Jacob Runyan, 43, and Chase Cominsky, 36, competed in the Lake Erie Walleye Trail Tournament in Cleveland on Sept. 30, 2022.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The two men who pleaded guilty in March to cheating during a fishing tournament by stuffing lead weights into their fish, will be sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven Gall Thursday.
The tournament hosted fishermen from several surrounding states that competed to see which team could catch five of the heaviest walleye fish in Lake Erie. The director of the tournament noticed Runyan and Cominsky’s walleyes weighed more than they looked and sliced open the fish. Ten weights were located inside the walleyes, eight weighing 12 ounces and two weighing eight ounces along with several walleye filets.
The duo, who would have received a total prize of $28,760 if they had won the tournament, were disqualified immediately after the fishy discovery.
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