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Grigsby Wins FLW Tour on St. Clair with Nearly 100 Pounds!
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FLW Tour pro Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minnesota, brought a five-bass limit of smallmouth weighing 26 pounds, 4 ounces to the scale Sunday to win the FLW Tour at Lake St. Clair presented by Mercury and the top prize of $125,000 – his second-career FLW Tour win.
Grigsby’s four-day total of 20 bass weighing 97-8 gave him the win by a 2-pound, 3-ounce margin over second-place angler Costa pro Dylan Hays of Sheridan, Arkansas, who weighed 20 bass for 95-5 to finish second and earn $30,200.
“I love this lake and today was one of those days that was just incredible,” said Grigsby, a five-time Forrest Wood Cup qualifier. “I’m at a loss for words on how good the lake is fishing. Michigan is my home state, and I’ve been fishing here for 20 years. I’ve never seen it so good. The fishing has been phenomenal – it’s been a really special week.”
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SMAC Report
Bo Thomas and Brett Bowman caught five bass weighing 7.89 pounds to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club Thursday night event on Eagle Lake in Cass County.
Thomas as Bowman caught their fish on drop-shot rigs.
Kaleb VanderReyden and Garrett Vankirk were second with five fish weighing 7.80 pounds that included big bass of the contest, a 2.87 pounder. They caught their fish on jigs.
Jeff Bostic and Steve Jeroff also used jigs to catch five bass weighing 7.80 pounds for third place.
The next tournament is July 8th on Magician Lake from 6 a.m. to noon.
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Ron Nelson tops FLW Series Northern Division record 205-boat field, wins $96K including New Ranger Boat
Ron Nelson tops FLW Series Northern Division record 205-boat field, wins $96K including New Ranger Boat - Photo by Jesse Shultz
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 23, 2018) – Pro Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, brought a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces, to the scale Saturday to win the Costa FLW Series Northern Division opener on Lake Champlain presented by Power-Pole. Nelson’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 60 pounds even was enough to earn him the top prize of $96,700 including a new Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower outboard engine.
Ron Nelson tops FLW Series Northern Division
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Nelson primarily fished the north end of the main lake around the Gut, which is the passage between Grand Isle and South Hero. He targeted smallmouth bass on beds, and largemouth near reeds, grass and docks. In the end, Nelson ended up weighing all smallmouth throughout the week.
“I caught my fish mostly sight-fishing this week. I found the beds pre-fishing and tried to find ones both deeper and shallow that the other anglers had missed,” said Nelson, who earned his third career FLW Series victory. “I fished beds that weren’t visually obvious to the average angler, and that made a big difference. I caught fish around guys all week. I didn’t have a secret spot or anything like that.
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Casting Couples Report
Rick Kedik (Niles) and Jake Lisenko (South Bend)
Rick Kedik (Niles) and Jake Lisenko (South Bend) won the Casting Couples St. Clair Open last weekend with 20.23 pounds of smallmouth.
Since it was an open tournament and a fund-raiser, it was open to male teams as well as couples.
The winners ($290) used tubes rigged with Native Pride's new tube jig in 10-13 feet of water. They keyed on sparse weeds and shell beds. The duo also had big bass of the day with a 4.83-pound smallmouth caught in the last 20 minutes of the tourney to earn an extra $90.
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SMAC Report
Mike and Caleb Vanderyden used wacky rigged drop-shot worms to catch a 10.53-pound limit and win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) Father’s Day Tournament on Diamond Lake Sunday.
The tournament drew 27 teams from the area.
Second place went to Chuck Powell and Louie Stout with 9.18 pounds. They also won the big bass pot with a 2.65-pound largemouth. The fish were caught drop-shotting Strike King Dream Shots and on 3/8-ounce jigs.
Clay Sterling and Drew Coffel were third with 8.82 pounds caught on drop shots while Korey Bloss fished along to fourth with 8.04, also caught on drop shots.
Adam Crocker and Dan Linn were fifth with 7.83 pounds caught on an Erie Darter, drop shot and crankbaits.
The next event is a weeknight event June 26 on Eagle Lake from 6-9 p.m.