$30, and a Lie Costs Fishermen $1,000,000

A cautionary moral to this story could be that id you take a person at their word, you may be in for a sad reality later.

If a person gets caught fishing without a license, in most cases, it results in a fine of perhaps a few hundred dollars.

For those aboard Citation, however, the infraction represents a setback of nearly $1 million

The fushermen had been participating in the 52nd annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament,  off North Carolina. Andy Thomossan landed what was by far the biggest fish: an 883-pound marlin, a tournament record.

The team on Saturday was declared winner of the prestigious competition, and there was plenty of celebration.

However, there also was a post-event lie-detector test, after which it was revealed that one of the hired crew did not possess a valid fishing license, available in North Carolina for only $15, or $30 for non-residents.

That was a violation of tournament rules and after lengthy deliberation, , tournament officials late Tuesday disqualified the catch and and denied the Citation team the winning purse.


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