Ice Fishing Contest Cheater.

  • jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    February 24, 2009 at 6:19 pm #1300374

    Hope the cops take it seriously. No different than stealing a truck imo.

    Ice-fishing winner disqualifies self
    By Andy Rathbun
    [email protected]
    Updated: 02/24/2009 10:24:56 AM CST

    The first-place winner of an ice-fishing contest in Somerset, Wis., has disqualified himself after contest officials investigated the circumstances of his win.

    St. Croix County Sheriff Dennis Hillstead said his department is looking into whether the contestant, Lee Shehow, committed a crime. Attempts to contact Shehow were unsuccessful.

    The Somerset Youth Athletics 2009 Bass Lake Ice Fishing Contest was held Saturday and featured a 2008 Dodge Dakota pickup valued at about $28,000 as the first place prize. It will now go to the second-place winner.

    jeweler
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 543
    February 24, 2009 at 6:23 pm #751943

    What did the person do?

    hairjig
    Cudahy, Wis.
    Posts: 937
    February 24, 2009 at 6:34 pm #751947

    C’Mon Jon, The suspense is KILLING me …………….”Hairjig”

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 24, 2009 at 6:34 pm #751948

    BK…take the high road here.

    timmy
    Posts: 1960
    February 24, 2009 at 6:35 pm #751949

    You must need quite the combination of HUGE BALLS and a SMALL BRAIN to attempt cheating in one of the big derbies!

    Tim

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    February 24, 2009 at 6:43 pm #751954

    I believe the story clearly implies the person was cheating. Why else would a person who won a contest forfiet the first place prize? I copied the complete aritcle from the Pioneer Press website. Pioneer Press

    If you have questions about the story, send an e-mail the the reporter. Let us know what he said.

    Edit –

    The printed version of the story said there would be a press conference today at 1pm. Stay tuned.

    -J.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 24, 2009 at 6:52 pm #751958

    I want to know if the cheater was in anyway associated with the folks who were running the contest or if he simply cheated on his own. The article leaves a lot to be assumed.

    E Ashwell
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 423
    February 24, 2009 at 7:10 pm #751963

    any time I fish in a contest even the Perch Extravaganza I always wonder if some moron will do something like this. What a jack hole, hope he gets the book thrown at him.

    Great White
    Vinton, Iowa
    Posts: 362
    February 24, 2009 at 7:29 pm #751976

    You have no respect for yourself or other fishermen if you cheat in a contest!

    –Whitey

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3480
    February 24, 2009 at 7:53 pm #751990

    Even if I were stupid enough to try and cheat at one of these tournies, my luck is I would still finish 1 place out of the money.

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3480
    February 24, 2009 at 9:37 pm #752029

    Here is a little more info from the New Richmond newspaper.

    Quote:

    The winner of the Somerset Youth Athletic Association Ice Fishing Contest has disqualified himself and he may face criminal charges.

    According to SYAA spokesman John Montpetit, Lee Shehow of New Richmond was the winner of Saturday’s tournament with a 2.42 pound northern pike.

    After the tournament, suspicions were raised about Shehow’s fish. Several anonymous calls were made to tournament leaders. There were also undercover investigators working at the tournament who were questioning Shehow’s actions. An investigation was held and Shehow gave back the keys to the truck.

    Saturday’s tournament began at noon. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Shehow brought his fish to the weighing station. The front of Shehow’s sweatshirt was soaked when he brought the fish to be weighed.

    The $27,000 Dodge Dakota pickup truck that is the tournament grand prize now goes to the second place finisher. That would be Monica Slimmen of La Crosse, who caught a 1.72 pound northern pike.

    A news conference is planned for Tuesday at 1 p.m. at General Sam’s in Somerset to announce more details on the fishing contest and the investigation of Shehow. Slimmen will also be presented the keys to her truck at that time.

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    February 24, 2009 at 11:48 pm #752063

    Wait a minute…..Bass Lake contest…..cheater……You’ve got to be kidding!!!!!! no one would have ever…..

    jwall
    Posts: 50
    February 25, 2009 at 12:54 am #752075

    i heard about it and i think it is worse than stealing a truck.it just makes me mad that someone would actually do that.
    just my opinion

    mountain man
    Coon Valley, WI.
    Posts: 1419
    February 25, 2009 at 1:21 am #752088

    Cheating is wrong, no matter who does it and I’m glad this is getting exposed.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 25, 2009 at 2:45 am #752115

    Ya, but cheating can get you a 250 million dollar contract in baseball and it can get you to the #1 spot on the home run list.

    russjudy
    Minnesota
    Posts: 785
    February 25, 2009 at 12:43 pm #752186

    he sure show no guilt on the news last night when he was interviewed- well he made the news!!! and everyone including his nieghbors know him much better now along with any coworker friends he had

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    February 25, 2009 at 3:14 pm #752237

    Apparently, when asked what he was going to do with the truck, his response was:

    “Drive it like I stole it.”

    Joel

    scottsteil
    Central MN
    Posts: 3817
    February 25, 2009 at 3:59 pm #752262

    I watched the story last night. He did say he was going to drive it like he stole it. He admitted he has and arrest record. It turned out pretty cool, the girl that ended up winning had a really funny personality and made a joke about driving it like she stole it. One look at the guy and you could tell he cheated.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 25, 2009 at 4:27 pm #752279

    Quote:

    One look at the guy and you could tell he cheated.

    Actually, I was surprised the fella came on tv.

    With that look alone, I’m sure he will be convicted of…something.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 25, 2009 at 5:00 pm #752303

    What’s sad is it looked like he had a kid with him at the prize acceptance. What a lesson for your son or nephew.

    russjudy
    Minnesota
    Posts: 785
    February 25, 2009 at 11:16 pm #752448

    on the Today Show this morning the cheater is thinking about taking it to court to get the truck back

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    February 26, 2009 at 1:46 am #752520

    I bet he won’t take a polygraph…….. $27,000 for a Dakota ???? Who’s cheating who ????

    big G

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    February 26, 2009 at 5:07 pm #752741

    Quote:

    on the Today Show this morning the cheater is thinking about taking it to court to get the truck back

    That a boy Give up the keys due to , guilt? and then try to fight to get them back. (song playing in my head is : “If I only had a brain”)

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    February 26, 2009 at 5:27 pm #752757

    Quote:

    Quote:

    on the Today Show this morning the cheater is thinking about taking it to court to get the truck back

    That a boy Give up the keys due to , guilt? and then try to fight to get them back. (song playing in my head is : “If I only had a brain”)

    No doubt…he should just crawl back under his rock and pray for it to all just go away.

    jld
    Holmen
    Posts: 813
    February 26, 2009 at 9:38 pm #752916

    A two pound plus northern won the truck or should I say a 1.72 lb slimer took first place? I have must have caught thousands of hammer handles in my life, who knew one could be worth 28k.

    mccrty_ryn
    Holmen, WI
    Posts: 173
    February 27, 2009 at 10:05 pm #753295

    Why would the guy need bottled water when he had a whole lake of it under his feet? Wet clothes happen to me all the time when I fish. A lot of times I get warm and take layers off and during the course of the day they end up wet. However I don’t put soaked clothes back on. So that’s weird.

    Does anyone know what his explanation was for his wet clothes?

    If he didn’t cheat giving up like he did was a little goofy, but in my experience everyone is a little goofy.

    I hope they follow up with this until they know the truth. I am interested in seeing how this plays out.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    February 27, 2009 at 11:55 pm #753322

    There were 2 threads on this topic. This was posted on the otherthread:

    Quote:

    By Theresa Schneider
    Leader-Telegram staff
    Something smelled fishy at Saturday’s Somerset Youth Athletic Association Ice Fishing Contest at Bass Lake: the former winner’s sweatshirt.

    Lee Shehow of New Richmond, crowned the winner of the contest Saturday, may face criminal charges after admitting to smuggling in the fish to win the contest, keeping it alive in his sweatshirt during the tournament.

    Shehow, 38, won Saturday’s contest with a 2.42-pound northern pike. Suspicions were raised about Shehow’s fish, leading to an investigation, said SYAA spokesman John Montpetit.

    Shehow later disqualified himself and gave up the keys to the contest’s grand prize, a $27,000 Dodge Dakota pickup truck.

    The contest began at noon Saturday. At about 2:30 p.m. Shehow went to the weigh station with his pike.

    Undercover investigators at the tournament questioned Shehow’s actions. Montpetit said a primary concern was that Shehow bought water at a pace that was inconsistent with what a normal person would drink on a 14-degree day.

    Shehow’s sweatshirt also was soaked when he turned in his fish to the weigh station.

    During the investigation Shehow admitted he hid the pike in his sweatshirt, keeping it alive and later registering it at the weigh station. Montpetit said he could not discuss where the fish came from, but said Shehow admitted to having aquariums in his house.

    While no criminal charges have been filed, the case still is under investigation, Montpetit said.

    The truck was given Tuesday afternoon to the second-place winner, 26-year-old Monica Slimmen of La Crosse, who caught a 1.72-pound northern pike.

    Efforts to contact Shehow on Tuesday night were unsuccessful.

    Schneider can be reached at 833-9203 or 800-236-7077

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