Long time ago I went on a party boat to fish for fluke. Guy who won the pool stuffed weights into the fish. He got caught and the first mate offered to either beat the crap out of him or he goes overboard and swims to shore. He jumped. Was pretty close to the beach so he didn’t have much of a swim. But he lost all his gear as it was tossed in also.
If our extended family had a fishing tournament, cheating would be expected. Everyone would spend more time and effort thinking of ways to cheat and how to catch the cheaters than actually fishing. Of course, we wouldn’t be competing for more than pocket change and bragging rights. The ultimate bragging rights here would be to confess after-the-fact to cheating that no one caught.