With a small craft advisory still in effect for the Bay de Noc area of Lake Michigan, B.A.S.S. officials have cancelled day 2 of the Elite Series Angler of the Year Championship for a second straight day and decided to shorten the event to 2 days.
The hope is to resume and finish the event Sunday, but the marine forecast is calling for offshore winds of more than 30 knots (roughly 35 mph) from the north, raising the possibility of a third straight blow day. If the anglers are grounded again tomorrow, the competition will resume and conclude on Monday.
The winds that forced the cancellation of Friday's competition haven't subsided and waves on upper Lake Michigan are still in the 5 to 7 foot range. The winds are supposed to calm down this afternoon, but are expected to pick back up overnight into Sunday morning as a band of thunderstorms moves into the region.
“It’s at least as bad today, if not worse,” said Trip Weldon, B.A.S.S. tournament director, in a release announcing the cancellation of Saturday's action. A weather buoy offshore from Escanaba measured waves as high as 8 feet this morning, he added.
