Ok, BASS has reported as to why Alton Jones was disqualified.
BASS says that Jones was disqualified on Thursday night, at 10 PM, because he "received assistance in operating his boat while he located fish during the tournament's official practice period."
According to Trip Weldon, Jones violated a specific part of rule 3.2 which says that a competitor may not have the assistance of advice of anyone in the location of fish, during the official practice and tournament.
Also, along with Jones, Randy Howell and Kevin Langhill were given polygraph tests. It was not mentioned as to why each of them were given the tests, as Jones was DQ'ed and Howell and Langhill were fishing on Friday.
Jones responded that the DQ involved his son, instead of a tournament fishing partner. His son, Alton Jones, Jr. was standing on the front deck of the boat while his father was driving the boat around. BASS interprets this as "getting assistance from someone who was not a competitor".
Jones is happy that Trip made the right call, and takes full blame for his mistake. He says that it's something that he can live with, since he knows that he was in violation of a rule.
Jones also pointed out that last year there were NO spawning tournaments, and this type of thing was not a problem, and he also states that the rule was rewritten prior to the 2005 season.
He plans to fish on Guntersville, and calls this DQ a speed bump.