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Fishing Drama
Posted: October 2 22, 4:28 pm
by sighyoung
Comparable to the discussions of cheating in chess, there's now a scandal in competitive fishing, with competitors found to be stuffing fish with lead weights, fish filets, and other material to win fishing competitions.
This may not open for you, but it does provide some background.
NSFW--language
This is a film of the fishermen confronted and caught cheating.
Re: Fishing Drama
Posted: October 3 22, 7:05 am
by ghostrunner
First saw that and thought the yelling and harassment was a bit much, but then saw the money involved and that they'd won before and then I was totally on board with it. Had it coming.
Re: Fishing Drama
Posted: October 3 22, 2:46 pm
by AWvsCBsteeeerike3
That’s insane.
Re: Fishing Drama
Posted: October 3 22, 5:25 pm
by Donnie Ebert
That video feels like an I Think You Should Leave skit.
Re: Fishing Drama
Posted: October 4 22, 4:38 pm
by Socnorb11
This would be a much better story if they had found anal beads in the fish.
Seriously though, this is fascinating stuff. Can they be legally prosecuted for this, or just banned from the fishing community?
Re: Fishing Drama
Posted: October 12 22, 9:07 pm
by Jocephus
Prosecutor: Fishermen caught cheating at tournament charged
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/34 ... nt-charged
CLEVELAND -- Two anglers accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament were indicted Wednesday on charges of attempted grand theft and other counts.
Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, were indicted in Cleveland on felony charges of cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor charges of unlawfully owning wild animals. They're due to be arraigned Oct. 26.