Canadian Erik Luzak 131st.
By Sean Ostruszka
FLW PRESS RELEASE
Lake St. Clair may have been the
main attraction, but it was the undercard that stole the show, at least for
today.
Berkley Max Scent flat worm on a drop shot
is a killer again for Josh.
(Photo: FLW)
Technically,
it’s hard to call Lake Erie the undercard considering it was the launch site of
the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament. Yet, with how strong St.
Clair has been fishing lately – a recent Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented
by T-H Marine event there had 29 limits over 20 pounds – Erie almost
seemed like an afterthought as guys considered making the 100-plus-mile run up
past Detroit.
Well,
plenty of guys made the run today (and were beaten up for it), but of the seven
bags topping 20 pounds today, only one came outside of Erie. And none were
bigger than Josh Bertrand’s 22-pound, 6-ounce leading weight. Yet, don’t expect
him or anyone else to be singing Erie’s praises just yet.
“I
mean, it was not an easy day of fishing to be honest,” says the San Tan Valley,
Ariz., pro. “I think I only had seven keeper bites. It was tough, but it worked
out perfectly. That’s really the bottom line.”
Really,
nothing came easy today regardless of an angler’s decision to stay in Erie or
run to St. Clair.
For
those that ran, they suffered through a near two-hour boat ride just to make it
to the smaller lake, and it sure wasn’t a smooth ride at that. Reports of
broken trolling motors and various other boat components were the common theme
for those that braved the run thanks to some decent-sized waves. Worse, their
reward for their efforts was little fishing time and less-than-stellar fishing.
Only Gerald Sphorer (seventh with 20-0) and Tommy Dickerson (eighth with 19-13)
can say the run was really worth it.
As for those that stayed in Erie, largemouth were barely a factor come weigh-in, and the top pros all reported very few bites.
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