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2024 SUMMER WATERFRONT FIREWORKS
Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair & Detroit Rivers

June 20: New Baltimore July 4: Over Anchor Bay Belle
Fishfly Fest - Anchor Bay Maer & MacRay Harbor

June 24: The Ford Fireworks July 4: City of St. Clair
Detroit - Detroit River July 5: Algonac Pickerel
- LET’S GO! Blue Water Fest Port Huron week of November (keep watch on the Bassmaster
Festival on the
June 28: St. Clair Shores
St. Clair River Pg. 111
July 18: Thursday
page). This is how my Indiana vacation rental cot-
tage guest Christian York did it for his first time to
Lake St. Clair last season. An avid bass fisherman
himself, after the trip fishing with two pro’s, he will be
back again this summer with his wife and their boat
August 1: Street Party
New Baltimore see pg. 118
to explore all what the area has to offer.
GET READY Photo annual downtown A VERY exciting opportunity - Christian was able
to marshal the first two days of the tournament - get-
ting very lucky with the random draw of joining Ja-
son Christie; a 10 year pro
and five-time Elite Series
champion (Lake St.
Clair 2017).
New Baltimore
On Day 2,
Fishfly Festival
Christian
Samantha Webber

of-towner’s get a
Yes! You can Locals and out-
chance to experi-
participate ence fishing with

in a Pro Fishing the Bassmaster
Pro Elites by vol-
Tournament! unteering to be a
marshal. What
does a marshal
do? Because of the large sums of money
involved, the marshal is there onboard each
pro’s boat to ensure the fisherman follows the
rules, fish are all legally caught, and that they are properly joined with 27 year old Cole Sands who was in 16th place
managed while in the live well. after day 1. (Cole Sands finished the tournament at 23rd
How you can be a marshal? Just join Bassmaster for as place with 61# 15oz, the most weight he’s caught in a tour-
low as $15/year and you can request to be a marshal for any nament and won $10,000 and Jason Christie ended up 21st
tournament. Registration begins each year around the 3rd place with 62# 3oz.)
I asked Christian for a couple of highlights and
one funny story he
shared of how stuff

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