Sunday 2 October 2022 02:33 AM Fishing duo stripped tournament title their fishing catch were found to be ... trends now
Two fishermen were caught cheating in a fishing tournament to make their catches seem heavier by stuffing them with weights.
Chase Cominsky from Pennsylvania and Jake Runyon from Ohio were taking part in the Lake Erie Walleye Trail Championship in Cleveland's Gordon Park in Ohio on Friday when they were caught red-handed.
Cominsky and Runyon's catch weighed almost 33lbs - almost double their closest competitor.
Tournament director Jason Fischer then decided to gut the fish, at which point the duo's cheating was exposed.
Inside each of the fish were several lead balls, deliberately designed to add pounds to the pair's catch and thus secure the title and accompanying $5,000 prize money.
'We got weights in fish!' Fischer announced to the gathered crowd who quickly turned angry.
Chase Cominsky and Jake Runyon allegedly added the weights to the fish in order to put them on top of the leaderboard
After their fish had been weighed, the pair were told to stay on for the fish to be photographed
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Suspicions were first aroused in the final moments of the tournament when the anglers' catch had to be weighed in which their five heaviest fish of the day were to be placed on the scales.
There was outrage from onlookers who demanded answers, with some threatening to call the police.
The duo allegedly stuffed the objects down the throats of the fish in order to bulk up their weight and improve their standing in the tournament.
Alongside the lead weights were also slices of other fish fillets pieced of which had been stuffed into the body of the catch, once again to increase their weight.
The dramatic discovery was filmed and posted to social media.
Runyon is asked on video if has anything to say for himself but remains silent throughout.
Chase Cominsky and Jake Runyon were stripped of their winning title after a
