Chris Johnston Wins 2018 Canadian Open Pro/Am with 50-96lbs!

Johnston Bros. 1st and 3rd. 
By Luigi De Rose 

Chris Johnston again proves he is a smallmouth master.
(Photo: John Whyte)

Under a historic cold front where the air temp dropped almost 20C and the wind kicked up after a week of hot, humid weather Lake Simcoe/ Lake Couchiching still illustrates why it is one of the best smallmouth lake on the planet.  Prefishing saw giant smallmouth cruising shallow shoals, glued to boulders and feeding on deep flats. Fresh off a stellar FLW Tour season, Chris Johnston put together two stellar 5-bass limits, 26-35lbs and 24-06lbs, to capture the Canadian Open Pro/Am. Second place went to Brian Huges who landed 50lbs. Newly minted dad, Cory Johnston grabbed third with 48-04lbs. Forth went to Simcoe ace John Whyte with 48-04lbs and Seb Roy finished 5th with 46-03lbs anchored by a 6-05lbs bass, the tournament's largest bass.

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Here is the Top 10.

place/angler/day 1 weight/day 2 weight/ total (pounds)

1.  Cory Johnston 20  26  46
2.  Derek Strub 22.5  21.9  44.4
3.  Chris Johnston  23.1  20.8  43.9
4.  Charles Sim  20.75   22  42.75
5.  John Whyte 23.05  19.55  42.6
6.  John Macdonald 23.4  18.8  42.2
7.  Bob Izumi 21.2  20.5  41.7
8.  Jamie Janzen 18.8  21.7  40.5
9.  Barry Graves  20.55  19.9  40.45
10.  Rob Laframboise  19.75  20.3  40.05

Big Bass (tied)
Cory Johnston and John Whyte with 5.65lb. smallmouth

Co-Anglers
place/angler/2 day total (pounds)


1) Steve Stinson 49.10
2) Kevin Ormerod 45.30
3) Darren Izumi 43.40
4) Kari Neumayer 41.10
5) Paul Legacy 40.90