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Pro-Elite Bassmasters coming to Attention Fishermen! We have it all!
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Lake St. Clair has earned the 2017 final tournament Easy
access!
again for the top 100 Elite fisherman August 24-27 as the &LSTiuvaFepcukpBellaleiiets Just off
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final opportunity to qualify these fishing professionals for the
Bay
“Super Bowl” of fishing... the Bassmaster Classic in Febru-

ary, which then kicks off 2018’s schedule.

Lake St. Clair Metropark hosts the last Bassmas-

ter major event of the

season where over

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out to the top anglers in At the end of M59, next to the Selfridge DNR Launch Ramp

their last event here. a maga-
zine and a
When fishing, weekly TV
program,
these professional are it’s best
known for
scattered around the its annu-
al tour-
Lake St. Clair area, but you and your family can enjoy the naments
around the
fun at Lake St. Clair Metropark when they return each day

for their weigh-in, starting by 4pm.

As a quick review, 100 fishermen must bring in their

five largest bass each day (alive) to be weighed. The com-

bined total weight after the 4-day tournament is the winner.

The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.), is

a fishing organization with over 500,000 members. Besides

U.S. Widely considered the “Super Bowl
of Bass Fishing,” the Bassmaster Classic
in March offers a purse of more than $1
million, including $300,000 to the champi-
on.

Lake St. Clair was ranked #1 in the
nation on Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass
Lakes in 2013 (#10 in 2016, #3 2015) and
was last visited by the Elite Series in 2015.
2015’s $100,000 winner Todd Fair-
cloth (which put him over the $2 million
mark for his career) brought in 84.7# over
4 days fishing a 1 mile area in southern
Lake St. Clair. Faircloth caught all his fish
on a drop shot.

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