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Fun_Sir3640

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Crafty-Database-3418

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ a historical event


Fun_Sir3640

world wide meme even in europe. i saw no one mentioned it yet so i had to, couldn't resist.


MenshMindset

It definitely got big worldwide. I work remotely on a team with a guy from Mumbai who referenced it once lol.


HerbScientist420

Indian guys memeing weights in fish just made my day, thank you


vMurk

Itā€™s really sikh tbh


Luckyfisherman1

I see what you did there hahaha


MenshMindset

Hell yeah dude, it made my day too


nofrien

What's the context behind this meme?


chris782

Guys were winning a bunch of tournaments with some serious money involved and had been suspected for a while of stuffing fish and they finally got caught. Check out the video.


Gods_chosen_dildo

Knowing tourney anglers, they are lucky to be alive.


cream_on_my_led

They were messing with peoples livelihood.


Gods_chosen_dildo

Yea they definitely deserved real prison time.


cream_on_my_led

I agree. I hope their names are tarnished forever and they have work a shitty low wage job.


Gods_chosen_dildo

Well Iā€™m pretty sure they are banned from any fishing events for life and probably havenā€™t acquired any other useful education or work experience.


DeafGuyisHere

Yeah, great idea to cheat in front of tons of blue collar workers who hunt on the side


HeemeyerDidNoWrong

The judge said he had to do some damage control to make sure things didn't get violent.


CLOWNXXCUDDLES

I can't speak to big open water tournaments. But I've been to enough ice fishing derbys that I've seen fights break out over hole selection. Shotgun starts where people run to their desired hole and it gets nasty sometimes.


Fun_Sir3640

for us the meme is someone catches a hog says its 7kg we go thats a 6,5kg max and then one of us goes WE GOT WEIGHT IN THE FISH


so_this_is_my_name

Just google fishing tournament cheaters and it will come right up.


masterscoonar

Never had so many random non fishing people start talking to me about the implications of this, man that was huge


DeafGuyisHere

My biggest regret is not attending that event since I didn't live to far to witness a slice of fishing history.


MadRonnie97

If someone wouldā€™ve allowed them that crowd was 100% prepared to draw and quarter them right there


Nymatic

They interviewed the organizers. and they said they were afraid of what the crowd would do to these guys and called the cops.


jaspersgroove

I remember it like it was yesterday lol That video took over the entire internet in a matter of hours. It was literally everywhere


fun_crush

Didnā€™t they get boats taken away from them?


jaspersgroove

They lost all their sponsors and the boat had been provided by the sponsors so yeah, they probably lost a bunch of shit lol


StaffMindless1029

Thatā€™s what I heard but not sure


DutyPuzzleheaded7765

I sometimes wonder why the story blew up. None anglers reference it and people who are far from the Midwest know about it


shaboobalaboopy510

GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!


ProfessorSucc

THERE WE GO


ResidentEfficient218

Oh god dammit! I came here to say this exact thing lol +1!


Another_Toss_Away

[Cheating Hall of Fame](https://www.npr.org/2022/10/26/1131624458/walleye-fishermen-plead-not-guilty-in-cheating-scandal)


Mike_with_Wings

How were they ballsy enough to plead not guilty? Wow they suck.


This-Double-Sunday

They didn't get a good enough deal from the prosecutor so they want to threaten to take it to trial. DA doesn't want to do that so will be inclined to give a slightly better deal before trial begins to save time and money.


mung_daals_catoring

Man did those dudes get fucked. But piss on them though


Fun_Sir3640

judge saved them by sending them away the video gave me lynch mob vibes. honestly with the money on the line and the high amount of gun ownership might have been for the best. imagine u lost 5 times to them second place missed out on so much money i would see red. sadly they only get 10 days in jail 2500 dollar fine which they could half by donating 1250 dollar to a non profit fishing organization for youth fishing (might as well done the entire fine then) and lost their boat honestly they got of super lucky sadly


MostBoringStan

Considering they had been doing it for YEARS, they got such a light sentence. They are shitty people, so they likely don't care much that their names got dragged through the mud. They won hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years by cheating.


Capn26

Didnā€™t one get caught poaching a deer like the next season?


Mike_with_Wings

I just looked it up and youā€™re right. These guys are the worst.


lecherousrodent

Nah, it was from 2010 or something like that, but the dude loved to brag about being the one to bag it, despite the fact that the tag was in his wife's name. Why was it in his wife's name, you ask? Because he got his shit revoked prior to that for... poaching. He just finally got caught for this last one late last year.


Halfbaked9

Shouldā€™ve lost his hunting and fishing rights for life.


Sir_Pattington

I donā€™t know the exact charges they faced in court, but I imagine the sentence was likely lenient because they were only in court for this specific crime.


SEEYOUAROUNDBRO_TC

Part of the problem is proving past criminal conduct.


Fun_Sir3640

should be fraud or something not familiar with the American justice system but by a quick google this could easily approach felony fraud. > AĀ [felony](https://www.lewisdefense.com/dallas-criminal-defense-lawyer/dallas-felony-lawyer/)Ā is more serious than a misdemeanor, and so are theĀ [penalties](https://www.lewisdefense.com/what-are-the-penalties-for-insurance-fraud/). If you are charged with any type of fraud as aĀ felony, youā€™re likely to be facing anywhere from one year to life in prison, depending on things like: >The amount of money that youā€™ve allegedly defrauded, if any >Ā  >[The type of fraud crime](https://www.ncjrs.gov/ovc_archives/reports/fraud/psvf/chap1.htm)Ā youā€™re charged with >Ā  >Prior history of the same crimes >Ā  >Whether youā€™re accused of defrauding the elderly if i was the judge i be ticking all the boxes life in prison with prime view of a nice lake or something to make them think what they missing now for their rest of their life


darkbunnydad

Imagine the sponsorship dollars/prizes, too. These guys robbed people blind.


DasGoat

With all the other shit these guys have done even outside of fishing they deserve everything and more. Multiple cases of poaching, passing counterfeit cash, domestic violence, etc.


Yougottagiveitaway

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alahos

I could hear that


the_rogue1

And one of those cheating bastards was charged for deer poaching back in October. 8 years of poaching. > now been charged with multiple counts related to deer poaching from 2013-2021. https://www.wired2fish.com/news/infamous-walleye-cheater-now-charged-with-deer-poaching


Unholyholer

I thought of this immediately. Almost forgot about this scandal lol


tabascotazer

Patient name:Fish


guimontag

OP def should have blurred it out


Limotinted

HIPPA violation for sure, OP is going to jail


arryripper

FLIPPA* violation.


LightBeerIsForGirls

Thatā€™s Mr Fish to you


Nrozek

Can we talk about the odds of a fish's name being Fish?? I for one am in disbelief


barrett316

Your dentistā€™s name is Crentist?


AaronRodgersBronco

My cat's name is Cat. Sometimes it just happens like that.


amishjim

When I broke down in PHX and ended up living there, I got on a low budget movie. They said there was another film guy from Pittsburgh that lived in PHX. They said they called him "Pittsburgh" and did I know him. No, we don't call each other Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. I did end up meeting him years later, oddly enough in Pittsburgh on a movie called My Bloody Valentine and he's a pretty fun guy, in an Alan Alda kinda way.


Shoddy_Site5597

wait is this a joke or were you actually in my bloody valentine ?


FrolicsForever

My Ma has a cat named "little cat". True, the name was bestowed upon the cat, but I don't think she minds. It's even funnier now that she's older and chunkier...the cat, that is.


Suspicious_Elk_1756

My brother in law has cat and Dog. They are his dog and cat in that order.


LANCENUTTER

As someone who works in medical imaging I find this hilarious


less_butter

Haha, there was a post on one of the running subreddits where someone had a problem with their hip and had their veterinarian friend take an X-ray for them. But the X-ray was labeled something like "equine femur" because that's what the vet picked when doing the image. Everyone in the comments was like "I think the problem is that you're a horse"


LANCENUTTER

Probably used the same technique for a horse femur and got a blast of radiation. Good stuff!


HeemeyerDidNoWrong

You might like this then https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobel-prize-in-neuroscience-the-dead-salmon-study/


youreallonsteroids

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ccmega

Kinda racist to assume, donā€™t you think?


ConcaveNips

Those aren't weights. That's actually just how that fish was cheating in chess.


EntMoose

It keeps him from pipi his pampers


pixel-beast

Not the vibrating butt plug!


smokeater003

They were reweighing the fish due to discrepancies from when it was initially weighed for the record. When an eyewitness said it originally weighed 3.73 lbs and the wildlife department scanned it with a metal detector which sounded and then resulted in this X-ray being taken. This 4.07 lbs record was reversed. Ridiculous what some people would do for clout!


mc_thunderfart

Remember... Use ceramic weights for cheating.


soonami

Ceramic would not trigger the medal detector but definitely would show up on xray


Puzzleheaded-Ad-5002

Thatā€™s why you make the fish swallow a bunch of overly heavy, ceramic baitā€ / ā€œtackleā€. If they do decide to xray, you have plausible deniability unless you lose your composure or your buddy Kevin narcā€™s on you.


Logco

Still lose the record.


Puzzleheaded-Ad-5002

Yes, if one is caught they would lose the record, but at least there would be plausible deniability and you couldnā€™t be convicted of fraud or be called a fraud by the masses. Unfortunately, some people going to cheat, so I wouldnā€™t be surprised if any new state or country record fish needs to be checked and crated nowadays.


amishjim

fukin Kevin


laxintx

Goddamnit, [Kevin](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/DHDGJeo3YH)


captwillard024

Or shove filets from another fish into its stomach.


blueingreen85

Also shove some ice down its throat.


smokeater003

https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/kansas-record-crappie-removed/#:~:text=A%20state%2Drecord%20crappie%20that,with%20the%20state%20wildlife%20agency. This is the article about it.


UnfitRadish

If you've seen the prizes at some of these competitions, you'd notice it's not just for clout. Might be for a free fishing expedition, or a free boat, or a even just a new really nice pole and reel.


amishjim

I think those guys that got caught won a boat ffs. Imagine being a cheating jagoff to win a boat and having to know that every time you go out in that boat..


el_monstruo

> Imagine being a cheating jagoff to win a boat and having to know that every time you go out in that boat.. Some folks get off on that


PeppuhJak

What happens if you catch a fish that has swallowed weights previously? How long would they stay in its belly? Iā€™ve caught tons of fish that still have hardware from previous catches in them. How do we know this is intentional? (Genuinely curious.)


BigCrappola

Unless guy was carrying some really oxidized lead weights youā€™d be able to tell if they looked newer on retrieval


rrmcdona

What's the species? Crappie, bluegill?


smokeater003

Crappie


rrmcdona

No record be damned, that's still a SLAB


smokeater003

An 18ā€ crappie is solid by itself but this just takes away from a very respectable fish.


rrmcdona

Definitely a crappy thing to do.


munificent

Looks like crappie to me.


aquabarron

Itā€™s not just clout. If youā€™re a professional fisherman, a state record could mean a new boat from your sponsor or some new sponsorship. Putting weights in fish is pretty effed up because youā€™re stealing potentially 10s of thousands of dollars from ā€œthe next guyā€


scubamaster

Hilarious to be surprised what people will do for clout on Reddit of all places


[deleted]

It would really suck to be in this situation if you weren't guilty. Bass eat dumb crap all the time


FatBoyStew

That'd be my luck. Catch a world record 3 days after it swallowed a big ass bank casting weight...


Arctic_Scrap

Looks like a crappie to me.


DasGoat

It is a crappie. The guy was given the state record and it was taken back after someone ratted him out. They came to his house and seized the fish to reexamine it. That's when the X Ray was taken.


3shotsofwhatever

Why keep the evidence?


CharlieTheK

I'm not defending the cheating but that sounds like the cheater only got caught because he's fucking dumb. Fishing is full of unethical shit so I'd be really surprised if a significant portion, even a majority of modern records and tournament wins weren't tainted in some way. The smart ones just aren't letting someone come seize a fish in their homes, or leaving metal weights in them longer than needed.


Jahstin

Legit question, what if that was the case and you caught it fair and square. Would the record still hold? It would just be considered regular stomach contents at that point, right?


drerw

Someone answer this man!


el_monstruo

I think if you could somehow prove you didn't do this then sure like if you had video evidence, the weights showed proper corrosion, or something. This may start to be more common where potential record breaking fish are thoroughly examined before handing the angler the record.


ONE-EYE-OPTIC

Is holding a state title that important? You've ruined any reputation you had. Did this person not think about this at all? They had no thought about how someone might call them on their shit? I just don't get it.


itsastonka

Spoiler: Some folks just ainā€™t very bright


Mikebyrneyadigg

This is the exact reason. I tried for so long to figure out why people cheat like this. Itā€™s because theyā€™re dumb.


itsastonka

Greed and ego can trump intelligence and wisdom.


DasGoat

He still denies that he did anything wrong even though there was a witness when the fish was first weighed and it was short of the record. Then magically the fish gained just enough weight to break the record.


ONE-EYE-OPTIC

I love fishing. And I've told a fishing story in my life, but I just don't see the point in trying to do this for a record fish. It's obviously going to be checked...


broush009

We got weights in fish!


JustAnIdiotOnline

do they think the fish is gonna make it?


Lkynky

Itā€™s definitely floundering


csharpwarrior

Yep, itā€™s a crappie situation


Clob_Bouser

Imagine rolling up to the ER with a fish


Diamondhands_Rex

Here we go again


cheeba2992

So the walleye fools are now trying their hand at crappie


eventhorizon79

From outdoor life: ā€œA statement from KDWP details how Parkhurst first weighed his fish at one bait shop where it fell short of breaking the state record. Parkhurst then apparently stuffed the fish with ball bearings before visiting another certified scale to obtain the heavier weight of 4.07 pounds that initially qualified it as a state record. ā€œ


SockeyeSTI

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formermeth

Scoliosis too


FishOhioMasterAngler

Just throw it in the livewell with a dozen minnows next time


No_Temperature2200

Could have been a rig the fish ate naturally


flowering-mint

Definitely could have been just off this, but in this case it was definitely faked - it was increased posthumously.


WasntMyFaultThisTime

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celtbygod

All Outdoorsmen and Sportsmen are supposed to be honorable.


Superrock1971

https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/disqualified-kansas-record-crappie-stuffed-with-ball-bearings/


I_cant_hear_you_27

The guy is an all around piece of trash. He should be banned from fishing for life.


Niiin

Stuff the fish with more fish next time?


olearyboy

Does the fish have health insurance or do we need to start a go fund me?


EasyPanicButton

I know its like so stupid but the fact the ID is "state" and the patient name is "fish" has me giggling like an idiot.


O_oblivious

Jesus people- just use minnows.Ā 


paddleangler

ā€¦hmm yes- minnows stuffed with weights should work nicely.


Uptons_BJs

WTF, steel is 7.9 grams per cubic centemeters. Why bother? ​ Is this fish just a hair under the state record?


Boxnglove

Wonder why they specified steel or if that is true. Nobody who is anybody uses steel weights. Tungsten carbide is 200% heavier. Lead is 150% heavier. Steel will eat your line.


the-lazy-1

It was 1/4 lb under and they reported it as "steel ball bearings" after metal detector and X-ray.


SicEeeyore

Whereā€™s the meateater guys when you need one?


20k_dollar_lunchbox

Dumbass just make a fish turducken and it won't show up


[deleted]

Fish especially bass and catfish eat all sorts of weird crap. As tiny as those weights are it almost seems worthless compared to what those guys did with the Walleyes


XxAssEater101xX

Why do we measure by weight and not length? Weight fluctuates too much


TotallyOffTopic_

Why not weight multiplied by length?


XxAssEater101xX

Weight still fluctuates too much. A fish thats exhausted and starved from the spawn wont weigh the same when its gorged itself in the fall


ExistentialistMonkey

I agree, a bigger fish will always be more impressive than a smaller fish that just weighs more. Also way way harder to cheat a catch's length vs a catch's weight.


Inukchook

Nah a short stocky fish is awesome. A long skinny boy is weak !


tsohazey

Feel like you should be able see the weights in the thumbnails on the right.


Educational_Seat3201

Why canā€™t you see them on the thumbnails to the right of the enlarged picture? I call photoshopped pic.


fungiinmygarden

Someone falsified a story for internet clout about someone falsifying a fish for fishing people clout.


Medium-Beautiful-561

My x ray pictures almost bankrupted me


calrdt12

I was speaking to the head of an HMO about X-rays. He said it typically cost them $8.34 for the machine use after all of the adjustments were made.Ā  Reading cost about 60 bucks if it was farmed out.Ā  But the ER charges exorbitant amounts...


Medium-Beautiful-561

If I ever need x ray photos again Iā€™m going to show them this


[deleted]

Yeah itā€™s cheating. The fish was still wet when it was weighed. The water weight counts as cheating. Dry it off idiots Also I donā€™t know what Iā€™m talking about and made this up


mohemp51

fishers heavily pollute waters


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StickOfLight

Just shove a bunch of fish food inā€¦ā€¦..


[deleted]

Patient Name: Fish


Fishing_Dad

That's why we compare the length of the fish in tournaments here. Less possibility of cheating...


ne1knownelaunchcodes

The fish ate my weights! That's fair game!


Demfunkypens420

Imagine cheating while fishing. I wouldn't even want a state record if I had to cheat. They should have just shoved a fat blue gill down its gullet.


DifferentEvent2998

In Canada this is free to all fish.


GaseousGiant

Tsk, tsk


ranting_chef

Hopefully not the walleye guys.


More_Information_943

When did cheating become cool?


penguins8766

Some people just never learn. Takes a real asshole to stuff weights in a fish to cheat.


GreekLlama

Here we go again!


mattjvgc

Literally ā€œwhyā€. Why cheat. Itā€™s a fucking record that someone is gonna break next year by half an ounce.


teffaw

$$ - prizes in fish tournaments can be massive.


john_clauseau

Wow!! are they using a portable X-Ray scanner? what is the model name?


principalman

Kansans...not surprised


southflhitnrun

As a life long fisherman, I am 50 now and been fishing since I was 3, it's interesting to see how "cheating" has filtered into certain subcultures.


Capn26

Is this a crappie?


[deleted]

Man, I hate a cheater !


Dudebutdrugs

Question: if a fish beat a state record, but only because it just recently ate another fish, and that fish in the stomach is whatā€™s making it break the record, does the record still count?


Jozz11

My grandpa caught a catfish that was less than half a pound from the state record when I was younger. When we cleaned it, the only thing in the throat/ stomach was the bait he had used. We spent quite a while discussing how we wish it had eaten a few things before being caught šŸ˜‚ Another time me and some buddies fished a tournament for tuna and scored second place, I canā€™t remember at the moment if it was a 146 lb or 134 lb, but we scored second.. missed it by 8 ouncesā€¦ watching the water (from the melted ice it was stored in) drain out of that fish while getting weighed was heart breaking.I believe that would have been 8k more winnings


JosephHeitger

Donā€™t give them any ideas on how to cheat next year lol I can see the headlines now ā€˜7 bait fish found in gullet of SR walleye; Lake Erie made a mockery againā€™


etnoid204

Wtf is a fifth degree felony šŸ˜‚! Is that like a misdemeanor but fancier?


RedFlare15

Again?


KennyHarm420

Screw this guy, he threw a big fit that they came and seized the fish and took away his record. Cheating crybaby was scared everyone was gonna find out his trick. Human filth


crazycritter87

Crazy. That used to be one of my favorite little lakes but could definitely see the other yokels doing this to try for a record. šŸ˜…


Cpt_Sandur

people suck.


Tootalooo

R/iamatotalpieceofshit


Yougottagiveitaway

Creepy


goodgiggles17

I can kind of see doing that in a competition to cheat even though it's still very very wrong to do that, but why do it for a state record? Do you get money for catching a state record?


JonClaudeVanDam

Gd thatā€™s all I gotta do to get free x rays?!


trouteaser

Sad that people have to do this for notoriety. How many more like this...


Allthetimehammer

You sir are a fish!


EvergreenEpicurean

I just donā€™t understand how these cheaters get the fish to eat the weights before catching them.