Fishermen plead not guilty to charges in tournament scandal...

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Fishermen plead not guilty to charges in tournament scandal...


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Two men accused of stuffing five walleye with lead weights and fish fillets during a lucrative fishing tournament on Lake Erie pleaded not guilty to cheating and other charges on Wednesday.


Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, made no comments during their brief court appearances in Cleveland. Their attorneys declined to comment about the case after the hearing. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor James Gutierrez also declined to comment, referring questions to a spokesperson.


The cheating allegations surfaced Sept. 30 when Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament director Jason Fischer became suspicious because Runyan and Cominsky’s fish were significantly heavier than walleye of that length typically are. An angry crowd at Gordon Park in Cleveland watched Fischer cut the walleye open and announce there were weights and fish fillets stuffed inside them.


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[carolina73]

Well they did come out of Lake Erie. This condition is caused by the fish living too close to the steel mills.

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Fishermen plead not guilty to charges in tournament scandal...


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Two men accused of stuffing five walleye with lead weights and fish fillets during a lucrative fishing tournament on Lake Erie pleaded not guilty to cheating and other charges on Wednesday.


Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, made no comments during their brief court appearances in Cleveland. Their attorneys declined to comment about the case after the hearing. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor James Gutierrez also declined to comment, referring questions to a spokesperson.


The cheating allegations surfaced Sept. 30 when Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament director Jason Fischer became suspicious because Runyan and Cominsky’s fish were significantly heavier than walleye of that length typically are. An angry crowd at Gordon Park in Cleveland watched Fischer cut the walleye open and announce there were weights and fish fillets stuffed inside them.


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Serious fisherman know that you can make a good guesstimate of a fish's weight just by knowing the species, length and girth. I believe that is how catch and release records are calculated.
Therefore if guilty they are not just would be theives but idiots as well