The Story Of The Most Prolific Cheater In Bass Fishing History

This isn't cheating then. It's immoral a/f, and if caught and THEN banned, I get it completely, but he didn't cheat, and you can't deny that. I would never do it, I'm on the side of those who are wronged by this, I'm only pointing out that the HUSTLER (not cheater) was right, and he didn't break any posted rules....

There is no way he's casting into a hole in a walmart plastic tub. He starts off by saying this guy casts like a 3 yr old but when hes cheating hes fucking dead eye Dan? Come on! 😂

I started fishing late in life. But have become almost obsessed with it and as an athlete who has from birth been ultra competitive. I don’t understand how someone can cheat. It sickens me to hear that. I enjoy your videos and would like to fish with you one day

Love your stories Randy. When I was much younger I fished fruit jar tournaments with a friend . The lake was over populated with small bass. We found a place that held large bass and won two tournaments in a row. Fisherman were saying to themselves that we must be cheating and that hurt. I was very proud to have won against these fishermen. After my friend started winning regional tournaments did they find out we weren’t cheating. Still bothers me to this day.

Any time there’s money involved, it suddenly is no longer fun. When people start showing up from long distances, they aren’t there for fun.

Caught a team cheating on lake Norman....they snuck out of the weigh in..but left the their rig
8 flat tires...lol

Where was he getting the fish? 🤷‍♂

Did anybody kick this cheaters ass.

Kinda like putting a "150" hood on a "250" motor and beating everybody to the honey hole? But he got to kiss a lot of fish....

Why will people not mention this dildos name. What is he a Harry Potter character? Hell id settle for " saying his name is a curse".

I came here expecting Scott Martin stories.

Read about Mike Long....he ripped off San Diego county anglers for years.....

This sounds worse than what Mike Long was doing.

Greatest story ever told as a drunkin rambler...still funny!
You are a Moron sir.

I wonder how prevalent cheating is in fishing it seems to be very easy especially if you don’t use way too much you could get away with it as long as they don’t cut the fish open afterwards.

That’s so crazy!!

My question is, where does he get the giant bass he’s planting.

If your not cheating your not trying

Who is this guy?

The stuffing sinkers into fish is a common thing. My friend fishes pay lake catfish tournaments. Yes I know….but anyway, he was beaten by a guy that caught the same fish he had caught earlier in the day but it weighed a pound and a half more.

Was his name Christian?

I quit fishing one day when I was shore fishing (too poor to have a boat) and uncomfortable from my lack of success. Then as I almost inhaled one more flying bug I got disgusted and thought what am I doing out here, unable to outsmart a fish? That was my last time fishing, ever, about age 30. I took up sport and wildlife photography and birdwatching instead, activities much cleaner that fishing, and much more satisfying, to me at least.

Great story but sad there are people in this world like him. There is no doubt for every dollar you make, there are 20 people out there trying to beat you out of it. Be cautious but keep fishin'.

I have a question? I saw an angler use a site seer device to find bass is that against the rules?

I've never fished game fish tournaments. But back in the 80s I did a lot of pay pond tournaments. CHEATING OMG😂 for 50 bucks😮

I’m sorry this guy cheated a lot of people out of there rightful place in the tournament, but I want to see the movie about this guy and how did he catch those 6lb fish in the first place, Randy would you play a part in the Movie 😂😂😂

Wonder how much his partner that helped him made

I looked at an update & the prosecutors’ “bargain” from John Crews website, 4/5/2023. It's a joke! Jacob Runyon, Broadway Heights, Ohio & Chase Kaminski, Heritage, Pennsylvania were charged with grand theft and both possessing criminal tools. gave up their fishing license for 3 years, Kaminski gave them a boat valued at supposedly $100,000, and both would have 6 months probation. Charges of grand theft and possession of criminal tools were dropped. They added that if they complete their probation that the case be “expunged.” SO, no record? Sentencing to be 5/11/2023. That’s a joke. I wrote an essay but I doubt anyone would want to read it. However, I thought about what a “punishment” for me would be re: something like this. I think having all my fishing gear taken from me would be devastating. There are so many memories involved with my tackle, no matter how often you fish, I would see it as my biggest loss in this type of setting(not looking at family, etc.). Are these “prosecutors” looking at this as “oh well, let’s go to the next case?” I listed many reasons & punishments in my “essay.” Let me know if anyone interested. Any ideas on what we can do or do you think the punishment fits the crime? Other additions, loss of license ≥10 years, community service yearly at fish & game dept., try to track down the person behind them in larger tournaments and ? Reparation.
Also this needs to go to trial. They need to be seen by ++++ people for what they've done

The officials and sponsors who refused to prosecute him as bad or worse than him.

Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.

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Wow!!! Super interesting story!! Thanks for sharing this sir!! I'll be talking about this for a long, long time!!

Hiding fish in a basket was actually quite common in the eighties in North Texas tournaments. Seems like every month or so someone got caught cheating. Any time there's money and or recognition involved, people will cheat. Hat's off to all you guys who fished your fingers to the bone and finished your careers with your integrity in tact.

Did they ever catch the criminals that shot up his truck?

anything you enter to compete against others for money you'll have cheaters. Anyone who will cheat at something that isn't even a money event will cheat in a money event and the world is rife with cheaters.

The "most prolific cheater" wasn't actually cheating by rules... LMFFFAAAOOO

I have to wonder, if he wasn't a good fisherman, where did he get all these big bass to put in this plastic tub???

About how much money do you figure he made? Say, up to the point he got caught and had the chat at the van?

I been bass fishing along time and the guy people are mentioning I remember the story other than I read 55 gallon drops in tree tops and way back under tree branches hanging over near the shore the main thing I wanted to mention almost 100 percent sure he said he was in a horrible boat accident and he could not fish he said someone strung a cable across a creek and it got him and he had a broken back or neck I don’t know if it was before he got caught or it was something he made up to try and cover his ass to why he stopped fishing

Innocent - till proving guilty. What if those fellas were set up??? You all gonna feel stupid. They prolly guilty of charges but we don't know.... nascar was built be cheaters - not getting caught. Why is fishing different.

Took ya 25 seconds to cry about live scope. 👎

I beg to differ on your statement that cheating on a fishing tournament is a victimless crime. Every angler pays money to fish in these tournaments. I've fished in tournaments that were sponsored by a mom & pop tackle shop with a small entrance fee to the White Marlin Tournament which you literally can spend thousands of dollars per angler to fish. The crime of theft is not victimless because the thief is stealing money that was not his. So every angler is a victim of his crime.Please think a little more before you make such statements.

Who?

Again, where did he get all the fish to begin with??

Sounds like what Roland Martin did back in the day. Planting those big Okeechobee bass ahead of tournaments he fished.

Just gut the fish before weighing. What's the big deal with that?

I used to fish local tournaments during 80s,horribly,but always thought how easy it would be to rig one of these things,especially when money got so insane.

Interesting, never heard of this guy before.
He must have did a homer Simpson and disappeared into the hedge afterwards 🤣😂

What about robbie rose?