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Sunday, September 03, 2017

WMO Issues Statement After Tourney Prize Money Hung Up By Polygraph Again

OCEAN CITY — With a successful completion of an acceptable polygraph examination for one unidentified winning angler in the 2017 White Marlin Open (WMO) still hanging in the balance, tournament officials have released a statement on the use of the exams and the sanctity of the tournament.

At least one of the winners in the 2017 WMO has also not passed a polygraph examination and has been subjected to a second round of exams, the results of which are not yet known. WMO officials have not named the angler who did not pass his initial polygraph exam following the tournament. Per tournament rules, any angler who wins more than $50,000 in prize money is subjected to the exams. In the 2017 event, a total of nine anglers won in excess of $50,000 including the top three white marlin, five different tunas and the top dolphin.

WMO officials released a statement this weekend explaining the process and post-tournament protocols and the necessity for maintaining the sanctity of the tournament.

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20 comments:

Anonymous said...

This will never end. GoPro's, videos, drones, whatever - no, this will never ever end. Can't go fishing anymore without something.

Anonymous said...

Time to cancel this tournament. It's run it's course.

Anonymous said...

Someone could catch one somewhere else and bring it to them couldn't they?

Anonymous said...

For God's sake... a GoPro on every boat facing aft. Problem solved.
Get 2, in case one goes down.

Anonymous said...


No lie, the polygraph issue is truly giving WMO a false sense of true behavior!

Anonymous said...

Hooks,Lies and Alibis

Anonymous said...

@3:40

I have a friend who has friends in Florida who brag about bringing up fish from Florida and checking them into the WMO contest.

Anonymous said...

Polygraphs are not permissible is criminal cases for a reason. Fake science.

Anonymous said...

Who wants to even be in the tournament if this crap persists
Throw Out Polygraph crap or it will suffer ..........
Put a Frigg'in Official on every damn boat to watch them

Anonymous said...

The Bus Masters of Ocean City Gov could watch all boats
from their control center on the boardwalk !!!!

Anonymous said...

8:14, yes, with that much money at stake, it becomes affordable.

Anonymous said...

375 friggin' officials?

Anonymous said...

Too much money brings out the crooks

DRP

Anonymous said...

the wmo pays out what 3, 4 or maybe 5 mil. how much do they take in maybe 8, 10 or 12 mil? they can afford to have cameras or even officials on every boat! it's always about the money!

Anonymous said...

The entire operation is loosing credibility.
Its time has passed. Too much money involved.

Anonymous said...

Maury Povich to Rick Meehan:
"You are.... NOT the White Marlin Capitol of the World"

Anonymous said...


Easy to solve: Change the time the fish report to school!

Anonymous said...

call the Bus masters !!!!

USMCRetired said...

Put a volunteer from the tournament on every boat, and do away with this stupid lie detector test. I'm sure that they can find people for pure entertainment to participate as monitors. They could signal the docks when the boats are in position and drop their lines to begin each day. Let's not turn this event into one that is suspect and not fair.

Anonymous said...

Guess they are all going to have to start wearing body cameras so they can be trusted.