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Out of 100’s of lakes in the U.S., just two hours… it is his home lake however, and his strategy did
Bassmasters again ranked Lake St. Clair get him 12th place with 72# for $10,500.

in the top 5 last year at #3! How do the tournaments work? Over a 4 day period,

We host many fishing tournaments each year, however, it’s very each fisherman keeps his 5 largest bass (either smallmouth or
exciting when the top 100 Pro Elite Bassmaster fishermen com- largemouth) for a combined weight each day which is totaled up
pete here, which again they did at Lake St. Clair Metropark the last the final day. The winning weight for the 2015 Lake St. Clair
week of August 2015. Unlike the 2013 tourney, the majority of
the fishing in 2015 was done on Lake St. Clair… some fisher- Tournament was 84.7#.

men still did hike up to the mouth of the St. Clair River Strategies / Baits of the Top Elite
into Lake Huron and also down to Lake Erie, however, Fishermen: Pro Elite Chris Lane
smallmouth were abundant a short boat ride away. No
real big stories came from Lake Erie, however, we did who ended up 3rd place, fished
speak with Fletcher Shryock who spent 6 of his 8 daily minutes from Lake St. Clair
fishing hours running down to Lake Erie and back to fish for Metropark in Anchor Bay and
averaged 3.89# per fish with
Lake St. Clair Metropark his total weight of 77.8# us-
Day #1 Weigh In ing mainly a Keitech Swing
Bassmaster Tournament Impact FAT 3.8-inch swim-
bait where on day one with
about an hour-and-a-half
left caught two at 4.5#. His
strategy was to keep his bait
moving with the currents
into the lake from the chan-
nels. He fished in about 12
feet of water over grass.
Other top finishers, Jonathon
VanDam worked the shipping

channel, Continued Page 59...

It is very exciting for
kid’s, and grown ups, to

see these guys come in

And... when the Pros are not renting one of the many waterfront cottages on Lake St. Clair (Page 52) we have lots of
amateur fishermen visiting Lake St. Clair daily from all over the country... thanks again for coming here!

Kevin from Darren Ples from Ben from
West Virginia from Ohio Illinois

Missouri

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