Fishing tournament cheaters busted - video
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vd8b0k4nXo
This NYT article has an interesting rundown of the different ways that competitive fisherman can cheat:
Quote:
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:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...563#post147418
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...345#post208341
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...824#post194302
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...188#post168997
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...931#post152871
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...705#post139905
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...950#post133761
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...749#post124124
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...484#post122690
