With a new $27,000 Dodge truck up for grabs in a local ice fishing contest, Lee Shehow of New Richmond, Wisconsin, was willing to go to any length to win it. By bringing his own fish, of course.

Smelling something fishy, contest officials at Bass Lake in Somerset, WI, became suspicious of Shehow’s “winning” catch when they noticed the fish didn’t resemble the perch, walley and northern pike usually found in the lake. After some lengthy interrogation, Shehow finally fessed up: the fish in question was actually a caribbean red snapper he had purchased the previous day at the local Piggly Wiggly.

“I have lived here all my life, and I’ve never pulled anything like that out of this lake,” commented Vern “Bud” Langstrom, one of the tournament’s judges. “But I have to admit that red snapper is quite tasty, as we made a nice shore lunch after we confiscated it.”

Shehow was forced to forfeit the grand prize, and was also banished from area fishing tournaments for one year.