Would have just been a warning probably, since the fish was released unharmed and he was not over his limit. I cant see any CO writing him a ticket over it... they want to keep a good rapport with professional anglers, just like a cop doesnt want to write Dale Earnhardt Jr. a ticket for 10 mph over. 

 

He surely did not do anything severe or he would have a ticket right now, they had it on video and they could write him up if they wanted to. I don't see the point of bringing up that he broke a law as if it is something huge, at most it would have been a $30 ticket which is less than some of the lures in his boxes cost. 

You sir have clearly not fished MN/WI waters. MN dnr are the last group of people you want to see on the water. They write you tickets for anything and everything. 

 

Highly unlikely he would be written a ticket during a tournament but they do not mess around with people have fish over their limit. 

i read somewhere else that culling was banned in Wisconsin back in the day. to honor this Minnesota banned culling in boundary waters. Wisconsin later ratified its old law and it has just fallen through the cracks in Minnesota. culling is legal in Minnesota except for where Brandon did it.

You sir have clearly not fished MN/WI waters. MN dnr are the last group of people you want to see on the water. They write you tickets for anything and everything. 

 

Highly unlikely he would be written a ticket during a tournament but they do not mess around with people have fish over their limit. 

 

I have fished in both MN and WI many times. I would hope they write tickets for fish over the limit! BP was not over his limit. 

 

The no-cull rule was put into place way back before livewells when guys would put their limit of walleye/crappie on a stringer and then if they caught a bigger one they would toss the smallest dead one back. 

 

Like I said, if the DNR cared BP would have a ticket right now. 

Sorry i should have been more clear on the limit statement. As you probably know you arent allowed to cull when you posess a limit. Im sure the dnr cares but writing him a ticket would most likely have a negative affect on the view BASS members has on the venue as of late which would probably all but guarantee no return for the tournament. It sounded like there were more than a fair share of anglers ipset fishing a place with these rules. Who knows if they will be back or not.