> What: Northern FLW Series
> Where: Lake Erie (Buffalo, N.Y.)
> When: Thursday through Saturday (July 26-28)
> At stake: Top prize (including boat and motor package) could reach $85,000
> Expected field size: 170-plus boats
> Last FLW Series at Erie (Buffalo): Aug. 18-20, 2011
> Winner: Larry Mazur (64-08) – Click here to read about Mazur's Winning Pattern.
> What they’re saying: “The fishing, from what I hear, is very good right now," Chris Johnston, an FLW Tour pro who also won the 2017 FLW Series Northern Division Angler of the Year title. "There are fish everywhere on the eastern part of Lake Erie. It’s one of the best fisheries in the world in terms of the number of 3- to 4-pound smallmouth.
“I think we’re going to see a fifty-fifty split of people fishing the Canadian and the U.S. side of the lake,” he continued. “The highest concentration of boats should be from Buffalo out to the Myers Reef area [on the U.S. side] and across. There’s so many fish in that area that if someone gets on the right ones, the tournament could definitely be won there. Some boaters may run farther, but it’s a little more of a gamble.
“I think we’ll see a lot of weights from 21 to 23 pounds, but staying consistent each day will be the challenge. You can catch them one day and they’ll leave the next, or they just won’t bite like they did on day one.”
Some of the information above was taken from an FLW press release.
