'[It's like] guys cheating at your local poker table.' The scandal at the Lake Erie tournament level casts a wide net — wide enough to capture the interest of millions.
Larger tournaments with big prizes have turned to lie detector tests to root out cheaters, but that doesn't always work, as last week's tournament revealed. For smaller tournaments, trust among competitors is essential.
So when two men competing for about $30,000 in cash stuff their catch with weights, it grates on fellow competitors and disgusts amateur anglers. It's the deflated football scandal of the fishing world. "There's a lot that goes into a fishing tournament – a lot of time, a lot of money…" Licht said."I can understand when people cheat why other people get so upset. These guys see each other weekend after weekend after weekend."Licht said tournament director Fischer is a client of her and her husband's non-fishing business, and she knows the national publicity from the scandal has been difficult for him.
But for smaller tournaments with fewer resources, even the lie detectors used by big competitions are a prohibitive expense, meaning they'll need to largely keep to counting on honor among anglers."I'd like to think that most anglers are good, honest people because I think that most people are good, honest people," he said.
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