A video shared on Twitter clearly shows angry competitors berating the people caught cheating. The video has gone viral and has been viewed by over 11 million. – I don’t want anyone to touch these people. I want you to leave here, says tournament director Jason Fisher in the video. – Call the police! You need to go to jail, shout several of the competitors. It was anglers Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky who didn’t quite have the fishing luck with them in this weekend’s competition in Cleveland. The fishermen are highly respected and have won the last three competitions in the Lake Erie Walleye Trail. The last victory came as late as September and the duo has won several hundred thousand kroner. – This is incredibly sad for the environment and unfortunately a reminder that not everyone has honest intentions, tells the editor of Fiskeavisen, Daniel Tilrem, to news. Shapes a whole fishing world Tournament director Fisher became suspicious when five fish that normally weigh nine kilos together showed 15 kilos on the scale. Fisher grabbed one of the fish and felt a hard object in its stomach that felt unnatural. He then grabbed a knife, cut open his stomach and several lead bullets fell out. REACTS: Editor of Fiskeavisen, Daniel Tilrem, after the cheating scandal. Photo: Privat The moment shakes the entire fishing world, writes the New York Times. – Anglers who do competitive fishing put an incredible amount of time into improving technique, studying and mapping. Then it’s an incredible shame that some fishermen choose to cheat their way into series, says Tilrem to news. – It is disgusting that news has tried to get in touch with Fisher, who has not been available for comment. – It is disgusting. I apologize for disappointing you and I am glad that I was able to catch the participants for cheating, writes the tournament director on Facebook. Runyan and Cominsky would have finished in first place and taken home over NOK 250,000, but were disqualified. – When it comes to prizes of greater value, the path to cheating seems shorter for some. There is always a risk when you have prizes with a higher value, says Tilrem. WALLEYE: This is what an American Walleye looks like. The picture is used for illustration. Photo: Mike Groll / AP The fish that was filled with lead bullets is called an American walleye in Norwegian, while it is referred to by the slightly more sounding name “Walleye” in English. Fisher says that he is unsure what will happen to the prize money that Runyan and Cominsky have won in the past. Ross Robertson, who is a respected fisherman in the fishing community, calls it all a “dirty” way of cheating and describes the cheating as a dark backdrop for the sport. Nevertheless, he hopes that the scandal has the potential to become something positive if one manages to learn from the cheating. – Perhaps this will be what stops other fishermen from cheating and initiates important changes in how the sport is carried out, says Robertson according to the New York Times.
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