India, April 7 -- Veteran angler Scott Martin voluntarily withdrew from the Bassmaster Elite Series on Saturday. He posted a video on social media, explaining his decision to thousands of fans. The Florida-based angler revealed that he and his family have decided that it would be his last season on the Elite tour.

"Well, here we go again. Cannot believe that I'm making another video. I never thought in a million years I'd be doing this again, but we are. The last 30 days have been extremely tough on me, and the last seven days have been excruciating," Martin said.

He was referring to a formal protest that was submitted alleging he violated the tour's No Information rule. He was disqualified from the tournament at Lake Okeechobee earlier...