Page 54 - 2019 Lake St. Clair Guide Magazine

2008 California Delta Chad Grigsby $103,000 + $25,000
FLW Pro Ranger Cup
Tour. Winner at
Lake St. Clair
Winner Chad

ake t. lair Grigsby won the
Simms Big Bass

award on Day 1 with

a 6# 3oz. Small-

mouth and came in

with a total 5 fish bag

of 25# 13oz. (his 15

year career best)

which got him

off to a great

start. each day – fish are then released back
to the lake. 4 Day weight total wins.
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recreational fishing tourna- 2 he main- Some of these pros thought 5 fish
ments each year. Luckily tained his at a total of 17# would be a good day…
we receive great TV time too lead with not here! The last Bassmaster Tourna-
with the professional tourna- 24# 4oz., ment announcer said “22 is the new 20
ments. The most recent was for Lake St. Clair!”
the FLW, the world’s largest and fi-
tournament fishing organiza- nal day 4 Lake St. Clair was #1 in total weight
tion for the June 2018 Tour brought a for Bassmasters’ 2017 season. The
five-bass 2018 FLW winner brought in 97# 8oz.
presented by Mercury with a limit of while the most recent Bassmaster
winner here Jason Christie finished
total purse over $930,000. The smallmouth weighing with 88.8#... HUGE difference when
usually ounces make the difference on
pros’ two-day total catch of 6,045# 6oz 26# 4 oz. to win over $100,000. the last day.... FLW guys better than
Pro-Elite Bassmasters? Or are our
Day 2’s Simms Big Bass Award went Bass just getting bigger!
was a new FLW Tour record, besting to Ryan Chandler at 6# 10oz. small-
the previous mouth bass. And speaking of Lake St. Clair and
record of Bassmaster Magazine...
Day 4 the top 10 pros weighed in
5,938# 12oz 50 bass at 211# 9 oz. averaging 4.24# continued on page 78
(107# differ- each.
ence) which
Basic Tournament Rules: Fisher-
o c c u r r e d men bring in 5 live bass to weigh-in
in the

FLW Fishermen at the Lake St. Clair Tournament:

Brad Knight was “Typcally 17 is good, but not here”
within 1# of winner “It’s like buying a shirt you think no one will have in high school
Grigsby through 3 days
but finished 3rd after then showing up the next day and everyone’s wearing it”
Grigsby brought in 26.4# to “You catch 17 pounds and get a pat on the back and no paycheck”
Brad’s 21.15# on final day

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