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Rule violations costly for DQ'd anglers

By Louie Stout
Bassmaster.com

Monday, August 17, 2009

Elite pros Bill Lowen and Bobby Lane learned valuable lessons in their painful, first-round disqualifications during the Ramada Champion's Choice on Oneida Lake. But the costly experience of voluntarily reporting their on-the-water rule violations also displayed their integrity and gained them respect from fellow anglers. "It was a dumb mistake, but I had no trouble turning myself in," said Lowen, "I slept with a clear conscious that night. So, in that respect, it was all good." Both anglers ...

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