$130,000 Boat Seized In Bizarre Fishing Tournament Cheating Scandal Is Being Auctioned Off

$130,000 Boat Seized In Bizarre Fishing Tournament Cheating Scandal Is Being Auctioned Off

Source: jalopnik

6/27/2024

Credit: GovDeals

For many, fishing is just something you do at your grandfather’s pond or while camping, but fishing at a professional level is something completely different. Your friends may give you a hard time for exaggerating the size of the fish you caught, but back in 2022, two Ohio men found out the hard way that they take that kind of thing pretty seriously in an actual fishing tournament.

As WKYC reports, not only did getting caught cheating land them in jail, but their boat was also seized. And now it’s being auctioned off over on GovDeals.

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