The Dark Secret of “America’s Big Bass Guru” Mike Long

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I foul hooked a bull red one time, man that was a tussel!
I struggled with a 65lb white marlin one time that had tried to eat a ballyhoo so forcefully that he sucked it into his mouth & out one side of his gill. Missed his gullet completely! The hook imbedded into his body, about half-way back to the tail. That was.....different! :lol:
 

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This guy is my hero. He stalks some kid through his bedroom window at night to intimidate him, as he's afraid he might get exposed for his multi...um...dollar scam. He snags bass and keeps their dying, listless slimy bodies in a fish well so he can win $137 at some local tourney full of clueless bumpkins. He travels across two counties with a hot dying fish in his backseat, so he can falsify some obscure lake record with a fish that is not even close to native in that lake. He picks up someone else's fish for a photo and then claims it as his own so he can set some other obscure lake record. He buys a huge aquarium to breed fish that he can stick in another well so he can win yet another obscure lake record. My god, if he ever put his mind and efforts to good use, like creating a Ponzi scheme, running a staged-auto accident ring, or taking his meager winnings and putting a down payment on a sober home scam, he'd actually be able to look back at his life and say he made some money.
 
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It is a VERY long read, but the article presents a man who is an absolute psychopath.

I'm not a big lawsuit guy, but the tournaments' governing bodies should file suit against him.

He should never be allowed to fish again. Anywhere.

Very long. And I don’t really fish read up on fishing. But this is really a compelling read.
 

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This guy is my hero. He stalks some kid through his bedroom window at night to intimidate him, as he's afraid he might get exposed for his multi...um...dollar scam. He snags bass and keeps their dying, listless slimy bodies in a fish well so he can win $137 at some local tourney full of clueless bumpkins. He travels across two counties with a hot dying fish in his backseat, so he can falsify some obscure lake record with a fish that is not even close to native in that lake. He picks up someone else's fish for a photo and then claims it as his own so he can set some other obscure lake record. He buys a huge aquarium to breed fish that he can stick in another well so he can win yet another obscure lake record. My god, if he ever put his mind and efforts to good use, like a creating a Ponzi scheme, running a staged-auto accident ring, or taking his meager winnings and putting a down payment on a sober home scam, he'd actually be able to look back at his life and say he made some money.

:lmao:
 

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This guy is my hero. He stalks some kid through his bedroom window at night to intimidate him, as he's afraid he might get exposed for his multi...um...dollar scam. He snags bass and keeps their dying, listless slimy bodies in a fish well so he can win $137 at some local tourney full of clueless bumpkins. He travels across two counties with a hot dying fish in his backseat, so he can falsify some obscure lake record with a fish that is not even close to native in that lake. He picks up someone else's fish for a photo and then claims it as his own so he can set some other obscure lake record. He buys a huge aquarium to breed fish that he can stick in another well so he can win yet another obscure lake record. My god, if he ever put his mind and efforts to good use, like a creating a Ponzi scheme, running a staged-auto accident ring, or taking his meager winnings and putting a down payment on a sober home scam, he'd actually be able to look back at his life and say he made some money.
According to the article, he got on the cover of over 40 magazines. I think the fame and attention was more important than the money.
 

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According to the article, he got on the cover of over 40 magazines.
Yeah, holding this thing every time: Screen Shot 2019-07-03 at 12.31.39 PM.png

To say these people are easy to scam would be an understatement. He should front himself as a Nigerian Potentate at these tournaments. He'd be able to retire on the proceeds in a week.
 

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Yeah it’s hilarious how anyone can just claim to catch a fish and it becomes a lifetime lake record. :lol:
 

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To say these people are easy to scam would be an understatement. He should front himself as a Nigerian Potentate at these tournaments. He'd be able to retire on the proceeds in a week.

The article goes on to state, “Last year he caught a 55-pound blue catfish at Lower Otay, and a 61-pounder during the Midnight Madness celebration at Irvine Lake. He capped off the year with the 78 3/4-pound blue cat at Vail and the state's first ever recorded hammer head shark catch.”
 

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