Two men who pleaded guilty of cheating in a Lake Erie fishing tournament were sentenced Thursday to 10 days in jail and 1 1/2 years of probation. Jacob Runyan, 43, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Chase ...

Two fishermen who were accused of cheating during the Lake Erie Walleye Trail fishing tournament last September – after it was discovered their fish were stuffed with lead weights and fish ...

To win the walleye contest, anglers must bring in the heaviest catch of five fish, with a "side pot" for biggest single fish. The competition is fierce: At least 70 two-person teams paid $400 each ...

The above video was shot at the fateful moment that a Lake Erie Walleye Trail (or LEWT) tournament judge and a mob of extremely pissed-off competitors caught the pair of cheaters.

The Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament has been going on for more than 20 years, Fischer said. He started running the competition about four years ago and purchased the tournament from its ...

The incident occurred Friday in Cleveland at the weigh-in of the Lake Erie Walleye Trail event, the last one of the 2022 season, as reported by the The (Toledo) Blade.

Lake Erie Walleye Trail hosts tournaments throughout Northeast Ohio, ranging from Lorain to Conneaut. Professional anglers will serve as guides for the amateurs during the tournament, organizers said.

Walleye fishermen plead not guilty in cheating scandal Fishermen Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky are accused of packing weights into fish at an Ohio tournament where nearly $30,000 was on the line.

A photo of the lead egg sinkers found in five walleye caught by tournament anglers Jake Runyan of Broadview Heights and Chase Cominsky of Hermitage, Pa., at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail ...

Last week the fishing competition, Ohio’s Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament, was marred in controversy after onlookers discovered fisherman Jacob Runyan sea-cret to success: stuffing his catch ...

Two fishermen thought they had won the Lake Erie Walleye Trail’s final event of the 2022 season. Until tournament director Jason Fischer sliced open the duo’s catch at the weigh-in. Fischer ...