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Fishermen Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky, accused of packing weights into fish in an attempt to win nearly $30,000 at an Ohio tournament, pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
Runyan and Cominsky were recently indicted after an inspection of the fish they submitted at the the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament in Cleveland found their fish had been stuffed with lead weights and fish fillets — a discovery that set off an uproar that was caught on a widely watched video.
Before that inspection, the pair had been poised to win the competition and team of the year honors, with a total prize of $28,760.
The fishing team are now co-defendants.
