Dudes caught cheating in a fishing tournament
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FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
Nope
Rob Allen
Life of the Party
Tasting one usually makes people more interested in catching them..
Jim in Anacortes
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A quick google search for "Mike Long bass fishing" will surely enlighten most people to the king of tournament fishing cheaters...Mike Long. This man made it his business to defraud the bass fishing industry. He was quite famous, and made tons of money. Many of us local Southern California bass fisherman (and lake managers) suspected he was cheating, long before he was busted red handed. His fraud was slightly more "inventive" than simply stuffing fish with lead weights. It has been said that he did such things as...Kept trophy bass in tanks in his garage to be placed in his boat's live wells on the morning of a tournament...Placed previously caught bass tied to stumps at the lake prior to the tournament......Caught bass on a lake known for super heavy bass and took them to other lakes to claim them as his new "Lake record". Some even told stories of him placing wire mesh boxes stuffed with crawdads, that could slowly escape. After a couple of days, (just before the tournament), the dominant bass would be waiting for Mike to pull up and cast out a crawdad..... Perhaps this is all just "folklore" stemming from his arrest,,,, but he definitely brought it upon himself.
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an impressive amount of guns surrounding the house.
TicTokCroc
Sunkist and Sudafed
Must be the FBI
yeah, I was wondering about that too. Probably just a bunch of officers wanting to be "in" on the big bust that has gotten so much attention. Tell their fishing buddies "see, that was me in the background!"
Tread Drift: Exactly, Rob. Walleye aren’t known for their fighting ability but they sure are fine fine table fare, I prefer walleye to halibut.
They got indicted on felony charges too.
Fishermen indicted after allegations of cheating
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.
HauntedByWaters
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Cheating in a fishing tournament is about the most blue collar crime I can think of. So this story fits the pattern:
Blue collar crime, do the time. White collar crime you’ll be fine.
Bruce Baker
Steelhead
And they have pleaded not guilty -- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...A12V7Hq?cvid=a11c02a6cb4b4286a581f3261ef122cc
LOL
Jim in Anacortes
Life of the Party
Jussie Smollett is still adamant of his innocence.
RCF
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NFR - Humor
pnwflyfishing.com
Fishermen caught cheating during walleye tournament plead guilty
Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky entered guilty pleas Monday to felony cheating and misdemeanor possession of wildlife after they were exposed as cheaters in a walleye fishing tournament in Cleveland.
www.ideastream.org
nomlasder
Smolt
A slap on the handFishermen caught cheating during walleye tournament plead guilty
Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky entered guilty pleas Monday to felony cheating and misdemeanor possession of wildlife after they were exposed as cheaters in a walleye fishing tournament in Cleveland.
