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A Louisiana man was arrested Thursday after game wardens determined he had placed 2.59 pounds of lead weights in a bass during a May 17 fishing tournament on Toledo Bend. It’s the latest — though by no means novel — cheating attempt in a string of high-profile fishing tournament scandals in recent years.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents took Aaron Moreau, 38, of Pollock into custody for “alleged bass fishing contest violations” in Sabine Parish, according to a statement by the agency. Officials were first contacted when Moreau reportedly submitted a bass to weigh-in.
“…A fish was weighed in by an individual that indeed was recognized [as suspicious] by my bump man immediately,” said Big Bass Splash spokesman Chris Bennett in a video statement posted to the tournament’s Facebook page, where it has received more than 42,000 views in 24 hours. (A bump man is the tournament official who “bumps” a fish’s nose against the…
