Man arrested for cheating in Louisiana fishing tournament

Man arrested for cheating in Louisiana fishing tournament

By Aaron S. Lee / WWL Louisiana

Source: wwltv

5/24/2024

Credit: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and FIsheries

A north-central Louisiana man was arrested in Sabine Parish after enforcement agents from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries discovered he allegedly committing fraud during a bass fishing tournament last weekend.

According to the LDWF, 38-year-old Aaron Moreau, of Pollack, placed 2.59 pounds of lead weights in a fish he caught before the Big Bass Splash Tournament weigh-in at the Toledo Bend Reservoir on Friday, May 17.

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