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His parents should be proud of him!



Honesty costs him a world record


Bill Cochran


#story-add1, .story-add1 {float:right;margin:0 8px 4px 4px;padding:5px;border:1px solid #ccc;width:230px; } Gus Huddleston with 63-pound, 2-ounce striped bass.

A key element of this story is the fact that Huddleston and his fellow anglers could have kept quite about the handoff, but they went by the rules.
Handing off a rod is a major no-no in the record-setting process of the International Game Fish Association, according to Dr. Julie Ball, who represents the IGFA in Virginia.
“It was an outstanding catch, nonetheless,” she said.
“We had to be honest with everybody -- with ourselves,” said Mike Huddleston.
That attitude has been refreshing to many anglers, considering that too many winter striped bass fishermen purposely beak the law by fishing beyond the 3-mile limit.

To this kid and those fishing with him. It would have been so easy for those around him to encourage him to omit that fact, to go for the glory without thinking of the principles involved.

It's my opinion that habits and principles you learn while you're young follow you throughout your whole life. Good or bad, you tend to follow and live by them. It's a great thing that this kid was surrounded by others who encouraged him to tell the truth.