Draft:Cleveland fishing tournament cheating scandal

The Cleveland fishing tournament cheating scandal was perpetrated by 43-year-old Jacob Runyan of Ashtabula, Ohio and 36-year-old Chase Cominsky of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, who were found cheating with lead weights and fish fillets stuffed inside of their fish at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail fishing tournament. The scandal was met with outrage in the fishing community, with many fishing-related content creators denouncing them as "cheaters". The fishing tournament inspectors now use metal detectors for any foul play. Many videos of the exposure that were uploaded to social medias like Twitter and TikTok became viral videos and led the story to many local and international news outlets, including CNN, Today, NBC News, and YouTube commentary outlets like penguinz0.

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On September 30th, 2022 at Gordon Park, Cominsky and Runyan won the grand prize of $29,000 at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail walleye fishing tournament for their five 7.9 lb walleye fish. Inspector John Fischer wanted the winners to stick around and take photos with the fish, he then asked to inspect the fish which they accepted. As he was checking the fish, he noticed something off about the texture of its belly and asked for a knife to look further into it. He cut inside the fish where he found lead weights and fish fillets.