Metal detectors, polygraph tests to come in wake of Lake Erie fishing tournament scandal

Metal detectors, polygraph tests to come in wake of Lake Erie fishing tournament scandal

By John Hayes

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

10/29/2022

Fish stories just aren’t what they used to be. To be believed, you’d better have live-streaming video, a digital scale and a lawyer. Now big-money fishing tournaments are even turning to metal detectors to prevent anglers from cheating.

Two fishermen accused of conspiring to cheat in a lucrative Lake Erie walleye tournament pleaded not guilty before a grand jury Wednesday in Cleveland to felony charges of cheating, attempted grand theft, possession of criminal tools and alleged misdemeanors.

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