Page 55 - 2018 Lake St. Clair Guide Magazine

Lake St. Clair. Where us locals think

- 2017 was a phenominal Walleye season - we should catch 50 bass in a day,
Brandon said the Bassmasters look at
Countless anglers fished the channels it differently while here working the wa-
all season, easily limiting out ... ter. They – and our smallmouth - are
some said was too easy! constantly on the move. These Elite

fishermen are looking for six or seven

bites in a day … but they will all be BIG

and you’d better land them. And that

showed in the end.

Before the Elite Tournament arrived

here late August, nationally known

Bass Anglers Sportsman Society -

Bassmaster’s - ranked Lake St. Clair

#2 in their northeastern region and #9

overall for the U.S. At the final weigh

in, the announcer said 22 is the new

20… meaning, bringing in a total 22#

bag of 5 fish for the day was the new

Lake St. Clair is #1 for Bassmasters minimum if you wanted to stay in the
game. The catch brought in was the highest weights we’ve
A lot of speculation with the almost record high wa- ever witnessed. I was told by one of the guys that the small-
ter levels, cooler water temperatures, not sure, but last sum- mouth bag weight of Lake St. Clair matched or exceeded
mer seemed to be a little tougher for some to find the bass noted “largemouth” lakes. When looking at the numbers,
and muskie, however, not for the Bassmaster Pros! Lake St. Clair was #1 in total weight caught for the Bass-
Elite fishermen Brandon Coulter (ended up 14th, master 2017 season. The top 50 guys brought over 3,000#
missed the final day cut by 1oz.!) and rookie John Hunter of fish to the Lake St. Clair weigh in in 4 days. The excited
(23rd) stayed with us for last season’s tournament here on anglers at the final day weigh in said Continued next page..

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