{"id":85877,"date":"2022-10-03T18:42:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/watch-tournament-fishing-cheaters-confronted-with-their-crimes\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T18:42:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:42:56","slug":"watch-tournament-fishing-cheaters-confronted-with-their-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/watch-tournament-fishing-cheaters-confronted-with-their-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch tournament fishing cheaters confronted with their crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1023\" data-height=\"575\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1023px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"getty\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.2%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img alt=\"A walleye, shocked to learn the news.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;800px&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"A walleye, shocked to learn the news.\"  data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">A walleye, shocked to learn the news.<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM has-caption\">screenshot<!-- -->: <!-- -->Scott Olson<!-- --> (<!-- -->Getty Images<!-- -->)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/d9aaa95cb6f09827512cc10893952a99\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1023\" data-height=\"575\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Within weeks of learning that the chess world has been thrown into turmoil over <span>anal bead-related cheating<\/span>, we are now faced with another massive tournament scandal.  And this time, it&#8217;s erupted from the stinking, steaming guts of the competitive walleye fishing community.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-MFnByQCDjz0&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"MFnByQCDjz0\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/MFnByQCDjz0\" id=\"youtube-MFnByQCDjz0\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"MFnByQCDjz0\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/MFnByQCDjz0\" id=\"youtube-MFnByQCDjz0\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Walleye Tournament Cheaters Got Busted!  Clear video (Chase Cominsky, Jake Runyan)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">the <span>above video<\/span> was shot at the fateful moment that a <span>Lake E<!-- -->rie Walleye Trail<\/span> (or LEWT) tournament judge and a mob of extremely pissed-off<!-- --> competitors caught the pair of cheaters. <em>Spectrum News<\/em>a local Ohio publication, <span>explains<\/span> that a two-man team, Cleveland&#8217;s Jacob Runyan and Hermitage, Pennsylvania&#8217;s Chase Cominsky, were caught on Friday while \u201cleading the series coming into the final event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">You can tell just how serious all of this is when, in the video, electric text appears over phone footage of the confrontation and proclaims that we&#8217;re about to view the \u201cBiggest Fish Cheating Scandal Ever!\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cWe got weights in fish!\u201d  a man yells as the picture comes into focus.  \u201cThere we go!\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The crowd roars.  \u201cCall the cops!\u201d  shouts to someone.  \u201cYou need to go to jail!\u201d  adds another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The judge stands with Runyan, who bends over his and Cominsky&#8217;s walleye catch and starts gutting the fish.  He pulls out lead balls.  A bystander, in poetry inspired by some aquatic muse, taunts the disgraced, would-be champion with, \u201cWhere&#8217;s your crown now?\u201d  More lead balls are retrieved as the fish are cut into.  Then, in a terrible indignity not finding that a prize steer has been stuffed with hamburgers, the judge pulls out walleye fi<!-- -->lets from inside one of the fish.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-16 jvTtVq\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08Z265BJH?asc_campaign=InlineMobile&amp;asc_refurl=https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/fishing-tournament-cheaters-lake-eerie-walleye-trail-1849608822&amp;asc_source=&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;psc=1&amp;smid=ANSF0RE9FUP82&amp;tag=kinjaavclubpromo-20&amp;th=1\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\">\n<p>G\/O Media may get a commission<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-3 hMBKyp creative-type-A\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-6 gLSKws\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-10 hherpH js_lazy-image\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-15 jrXWJC\">\n<p>38% Off<\/p>\n<p>Insignia 50&#8243; 4K UHD Smart TV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-12 dRyRwx\">\n<p class=\"sc-1atgi65-13 iFlqWg\"><strong>good looking <\/strong><br \/><span>50&#8243; of 4K visuals, has access to a huge variety of different streaming services and acts as a streaming hub, all without any other tech, can be used with Alexa voice control, and has DTS Studio Sound, so it won&#8217;t just look good, but it&#8217;ll sound good too. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Faced with the evidence of his crime, Runyan stands expressionless, looking down at his tainted catch while everyone around him yells out insults and calls into question the money he&#8217;s won in past tournaments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Of <span>a Facebook post from Saturday<\/span>, the rightful winners were announced and tournament director Jason Fischer (good surname) solemnly writes that \u201cAll LEWT anglers deserve better.\u201d  He&#8217;s also promised to \u201cmake an official statement to all my LEWT anglers addressing this matter\u201d later tonight.  Hopefully, that statement will mark an end to this dark chapter in walleye fishing, and the pages of history that <!-- -->those horrible cheats defaced with their crimes can be ripped out and used to wrap up an order of deep-fried<!-- --> walleye and greasy french fries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">[via <span><em>Boing Boing<\/em><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\"> <em>Send Great Job, Internet tips to gji@theonion.com<\/em>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A walleye, shocked to learn the news.screenshot: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Within weeks of learning that the chess world has been thrown into turmoil over anal bead-related cheating, we are now faced with another massive tournament scandal. And this time, it&#8217;s erupted from the stinking, steaming guts of the competitive walleye fishing community. Walleye Tournament &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/watch-tournament-fishing-cheaters-confronted-with-their-crimes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Watch tournament fishing cheaters confronted with their crimes<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[4511,28622,28616,28620,2856,28619,28623,1693,28618,28624,400,28621,28617],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86558,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cheating-controversy-at-lake-erie-fishing-tournament-faces-scrutiny-from-authorities\/","url_meta":{"origin":85877,"position":0},"title":"Cheating controversy at Lake Erie fishing tournament faces scrutiny from authorities","date":"October 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The controversy around a Lake Erie fishing tournament attracted the attention of Ohio prosecutors.The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into an apparent cheating scandal during the walleye fishing tournament. 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