Brian Metry, of Michigan, was in firm control of
the Bassmaster Northern Open on day 1 and 2. He brought outstanding limits
of smallmouth and seemed likely to march on to a victory. Unfortunately, his
boat failed him and day 3 was a mad scramble to secure another boat and then a
winning limit.
By the end of the tournament, Jason Christie, of
Oklahoma, worked hard and earned the win. Muddled under the surprise victory of
FLW touring pro Christie was the dominant pattern Metry ran to land over 62
pounds for 15 smallmouth bass.
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| Brian needed the whole family to show off his giants. (Photo: David Hunter Jones BASS) Here is his own words on his pattern for the BASSMASTER Open on the Detroit river . |
I would start my morning out getting a 16-18 lb limit throwing Jack-it
Products Hydro Series and 600 Series crank baits. I was keying in on 2 colors,
Double Dog- which is a shad pattern and Crankin' Craw which is a Crayfish
pattern.
I was fishing weed patches the size of a small dump truck in 18 FOW (Feet of water) bass were hiding in the weeds because the water was cool, has more oxygen and
it's a great place to ambush baitfish. The Hydro Cranks dive to 12' and were
great for running over the tops of the weed patches- if it got hung up I would
rip it out and get a reaction strike. The 600 Cranks which dive to 18' I was
running in between the weed patches and burning them as fast as I could. I was
getting my 2 biggest fish on the lake using these techniques
The 2nd half of
the day I was taking my limit up the river and looking for 3 more big fish to
cull up to 20+ pounds. I was dragging a Lunch Money big boy tube in Cotton
Candy color because the bass were feeding on big shiners. There were not a lot
of fish in my area but the ones that were there were 4+.
Thanks Brian Metry and the people at Jact-It
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