I’m a big believer that a man is only as good as his word.
That said, there are at least two things I can accept a man lying about.
One, is his sexual prowess.
The other is fishing.
Keep that thing holstered, Bub.)
Then it’s all about the integrity, for obvious reasons.
And yet get a load at what happened to this boat in North Carolina.
The discrepancy began as the Sensations marlin was weighed.
As crowds waited anxiously for a winner to be declared, organizers waited until Sunday morning.
Officials declared Sushi the winner of the tournament for its 484.5-pound catch.
…
Sushi took home $2.77 million from the tournament, according to the Jacksonville Daily News.
What fresh hell is this?
It’s a travesty.
It’s a sham.
It’s a mockery.
It’s a traveshamockery.
Even if there wasn’t $2.77 million on the line here.
Even if the good people ofSensationwere merely fishing for pride, this would be unacceptable.
Taking that fortune away from them and handing it to those first place losers fromSushiis unacceptable.
Because the ginorous leviathan they boated once survived a shark attack?
If anything, that ought to give them bonus pounds.
They fought and defeated the creature that fought and defeated the greatest apex predator of the fish world!
This thing came up through the ranks.
It took on all comers.
It beat all the top ranked contenders.
But the one opponent it couldn’t knock out wasSensation.
It met its match and was TKO’d, fair and square.
Ones that are definitely not in the spirit of the sport.
There’s a bloody 134.9 pound difference between Sensation’s catch and Sushi’s.
Meaning the one that got disqualified was 27.8% bigger than the “winner.”
And it’s DQ’ed because it had some battle scars.
Ones that it proudly wore as a badge of honor before it got reeled in.
It just makes no sense on any level.
It’s about catching the biggest fish, notthe unblemished lambfrom the Old Testament.
Is this the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, or a beauty pageant?Fish America?
Is the International Game Fish Association there to weigh these things or date them?
Well, congratulations,Sushi.
I hope you’re proud of yourselves.
Enjoy spending that $2.77 million in ill-gotten gains.
But do so knowing that you’re nobody’s champion except the IGFA’s.
The people’s champion will always beSensation.
