The real-time capture of cheats at an Ohio walleye fishing contest has become a nationwide news sensation, highlighted by scathing social media comments evoked by smartphone video recordings of the exact instant a two-man team of fishermen fraudsters were publicly exposed – and run out of Dodge, barely making it out in one piece.
GOING WITH THE FLOW: It’s autumn time and the fishing is easy. This PWC’er has settled in for a leisurely Little Egg Inlet angling session, letting the drift do the jigging work – and allowing a beverage to take the edge off as he kicks back to enjoy comfy air temps in the 70s. (Photo by Jay Mann)
Anglers Jacob Runyan, 42, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pa., were openly busted during post-contest weigh-in ceremonies at the Lake Erie…
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