> What: Northern FLW Series
> Where: Lake Champlain
> When: Thursday through Saturday (June 21-23)
> At stake: Top prize (including boat and motor package) could reach $95,000
> Expected field size: 200-plus boats
> Last FLW Series at Champlain: June 22-24, 2017
> Winner: Ron Nelson (54-09) – Click here to read about Nelson's Winning Pattern.
> What they’re saying: “We’re hitting Champlain very close to when we did last year, and I expect that it will fish very similarly,” said FLW Tour pro Chris Johnston, who has four top-10 finishes at Champlain in FLW competition. “There are a lot of shallow fish – a lot of smallmouth on beds right now. The only problem with that is that there are quite a few local tournaments happening before this one, so a large majority of those fish will have already been caught. Lake Champlain never fishes badly, though, and we’re going to see a lot of nice fish caught in this event.
“Last year it took 18 pounds a day to win,” Johnston added. “I think it’ll be very similar to that again this year. Maybe even a little more. I’ll guess that the winner of this tournament will likely have right around 56 pounds.”
Some of the information above was taken from an FLW press release.
