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Last Sunday was a sad ending to what should have been a banner weekend for professional bass fisherman Barron Adams. The 41-year-old angler from Mineral Bluff, Georgia, was competing in a National Professional Fishing League<\/a> tournament on Wright Patman Lake in East Texas, and he fished well throughout the three-day event. Going into the final weigh-in on April 23, Adams had the heaviest total weight of bass and was looking at a $100,000 payday.<\/p>\n But the devil is in the details, as they say\u2014and fishing is no exception. Because when NPFL tournament organizers did their due diligence after the weigh-in, they discovered that Adams did not have a valid Texas fishing license in his possession. Adams was disqualified as a result.<\/p>\n \u201cA simple, honest mistake cost Barron Adams $100k,\u201d NPFL explained in a Facebook post<\/a>. \u201cDuring the post-tournament polygraph Barron was asked if he had a valid fishing license, [to] which he answered, \u2018yes.\u2019 He passed the polygraph. However, when asked to physically provide a copy or proof of the official license, he realized that after entering all of his information online (before fishing) he never fully completed the process.\u201d<\/p>\n