On September 30, 2022, at Gordon Park in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, Chase Cominsky and Jake Runyan, the two winning anglers in the final event of that season's Lake Erie Walleye Trail series of fishing tournaments, were found to have hidden weights in some of the fish they caught and immediately disqualified.

May 11, 2023 · Jacob Runyan, 43, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 36, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, entered guilty pleas in March to felony charges of cheating and a misdemeanor count of illegal animal...

Mar 28, 2023 · The pair had stuffed their Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament catch with lead weights and fish fillets. The fishermen have now pleaded guilty to cheating and unlawful ownership of wild...

Oct 13, 2022 · Two professional walleye anglers are facing multiple charges in Ohio after they were caught cheating in the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament on Sept. 30. Teammates Chase Cominsky and Jacob Runyan were set to win the tournament and the nearly $30,000 in cash prizes for a total catch of around 34 pounds last month at the tourney’s weigh in.

Oct 4, 2022 · Jacob Runyan, of the Cleveland suburb of Broadview Heights, and his fishing partner, Chase Cominsky, of Hermitage, Pa., were disqualified from the championship event of the Lake Erie Walleye...

May 11, 2023 · Two professional walleye anglers received fines and jail time Thursday morning for cheating in a walleye fishing tournament on Lake Erie last year, concluding a highly publicized scandal that turned the national spotlight on competitive fishing.

May 12, 2023 · The cheating allegations surfaced in September when Jason Fischer, Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament director, became suspicious of the fish turned in by Jacob Runyan, 43, of Ashtabula,...

Oct 3, 2022 · Two of the top money-winning tournament walleye fishermen in recent memory have seemingly been caught red-handed cheating in a big dollar event on Lake Erie by stuffing large lead sinkers in their fish to boost walleye weights and pocket $30,000 in winnings.

Oct 3, 2022 · A professional walleye fishing tournament on Lake Erie ended in pandemonium last Friday when the leading team was caught cheating during the weigh-in. Professional anglers Chase Cominksy, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and Jake Runyan, of Cleveland, Ohio, were declared the winners of the Lake Erie Walleye Trail until tournament director Jason ...

Mar 28, 2023 · Jacob Runyan, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, of Hermitage, Pa., pleaded guilty to two charges: cheating, a fifth-degree felony, and unlawful ownership of wild animals, a fourth-degree misdemeanor.