A fishing competition in Ohio ended in uproar after contestants were allegedly caught cheating red-handed. The Lake Erie Walleye Trail (LEWT) fishing tournament declared Chase Cominsky and Jake Runyan winners after the final fish weigh-in, but questions were raised about the accuracy of the weight and the legitimacy of the winners. The suspicions proved to be correct: When the fish were sliced open, lead weights and fish filets were found to have been added to the catch, falsely increasing the weight. "We got weights in the fish!" one person can be heard yelling, before telling the alleged cheaters to "get outta here!" Here's what dramatic footage of the incident shows.
Chase Cominsky and Jacob Runyan are fishermen accused in a viral video of cheating during the Lake Erie Walleye Trail fishing tournament in Ohio after weights were found in fish. The pair, who appeared to have won the tournament before the discovery, was disqualified. The tournament was held Friday, September 30, 2022.
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A widely-circulated video shows Jason Fischer confronting Jake Runyan for cheating during the Lake Erie Walleye Trail fishing tournament after it was discovered that Runyan and Chase Cominsky had egg-shaped weights in their catch. ViralHog/Reuters hide caption
Lie-detector tests have become commonplace for winners at fishing tournaments with large payouts, and the ones at Lake Erie are no exception. But last December, Runyan insisted he and his partner had done nothing wrong, stating, "Our reputation means the world to us and we would never cheat."
In the decades since 1985, other states have passed laws against defrauding fishing tournaments. Two angels in Utah were charged with felonies and misdemeanors after cheating in a tournament with a prize of $2,500 in 2018. They were convicted, ordered to pay fines of $2,500, do 48 hours of community service, and spend two years on probation.
Two men at a Lake Erie Walleye fishing tournament [Facebook] were found to have cheated, reports the Toledo Blade. "We got weights in fish!" shouts an angry tournament official. "There we go! Yooaeoaoaarrrghh!" 2ff7e9595c
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