Fishing tournament cheaters busted - video

[Jon]

Cheating tournament fishermen exposed for putting lead balls and fish fillets into fish to increase their weight. These guys have won hundreds of thousands of dollars in fishing competitions. A little more colorful than the recent cheating scandal in chess (though bizarrely similar in its proposed method of cheating), this video includes about a year's worth of profanity condensed into just over two minutes. 2:11 video:

This NYT article has an interesting rundown of the different ways that competitive fisherman can cheat:

Cheating in competitive fishing is more common than many people think, Mr. Robertson said. He listed the myriad ways people do so: They have friends deliver pre-caught fish to them; they fish in prohibited areas; they put fish in cages before the competition; they stuff them with ice, adding heft during the weigh-in that melts and leaves no evidence.

"You have to consider that in some of these tournaments, ounces can mean tens, or hundreds, of thousands of dollars," he said.

Previously:

Ice fishing drink warming dipstick - GIF
Fishing on a pump truck boom - GIF
Fishing rod static electricity buildup - GIF
Magnet fishing tool for coins - GIF
Nomadic ice fishing and grilling - GIF
Fishing for piranhas - GIF
Rapid team tuna fishing - GIF
Fishing with an umbrella - GIF
Magnifeye fishing hook threader - video

[Frank S]

Those guys won't even be able to compete in a shad singeing competition after that.
No one in the world can get more redneck than a bunch of tournament fishermen when they find someone cheating

[nova_robotics]

I CAUGHT IT FAIR AND SQUARE! ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR!?

[Frank S]

I CAUGHT IT FAIR AND SQUARE! ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR!?

I used to have one of those wired into the door button on our front door. People got a kick out of ringing our doorbell.

[Jon]

1:37 video:

[IntheGroove]

At the fishing derby that used to be here I always brought a metal detector to have by the scale to discourage such behavior...