Outdoor Life By Dac Collins Mar 9, 2026
Texas game wardens, who were contacted by tournament staff to investigate, say they found three weights inside the bass' stomach "that showed no signs of erosion"An angler was arrested during a bass tournament in Texas on Sunday and charged with violating fishing tournament rules. Officials with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department say they arrested Curtis Lee Daniels after finding multiple weights inside a bass he’d caught during the competition.
Daniels was booked in the Wood County Jail Sunday, according to county records, and charged with violating fishing tournament rules. Because the tournament was offering a cash prize of $10,000 or more, the charge is a third-degree felony. Records show Daniels was released Monday on a $20,000 bond.
In an official statement shared with Outdoor Life, TPWD officials said they were contacted by tournament organizers Sunday to investigate a bass that Daniels had brought to the weigh in. Tournament staff had flagged the bass after using a metal detecting wand on the fish that alerted them to “the potential presence of a foreign object.” This raised concerns that Daniels had tampered with the fish before bringing it to the weigh-in station.
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