At the awards ceremony held the following day Wright said that he was going to use the prize money to buy himself a new pickup truck.

http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index...-500-check-204

05-21-2013, 01:36 PM	#2
VitaBene Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 3,595 Thanks: 1,640 Thanked 1,641 Times in 844 Posts	Priceless Great post PBFF

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05-21-2013, 03:52 PM	#3
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,243 Thanks: 192 Thanked 329 Times in 239 Posts	"Winnipesaukee is a put and take fishery and that's what fish and game wants. Sure there are a few 4 year old salmon and even a very rare and occasional 5 year old but the majority of the salmon (95%) in winni are 3 year olds or less and there is plenty of them! Too many in my opinion but I am not a biologist, just a avid fisherman who goes out on the big lake every chance I get. I don't believe F&G will ever change their thinking about Winni..." Yep. The lake just takes to much pressure too. Sad. I rarely fish it now as the size of the salmon is nothing like it used to be. Way to many little fish for me.