Man cheats in fishing tourney, gets slapped with felony charge

Hey, FYI: The Missouri Department of Conservation and Benton County Prosecutor Karen Woodley take cheating in fishing tournaments seriously. Like, one year in jail and a $1,000 fine seriously. Yeah.

David R. Gann, 72, found that out earlier this month after he allegedly tried to use bass he had trapped before in a tournament on Truman Lake. According to an MDC press release, fishers found a box holding three bass (one dead from stress) in the lake a couple of days before the tournament. They thought something was fishy (tee hee hee) about the box. Then, conservation agents laid a trap to nab Gann.