More like a sick obsession from a damn weirdo. The dude wasn't even a licensed investigator who was hired to do it so, it goes back to being a sickness, a weirdo.
For those unaware, snagging fish is regarded as unsportsmanlike since you’re just ripping a hook through the water and hooking the fish anywhere on the body, it’s illegal when fishing for fish like bass and trout. It’s much easier to snag a fish than to get it to bite your lure. It’s also considered unsportsmanlike and illegal in some states to catch bass off of beds where they lay eggs. Yes he still caught them but did it the wrong way.
Ik its a sport and all but if you needed food it would be no problem so I don't see a problem with it other than if your snagging and keeping all your fish all the time then and only then I see a problem.
Idk about that I can’t for the life of me ever snag a carp. No matter what I do. Can’t ever get one. Can’t ever get them to bite bait or anything either.
@user-fz1jo3xj9x that's one thing, but it's an unfair advantage in the sporting side of fishing. It would be like Barry Bonds being so dominant in baseball only to find out it was bc of roids and not raw talent. Didn't know there was a lot of butthurt pussies in the fishing community.
Forget all the cheating stuff for a minute, if you have a guy stalking you in a ghillie suit for 2 years, and you don't notice a thing, that's pretty fkng amazing.
He had to be invisible and get proof , otherwise the fishing cheat , would turn Trumpie on him , and lie , ridicule , demean , sue for character assassination , and try to collect damages ….you have to outsmart, both the cheaters, liars , and human scum
@@theboothy91 I was wondering. I know there are ways to "stalk" a person legally, like if you just follow and watch a person in public areas without harassing or threatening the person at all (and you don't trespass either)... but I'm not sure about this case.
@@marshallflanders5700 nah that was smart of the other competitors it was all on camera so they would've went to jail for assault and he was already exposed no reason to get urself put in a cage because of a cheater
For the non fishermen a "bed" is a "spawning bed". Male bass sweep their tails to clear mud off of the lake bottom to make a spawning bed where the female lays eggs. This creates a bright white 2 foot wide circle on the bottom that the male will guard until they're done spawning. The brightness of the bed makes it very easy to see the bass from distance and the male will literally stay directly over the bed to guard it from predators. So the guy is snagging vulnerable fish that are easy to see and that will literally stay in the exact same spot. It's extremely lazy, scummy, and most importantly illegal. If you want to catch a spawning bass legally it's extremely easy. If you cast a leech or salamander bait onto the bed the bass will pick it up with their mouth to protect their eggs. A lot of fishermen view catching spawning bass as a pretty scummy thing to do even when it's technically legal, so taking it to an even worse level by snagging is extremely scummy. Edit: in a lot of northern states like mine bass fishing is closed for a set time during the spring while bass spawn to keep the population up. In most states and particularly southern states bass season doesn't close because they have much stronger populations in warmer water. This effects regional attitudes towards catching spawning largemouth. It has pretty much no stigma in states like Texas or Florida, but is much more likely to be viewed negatively in states like Wisconsin or Minnesota (especially if it's a small lake). Snagging gamefish is almost always illegal.
@@richardlapree2250 Yes, that and how easy they are to catch is why some fishermen see it as scummy. In this story they were having a tournament while some bass were still spawning. Anyone in the tournament would be an idiot not to catch them because they were still spawning.
@@DJREYSKI ...some say Squach is a hero, some say he rips people in half and eats them including their bones because he likes the taste of human. No one truly knows.
If I thought I had to do that I would go to the car wash remove the axle cap and spray out the grease. The next morning on the way to the lake it would probably overheat and fail.
Not one of the sports you've listed did anything like they did to Lance Armstrong, cheating is cheating and I find it funny that they really hung him but Canseco, Bonds, Maguire, Sosa,,,,, They walked and got nothing done but put on pedestals
@@icewallflatearth1158 snagging bass is then you use a treble hook and go pass the bass and then set the hook causing the bass to get hooked on the outside of its body rather than letting the bass decide to bite a lure
@@icewallflatearth1158 foul hooking them?? I’m not what you don’t get about that? Bedding bass don’t move and stay planted right on top of there beds and you can just run crank baits across their back it’s not only illegal but also disgusting degenerate behaviour I’m not sure what ur confused about?
Met this guy in real life at a lake in Southern Cali during the spawn before everything, definitely seem a little sus back then, now everyone knows why.
Snagging bass is such scum shit. Like sure, if you’re eating them to survival, like the natives and shit did, sure, but really? For a sport fisherman? Snagging a fish protecting its spawn? 😂 I’m sure the world’s top leaders in every category have a dark secret like this
Ised to fish a.b.a and i swear his fish were smaller but my dad and i would come in 2nd. Years later he got got and it made sense. Banned for life buddy
@@MrAutochamber There isn’t a single top-tier athlete who isn’t juiced right now. Take this from a bodybuilder, NOBODY gets that big or performs that well, regardless of the sport, unless they have god tier genetics or they’re juiced up.
@@D33Lux Nothing to do with the drug world, but I just ran out of trash bags and I've been piling things on the counter cus I've been too lazy to go to the store.
A gentlemans game lmao. Fencing and formula one are gentlemens game. My fat alchoholic uncle is a fishing legend in my small town. To be good at fishing requires very little skill. Just patience and nothing else to do except drink beer. Its barely a sport
@@Empyrean_EnigmaGod that's become a cliche. I don't know why you would even use it in this context, but I guess that shouldn't be surprising since it's now just become some buzzword for 14 year olds and edgelords. And let me guess: cope, right?
@@rickyflinchum2909 ...and I'd bet that if you followed 95% of any other fishermen, you would find equal or greater levels of cheating. If a fisherman truly wants to be a legend, all he would have to do is stalk every other fisherman for a time to catch them cheating and then invalidate all their successes. I'm actually surprised in 2 years that he only caught him cheating 4 times. That's like following a body builder for a year and catching him juicing a couple times. (then all the other body builder condemning him as if they've never done it themselves).
He still could of been sent to jail stealing from a organized tournament is fraud try taking money from the gov or casinos and see if it's counted as anything else
@@danielkinn782 I'm pretty sure the walleye cheater did it for decades too. When they looked back there were lots of tournaments that looked suspicious.
Breaks my heart to hear about people doing this garbage. Fishermen and women are already under fire by tree hugger groups. This just gives them ammo. Kudos to the person who exposed him.
He also had a pet large mouth bass that he kept in an aquarium and would take along to tournaments and act like he caught it. Meanwhile he was feeding it at his house.
@@Rom109-kg7lg what doesn't make sense? Did you miss the part about his fish being far larger when fishing alone? Grew them out at home in a tank and turned them in at tournament. You don't need to hook a fish you already have.
@josephmartin5483 some did. One of the tournament that started to catch people’s attention was the bass that were dead had ocean squid jig stuck in there stomach. Squid jigs are torpedo like with hooks on the end. He’s shove the jig down the bass throat and they couldn’t spit it out.
Wow, never heard the rumor that Dottie was farmed. I’ve fished lake Dixon myself and that place is INFESTED with giant bass everywhere you look but they are pretty smart and he DID foul hook her
I saw a video here on YT around 4-5 years ago where the guy was talking about it, and it makes a lot of sense. Wish I could find that video again, however I remember him saying large mouths around SD are Florida strain and Dottie had a darker green hue and a football shape like they do in Texas. I'm originally from Escondido and fished that lake my whole life buddy of mine broke a rod on dottie so I'm invested in her legend. Lol
There's a couple more dudes that did the same thing. Jake Runyon and Chad klemensic were caught stuffing weighs in fish and other fish in competition... Turns out they were winning for years that way. Finally got caught up in lake Erie tournament.
In the infamous words of Jim Rome, "If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying. Cheating used to be the exception and not the rule. Cheaters need to be punished severely.
Yup totally agree . They would definitely notice especially if it was happening all the time. And snagging bass is that super easy anyway? Like you said this sounds like a half truth. And was this guy that was following did he catch him doing this stuff at tournaments or just leisure time .
How could they allow someone so damn shady to "protect" wildlife, I thought you'd need at least a bit of integrity and moral fibre to do that job... like someone else said he's probably stealing gear when owners aren't around at the very least.
They would have had to catch him cheating during the tournament. Unfortunately cheating is all to common in sports these days, then too... The odds that he was the only one doing it was slim. More recently they caught a guy stuffing weights into his fish... lol smdh
@@512TURNER yeah it was 2 guys they stuffed the fish full of weights and walleye fillets, I know they was trying to put charges on them, but I never checked back in on it
@@terrysanders7933they lost their boats i belive. Also i think jail time. They got caught during a tournament so its theft by deception. And whatever charges that came after i last looked.
That's not actually legally stalking or harassment. Both require the victim to feel fear. Dude didn't even know he was being watched. Otherwise, all PI's would be felons
It’s not a felony to watch someone fish. When they say “watched him for two years” they don’t mean he followed him everywhere, just watched him during tournaments. 100% legal.
Sadly people that do dishonest things sleep very well at night anymore. Sleeping is as easy as breathing for them. Lots of people out in this world with no morals.
When they make the movie about this the psycho in the seal suit will be the protagonist…Adam Driver will star as the high school geography teacher driven to madness by jealousy over his boyhood neighbour who used to bully him getting famous for bass fishing…the Cohen bros will direct because it’s so absurd no one would believe it’s true. Int: high school principle’s office ‘You got a minute, Maggie?’ ‘Sure, Earl, what can I do ya for?’ ‘I need to hand in my resignation, Maggie…’ ‘Really, Earl? For heaven’s sake how come?’ ‘Mike Long must be stopped’ ‘Who?’ ‘Mike Long. Professional Bass fisher.’ ‘…is that a real thing, Earl?’ ‘…yes?! He’s a cheater, Maggie, I know it in my bones! He must be stopped!!’ ‘…but Earl, why you?’ ‘…if not me, then who, Maggie? If not me then who…’ fade to black. ‘THE BASS CATCHER CATCHER…coming to Amazon Prime next fall’.
Love the ending, where guy follows him for two years…. Betting it was guy who lost his tire on trailer 😝🤣🤷🏼. On serious side that wouldve taken a lot of money and time. Wonder who covered that cost 🤔
Can’t tell who loves fishing more, the guy who cheated or the guy who spent 2 years stalking this dude in a ghillie suit.
Guille suit for the win
The guy cheating doesn't love fishing he loved winning, if you love fishing you wouldn't do that.
I just love that we live in a society where something like this can happen. This is an American fable if there ever was one 😂
The Ghillie suit guy is a hero!!!
the "guy who cheated" loves money and fame (fishing is a distant third)
the "guy who spent 2 years stalking" is a garden-variety sociopath
I think the guy who stalked him for 2 whole years is a legend. Really cares about the sport.
Not to mention is either divorced or hates his wife😂
@@AimForTheBushes908😂😂😂
Exactly
Pretty sure he likes hunting just as much as fishing
More like a sick obsession from a damn weirdo. The dude wasn't even a licensed investigator who was hired to do it so, it goes back to being a sickness, a weirdo.
We Longs have disowned Mike. He is now Mike Short.
As a long I agree. He’s not one of us
As a man with a long I agree.
As a Short, we kindly refuse your offer. He is now Mike Hunt.
@@Pshort709 🤣 I will shit a gold brick and sell it if a dude with the last name of Hunt shows up. 😆
As a hunter, I politely decline
Not all heroes wear capes, sometimes they wear a Ghillie Suit.
If the hook caught the fish, I don't care.
ghilli btw
@@Messothelioma
Thanks👍
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
More wear ghillie suits
For those unaware, snagging fish is regarded as unsportsmanlike since you’re just ripping a hook through the water and hooking the fish anywhere on the body, it’s illegal when fishing for fish like bass and trout. It’s much easier to snag a fish than to get it to bite your lure. It’s also considered unsportsmanlike and illegal in some states to catch bass off of beds where they lay eggs. Yes he still caught them but did it the wrong way.
Ik its a sport and all but if you needed food it would be no problem so I don't see a problem with it other than if your snagging and keeping all your fish all the time then and only then I see a problem.
Idk about that I can’t for the life of me ever snag a carp. No matter what I do. Can’t ever get one. Can’t ever get them to bite bait or anything either.
Thank you
@user-fz1jo3xj9x that's one thing, but it's an unfair advantage in the sporting side of fishing. It would be like Barry Bonds being so dominant in baseball only to find out it was bc of roids and not raw talent.
Didn't know there was a lot of butthurt pussies in the fishing community.
@@sigspearthumb1056but a bedding bass is very easy to snag, it’s in shallow water barely moving from its bed
Bro the army should be hiring the dude in the ghillie suit; 2 years and that guy had no idea? 😂
Forget the army...... how about the C I A.....
@@John-co8umforget the C I A , he needs to be a special forces highly secretive black ops type operator/ marine corps might do well with him also
@durrannmars h5790 he needs to go into the Navy right to BUDS.
Following him through bass pro while wearing a guillie suit lmao
Forget all the cheating stuff for a minute, if you have a guy stalking you in a ghillie suit for 2 years, and you don't notice a thing, that's pretty fkng amazing.
Ghillie guru got game gang
Ghillies work
@@Winters_FollyI have one. Had my grandpa step between my legs in a field and had no idea I was there till I said something. Shits almost scary good
Creepy fun fact: nobody actually knows how many people in ghili suits are out there stalking people.... 😲
@@dont.ripfuller6587I'd say, at least 13,000
Bro just stalked a man
Had to make sure he got lots of proof so Mike couldn’t turn around and say it was a one time thing
Lol for 2 years
He had to be invisible and get proof , otherwise the fishing cheat , would turn Trumpie on him , and lie , ridicule , demean , sue for character assassination , and try to collect damages ….you have to outsmart, both the cheaters, liars , and human scum
it can take time to get proof... cops do it, private investigators do it
He put a stop to a sociopath..cluster b people will never admit any wrong doing so make sure you have ALL the proof 😊
He should run for public office.
He had the makings of a politician.
That's not stalking - it's a private investigation.
Even if it's legal, it's still stalking. Man put on a ghillie suit and followed him for 2 years.
@@deucedeuce1572it wasn't legal
@@theboothy91hence he said "Even if".
@@theboothy91 I was wondering. I know there are ways to "stalk" a person legally, like if you just follow and watch a person in public areas without harassing or threatening the person at all (and you don't trespass either)... but I'm not sure about this case.
@@theboothy91welp he did it what are you gunna do about it?
“Mike you’re gonna have a partner today.”
“MOTHER$&@$@&@!!!!!!”
😂
Ha! Hilarious.
😂😂😂😂
"We got weights in fish."
I immediately thought about this...idk anything about pro fishing but in these last couple weeks ive seen a couple of top tier cheaters
I thought this was that guy. I can't believe he walked out of there with all his teeth still in his mouth.
@@marshallflanders5700 nah that was smart of the other competitors it was all on camera so they would've went to jail for assault and he was already exposed no reason to get urself put in a cage because of a cheater
@@dopeaf129 very true. I guess they probably would've lost endorsements over that as well.
Should be we got giant snag marks on fish!!!POS...
For the non fishermen a "bed" is a "spawning bed". Male bass sweep their tails to clear mud off of the lake bottom to make a spawning bed where the female lays eggs. This creates a bright white 2 foot wide circle on the bottom that the male will guard until they're done spawning. The brightness of the bed makes it very easy to see the bass from distance and the male will literally stay directly over the bed to guard it from predators.
So the guy is snagging vulnerable fish that are easy to see and that will literally stay in the exact same spot. It's extremely lazy, scummy, and most importantly illegal. If you want to catch a spawning bass legally it's extremely easy. If you cast a leech or salamander bait onto the bed the bass will pick it up with their mouth to protect their eggs. A lot of fishermen view catching spawning bass as a pretty scummy thing to do even when it's technically legal, so taking it to an even worse level by snagging is extremely scummy.
Edit: in a lot of northern states like mine bass fishing is closed for a set time during the spring while bass spawn to keep the population up. In most states and particularly southern states bass season doesn't close because they have much stronger populations in warmer water. This effects regional attitudes towards catching spawning largemouth. It has pretty much no stigma in states like Texas or Florida, but is much more likely to be viewed negatively in states like Wisconsin or Minnesota (especially if it's a small lake). Snagging gamefish is almost always illegal.
Thanks doc
Thank you
Plus when you take that female off that bed, you just basically killed all of those potential hatchlings too.
@@richardlapree2250 Yes, that and how easy they are to catch is why some fishermen see it as scummy. In this story they were having a tournament while some bass were still spawning. Anyone in the tournament would be an idiot not to catch them because they were still spawning.
Thanks for the info. I was oblivious AF to what was happening here.
2 years is more dedication than most relationships… Dudes a legend!
This story needs a Netflix series
“The *LONG* and *SHORT* of Mike”
I'd watch it lol
I'd watch it as well. 😂
I'd totally watch that!
I’d totally watch a 8 hour series about this
The guy that put a Gilly suit and stalked him for 2 years in a absolute legend. And Mike Long is a coward!
Sasquatch
@@DJREYSKI ...some say Squach is a hero, some say he rips people in half and eats them including their bones because he likes the taste of human.
No one truly knows.
@dsandoval9396 why can't he be both?
@@DJREYSKI Marine?
Your moms a coward!
Snagging spawning Bass is ghastly. They will already pick up anything near the bed to protect it .
I did this once and def learned (I didnt snag, but I was targeting him and he hit my lure).
Ok thanks for explaining why fishing on beds were wrong. Understand now. Bass fishing has to be open water?
When he fished with someone else he caught jack 😂😂😂
What was Jack’s last name? i forget
@@YoungJosh98 💩
@@YoungJosh98Shit, I believe
@@swish3814classic Jack Shit, at it again
@@swish3814😂
Ghillie guy is a man of focus, commitment, sheer will.
aka Jocko
Its about drive
its about power
Put in the work
Put in the hours
-Dwayne (Da 🪨) Johnson
John Wick style
honor, code, integrity, heart, desire
Real MVP
John Belushi in Animal House bouncing the ladder across the Second Story window of the girls sorority house is tears😂
Stalking a man in a ghillie suit for 2 years is DEDICATION!
Bro was so mad, he went full navy seal for 2 years.
😂
Took him two whole years before he was able to get that one vid of one time he snagged a bass? Doesnt seem too bad to me
Making a hub bearing explode on demand is a whole new level of skill.
If I thought I had to do that I would go to the car wash remove the axle cap and spray out the grease. The next morning on the way to the lake it would probably overheat and fail.
the person who caught this guy is a REAL fisherman who cares about the sport and the people in it. I love you whoever you are
Should have a trophy 🏆 for the dedication of the man in the ghillie suit 👏
yea that makes him a kinda loser.
@@charleyhill9867no
yeah they should hang it on the wall in his jail cell… freak
This is why a lot of good fishermen would never have anything to do with these tournaments! Bass fishing is not the only corrupt competition either!
Why I never watch major league baseball........the cheaters that got to keep EVERYTHING and no one took anything from them.
NBA/MLB/NHL/NFL/fifa cup, you name it, it’s rigged
facts
@@joeb7168nhl is more about beating the piss out of each other, so is the ufc
Not one of the sports you've listed did anything like they did to Lance Armstrong, cheating is cheating and I find it funny that they really hung him but Canseco, Bonds, Maguire, Sosa,,,,,
They walked and got nothing done but put on pedestals
That's hilarious cause bed fishing is a main staple of tournament fishing nowadays
Snagging bass on the other hand has never and will never become a staple
Snagging bass? He put the bass on a bed and snagged them with a hook? What the frick is snagging bass?
@@icewallflatearth1158 snagging bass is then you use a treble hook and go pass the bass and then set the hook causing the bass to get hooked on the outside of its body rather than letting the bass decide to bite a lure
@@icewallflatearth1158 foul hooking them?? I’m not what you don’t get about that? Bedding bass don’t move and stay planted right on top of there beds and you can just run crank baits across their back it’s not only illegal but also disgusting degenerate behaviour I’m not sure what ur confused about?
He wasn’t cancelled he was outed
Met this guy in real life at a lake in Southern Cali during the spawn before everything, definitely seem a little sus back then, now everyone knows why.
Snagging bass is such scum shit. Like sure, if you’re eating them to survival, like the natives and shit did, sure, but really? For a sport fisherman? Snagging a fish protecting its spawn? 😂 I’m sure the world’s top leaders in every category have a dark secret like this
Ised to fish a.b.a and i swear his fish were smaller but my dad and i would come in 2nd. Years later he got got and it made sense. Banned for life buddy
This is the most gangster story ever. Dude follows a guy for 2 years
Mike Long is the Lance Armstrong of bass fishing.
Haha I was thinking the same thing. 😆
I have just as many Tour-de-France trophy's as Lance and I have never had any taken from me for cheating!
Except Mike long didn't have 32 opponents in the same tournament just as guilty as him
Why does he have only one ball l😅
@@MrAutochamber There isn’t a single top-tier athlete who isn’t juiced right now. Take this from a bodybuilder, NOBODY gets that big or performs that well, regardless of the sport, unless they have god tier genetics or they’re juiced up.
What happens in the dark ALWAYS COMES TO LIGHT.... PERIOD
That's just a lousy saying. Tons happen in the dark and NEVER come to light
@@jasonfielder8138 you'll see👍🏻
Captain Price was on his ass for two years damn that's dedication
The investigation into this guy and story as a whole is INSANE! Everyone should really look into it.
Would make a decent movie.
It has nothing to do with fishing, but movie Operation Odessa was a crazy story too about the drug world.
@@D33Lux bro wtf
@@oxyfee6486 yeah it would
@@D33Lux Nothing to do with the drug world, but I just ran out of trash bags and I've been piling things on the counter cus I've been too lazy to go to the store.
never would have imagined that you could make a Yellowstone level drama series about pro bass fishing.
That's another level of dedication to follow someone around for 2 years waiting for them to slip up. That guy must be a cop 😂
Wow, that’s crazy.
Shits real though. Fishing is a gentleman’s game, cheating is unacceptable.
A gentleman's game?
Fishing is survival, and I dont know how many dudes you know who fish, but blanketing them all as gentleman is hilarious.
Fishing for leisure* is a gentlemans game...there ya go
@@GoatyHerpsfacts lmfaooo
A gentlemans game lmao. Fencing and formula one are gentlemens game. My fat alchoholic uncle is a fishing legend in my small town. To be good at fishing requires very little skill. Just patience and nothing else to do except drink beer. Its barely a sport
@@Empyrean_EnigmaGod that's become a cliche. I don't know why you would even use it in this context, but I guess that shouldn't be surprising since it's now just become some buzzword for 14 year olds and edgelords.
And let me guess: cope, right?
That’s what you call dedication stalking somebody for two years in a Gillie suit
Major dedication. It's quite impressive really the lengths the man went to catch the cheater.
@@rickyflinchum2909 ...and I'd bet that if you followed 95% of any other fishermen, you would find equal or greater levels of cheating. If a fisherman truly wants to be a legend, all he would have to do is stalk every other fisherman for a time to catch them cheating and then invalidate all their successes. I'm actually surprised in 2 years that he only caught him cheating 4 times. That's like following a body builder for a year and catching him juicing a couple times. (then all the other body builder condemning him as if they've never done it themselves).
Ghillie*
@@rickyflinchum2909my ex said the same thing, but found out she wasn't cheating
It's not stalking, it's holding someone accountable for being a scum bag and doing great detective work.
Could you imagine following a bass fisherman two years like, "I'm gonna catch this guy today". 😂
A weapon of bass destruction.
Schblamo.
Lol underated
Brilliant!!!! Well done!!!
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
😂
Too bad they didn’t catch him sabotaging someone’s boat, so he could have been sent to jail.
He still could of been sent to jail stealing from a organized tournament is fraud try taking money from the gov or casinos and see if it's counted as anything else
Old buddy in tha Gilly suit went old Greg on his ass 😂
Legend has it that shortly before disappearing, Mike changed his last name to "Oxlong".
I think you misheard. Pretty sure it was "Oxshort"
@@blakenoble4014 😂👌
😂😂😂
I thought he changed his last name to Honcho
i feel like the obvious joke here would be Mike soLong. as in so long and thanks for all the fish
This reminds me of that one walleye tournament… you know which one.
This is way worse since it went on for over a decade. But cheating is cheating
Lmfao
@@danielkinn782 I'm pretty sure the walleye cheater did it for decades too. When they looked back there were lots of tournaments that looked suspicious.
WE GOT WEIGHTS IN FISH!!!😅
Why, what happened, I haven't heard or seen anything.
Breaks my heart to hear about people doing this garbage.
Fishermen and women are already under fire by tree hugger groups.
This just gives them ammo.
Kudos to the person who exposed him.
He also had a pet large mouth bass that he kept in an aquarium and would take along to tournaments and act like he caught it. Meanwhile he was feeding it at his house.
damn bruh xd hahahaha what a joke of a guy
There has been a few that have been doing that. Growing largemouth bass in private ponds or tanks.
Does not make sense.
Did he have a special signal to get his pet bass to hook itself?
betcha he had a couple of those bass that wiggle and sing songs on his wall too.
@@Rom109-kg7lg what doesn't make sense? Did you miss the part about his fish being far larger when fishing alone? Grew them out at home in a tank and turned them in at tournament. You don't need to hook a fish you already have.
Bro said f that, 2 years to prove he's a cheater 🤣
And 1 divorce
Anything just to make hes weirdness to a legal level
He had secret live wells on his boat, we’re he’d bring in fish from other lakes. Mike long was the man in San Diego until he got caught
That’s right. He had a fish he kept at his house and would bring along
@josephmartin5483 some did. One of the tournament that started to catch people’s attention was the bass that were dead had ocean squid jig stuck in there stomach. Squid jigs are torpedo like with hooks on the end. He’s shove the jig down the bass throat and they couldn’t spit it out.
He also allegedly planted a farm raised bass to get his record in Dixon Lake in Ca.
Wow, never heard the rumor that Dottie was farmed. I’ve fished lake Dixon myself and that place is INFESTED with giant bass everywhere you look but they are pretty smart and he DID foul hook her
I saw a video here on YT around 4-5 years ago where the guy was talking about it, and it makes a lot of sense. Wish I could find that video again, however I remember him saying large mouths around SD are Florida strain and Dottie had a darker green hue and a football shape like they do in Texas. I'm originally from Escondido and fished that lake my whole life buddy of mine broke a rod on dottie so I'm invested in her legend. Lol
All that time Ross thought HE WAS THE ONE DOING THE STALKING.
He must be related to 1 of the 2 guys caught stuffing fish with weights. Someone had to pass down family secrets somehow
Lowkey the gillie suit dude kinda looks like one of those 2. I honestly thought he was gonna be revealed to be one of them at the end of the clip haha
There's a couple more dudes that did the same thing. Jake Runyon and Chad klemensic were caught stuffing weighs in fish and other fish in competition... Turns out they were winning for years that way. Finally got caught up in lake Erie tournament.
That's sad I bet that was painful for the fish
Louis Spray- 69 # musky in Wisc. Sketchy
They were under suspicion and just couldn't chill for a few tourneys...and they woulda won that last one anyway.
@@docwill184thats the funniest part...They didn't even need to cheat! That would have won by like a pound...
that money adds up, too.
Dude spent two years stalking a guy over a fishing conspiracy.
He.Just.needed a good snagging partner !😅😅😅😅😅
I don't even follow bass fishing but this video makes me want to know more.
I can totally see Will Ferrel playing this guy in a movie 😂
Cheaters never prosper! At least not for long.
I’m sure he’s not the only one. And it’s probably been happening for years
It has, all these holier than thoust are types are hilarious. This comment section is full of them and most have probably done it themselves
Pretty good detective work there, Lou. Looks like you solved a big one.
What's your point? 2 wrongs don't make a right...most sportsmen play by the rules, this dude was just a cheating, lying, greedy pos.
I didnt realize how much skill and experience actually goes into professional fishing.
Some people just can’t accept that they suck! So they resort to scumbag tactics!
The guy is a psychopath
... like ALL body builders?
Like Democrats
@@HappyHermitt Can't argue with that. There is Nothing too dishonest or immoral for them.
@@deucedeuce1572man if you think Dems are bad... Wait till you find out about the Republican party
Lol to the ‘assmaster’ crop job 😂
Yeah Flip Around And Find Out!!! The hard way! 😂
Mike got the hook in end!!!!!😂
In the infamous words of Jim Rome, "If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying.
Cheating used to be the exception and not the rule. Cheaters need to be punished severely.
The Garret Bobby Ferguson of Fishing.
Competition bass fishing is so shameful, the fact that there are such prolific cheaters in the "sport" is it's only redeeming quality
How did nobody notice the hook wounds on all his winning fish? This sounds like half truth at best
Yup totally agree . They would definitely notice especially if it was happening all the time. And snagging bass is that super easy anyway? Like you said this sounds like a half truth. And was this guy that was following did he catch him doing this stuff at tournaments or just leisure time .
He’s working as a park ranger at lake cuyamaca one of the lakes he used to frequent. Go get him boys, also he’s like 6’6” you can’t miss him
Nice! I’m gonna go kick his Bass!!!
Wow, what a trustworthy park ranger they have. I bet he steals people's camping gear for fun
They only have small mouth bass there, must not be allowed around the big mouths anymore.
How could they allow someone so damn shady to "protect" wildlife, I thought you'd need at least a bit of integrity and moral fibre to do that job... like someone else said he's probably stealing gear when owners aren't around at the very least.
If he won any money from those tournaments he should have to pay every bit of it back plus some
They would have had to catch him cheating during the tournament. Unfortunately cheating is all to common in sports these days, then too... The odds that he was the only one doing it was slim. More recently they caught a guy stuffing weights into his fish... lol smdh
@@512TURNER yeah it was 2 guys they stuffed the fish full of weights and walleye fillets, I know they was trying to put charges on them, but I never checked back in on it
@@terrysanders7933they lost their boats i belive. Also i think jail time. They got caught during a tournament so its theft by deception. And whatever charges that came after i last looked.
Good thing he caught him cheating... and all it took was him committing a Felony💀 "Prison will be worth it"
What felony?
That's not actually legally stalking or harassment. Both require the victim to feel fear. Dude didn't even know he was being watched. Otherwise, all PI's would be felons
@@8JLZ8i believe depending on the state this would qualify as stalking.
@@8JLZ8depending on the state this is considered stalking.. doesn’t matter the intentions.
It’s not a felony to watch someone fish. When they say “watched him for two years” they don’t mean he followed him everywhere, just watched him during tournaments. 100% legal.
Look at his smile, enough said.
How do people sleep at night not being honest????????
Sadly people that do dishonest things sleep very well at night anymore. Sleeping is as easy as breathing for them. Lots of people out in this world with no morals.
it does say in the end times people will not be able to decipher right from wrong and the signs are pointing to that aren’t they
Money
Mike needs to retain an attorney 🥷
Mike was fishing for bass and his partner was fishing for Mike! 😂
How long did he have them fooled for🤔
A true sportsman what a guy ❤ we love him so much ❤
That’s dedication. 2 yrs. He could be a fed. 😂
If you're not cheating, you're not trying. And this guy is trying hard! Lol
This is odd because most people now are rewarded for dispicable and unethical behavior. Lies and cheating seems to equal success.
That man has to be single to stalk him for 2 years 😂😂 imagine explaining that to your wife 😂😂
Please tell me his middle name is ox
😅😅😅
noice
I used to have an old gamertag as Mike Cox Drew Pea
@@FriedEggsandJellyfish lol that's funny af bro
But the catch is: his cox isn’t long
That’s messed up
Committed crimes and endangered peoples lives just so he could be seen as a great bass fisherman? What a major loser.
Damn. Got em. People who use live scope as well.
Whatever it takes.
You gotta give him credit,
It takes guts to cheat
Let’s be honest, he didn’t stalk him. Had a hunch, did the fish justice!!
Bro must’ve knew his whole ass schedule for two goddamn years 😂😂
When they make the movie about this the psycho in the seal suit will be the protagonist…Adam Driver will star as the high school geography teacher driven to madness by jealousy over his boyhood neighbour who used to bully him getting famous for bass fishing…the Cohen bros will direct because it’s so absurd no one would believe it’s true.
Int: high school principle’s office
‘You got a minute, Maggie?’
‘Sure, Earl, what can I do ya for?’
‘I need to hand in my resignation, Maggie…’
‘Really, Earl? For heaven’s sake how come?’
‘Mike Long must be stopped’
‘Who?’
‘Mike Long. Professional Bass fisher.’
‘…is that a real thing, Earl?’
‘…yes?! He’s a cheater, Maggie, I know it in my bones! He must be stopped!!’
‘…but Earl, why you?’
‘…if not me, then who, Maggie? If not me then who…’
fade to black.
‘THE BASS CATCHER CATCHER…coming to Amazon Prime next fall’.
The Lance Armstrong of bass fishing 😂😂😂
Mike long.....middle name.....Ox.....say his name.....
youre god damn right it is
If his middle name isnt "Ox" then his parents missed the perfect opportunity
I heard he was also filling the fish he caught with lead shot / weights to win competitions. Classy
Bro put everything down and dedicated 2 years for investigating for the boys😂
Cheaters never win,winners never cheat
Love the ending, where guy follows him for two years…. Betting it was guy who lost his tire on trailer 😝🤣🤷🏼. On serious side that wouldve taken a lot of money and time. Wonder who covered that cost 🤔
Catching those spawning bass means less bass for everyone in the future
Cheaters in fishing should be banned from being able to get a fishing license
It never ceases to amaze me that people like this exist... cheating and stealing their way through life and acting like it's normal.
He disappeared with a $$$HUGE$$$$ BAG full of those swindled dollars
As a motorcyclist, I need ten minutes......