![]() ![]() "And I immediately felt things in the belly of this fish, hard objects." I squeeze the fish, I squeeze the belly," Fischer said. Then he asked to inspect the fish - which the team initially balked at, he said. But he also asked them to stick around to take photos with the fish. ![]() As a large display blared the team's numbers, a voice from the crowd was heard saying, "Yeah, right." The winning fish go under the knifeįischer dutifully announced Runyan and Cominsky as the winners, to faint applause. An electronic scale measured their catch at 33.91 pounds, and the tournament director wasn't the only one with doubts. Then came the full-catch weigh-in, with Runyan and Cominsky needing to top 28.18 pounds to take first place. "No way, no way," Fischer recalled thinking of the nearly 8-pound entry. Runyan and Cominsky's biggest walleye came in at 7.9 pounds - a shocking result, given that Fischer had already peeked at their haul and deemed the fish to be "five-pound cookie cutters," or standard 4 to 5 pound Lake Erie fish, as he told the Bigwater Fishing podcast. The competition is fierce: At least 70 two-person teams paid $400 each to enter this year's tournament.īut bad weather limited the tourney to one day, and many entrants struggled to catch any fish, let alone a basket of lunkers that might bring them a large cash prize. To win the walleye contest, anglers must bring in the heaviest catch of five fish, with a "side pot" for biggest single fish. ![]() It's not the first controversy for Runyan and Cominsky, who were disqualified from a big tournament last year after one of the anglers failed a polygraph test. "Disgusted guys and gals, I'm sorry for letting you down for so long and I'm glad I caught cheating taking place," Fischer told his Facebook community. Bw7hf96q4z- DannyBTalks (Daniel Baldwin) October 1, 2022 They were even going to be crowned team of the year. ![]() They recently were caught cheating in the last tournament of the year of a major walleye fishing tournament trail. Meet Jake Runyan and Chase Cominsky, AKA big cheaters. Y’all know I like fishing, well…this pisses me off! ![]()
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