Page 10 - 2014 Lake St. Clair Guide

til we get ice again in the winter…which four day tour- Hank Cherry was
is why you see a lot “fishermen” photos in nament, Chris crowned Rookie of
this magazine each year from people visit- Lane, went
ing that stay with us at one of my rentals on home with the Year at Lake St.
the lake @ www.stclairrental.info. $109,300 and Clair Metropark

If you’re not into fishing, you may not have the beautiful
heard Lake St. Clair was honored to host a
very exciting B.A.S.S. event which ESPN trophy at the
covered. The Bass Anglers Sportsman So-
bottom right.

Still not im-

Did you know that Bassmasters ciety (B.A.S.S.), is a fishing organization pressed? Kevin VanDam from Kalamazoo
with over 500,000 members. Besides a who calls Lake St. Clair his "home lake"
ranked Lake St. Clair the best all magazine and a weekly TV program, it’s has accumulated over $5.5 MILLION in
around bass fishing lake in the B.A.S.S. earnings, and add to that has ma-
jor sponsors and his own line of lures. He
world last year? … Our Lake St. best known for its annual tournaments
Clair was written about in news articles around the U.S. The top fishermen in the finished 31st out of 100 in the Lake
all around the country when BassMasters world compete the entire year to qualify St. Clair Tournament,
made this announcement. Although I think for the “Super Bowl” of fishing… the but still took home
a vast majority of us use Lake St. Clair area Bassmaster Classic, which actually kicks $45,000!
waters more for “boating” since
we have the most beautiful clear The bass fishing "king" of anglers, I had a few an-
blue fresh water for swimming the $5 million man Kevin VanDam nouncements and
and so many fun waterfront practicing for the Bassmaster Pro Elite photos during
tournament just outside the this tournament
places to go and things to do in North Channel by Lake St. Clair week posted on
my Facebook
the world! (We always vacation page.... As you
may guess, there
on the water somewhere and were a few com-
ments of "must
what we have here to offer is be nice to fish
for a living"....
rarely beaten, don't you think?) so, here's a
snippet of
Luckily for our local economy their life.....
Continued
too, thousands of fishermen page 12....

from around the country visit

here as soon as the ice melts un-

Fireworks Along the Water off the fishing season in
February and has a first
New Baltimore - Anchor Bay June 19 place purse of $500,000.
Lake St. Clair was the
Marysville - St. Clair River June 21 final major event of this
past season to help de-
Detroit - Detroit/Windsor June 23 termine the fishermen
who would compete in
Mt. Clemens-Clinton River Downtown June 27 the Classic in February.
The Tournament here on
Lake St. Clair Metropark July 2 Lake St. Clair crowned
Aaron Martens "Angler
Algonac - St. Clair River July 3 of the Year", Hank Cher-
ry "Rookie of the Year",
Belle Maer/MacRay - Anchor Bay July 4 and the winner of this

St. Clair - St. Clair River July 4

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