Commentary: A short historical lesson on the long-standing practice of cheating
by Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune
Oct 18, 2022
3 minutes
You don’t generally think of the old fishing hole as a place to cheat, and it’s unusual to see any cheater get indicted, but it happened last week when authorities charged two fishermen in the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament. With more than $28,000 in prize money at stake, an investigation revealed lead weights and fish fillets stuffed into the stomachs of fish caught by the two, meant to increase the weight of their catches.
“I take all crime very seriously, and I believe what these two individuals attempted to do was
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