Major League Fishing is set to return to Leesburg and Central Florida for a Toyota Series event at the Harris Chain of Lakes today through Saturday. The tournament is the third and final event of the regular season for the Southern Division.
The event will showcase a field of the region’s best anglers casting for a top prize package of up to $75,000 in the pro division.
“This is going to be an interesting tournament because it could be won on any of the lakes, fishing any different style,” said Inverness, Fla. angler Robbie Crosnoe, who has nine Top-10 finishes on the Harris Chain in MLF competition. “Lake Griffin is full of grass. On Harris, there is none. The marshes could produce some good bags. Shell bar fishing in Dora is going to be good. A shad spawn in the morning can get you right in a hurry. It’s anyone’s guess how this tournament is going to be won.”
Crosnoe said that he expects the eventual tournament winner to average a five-bass limit right around 20 pounds a day.
“I think 20 a day will have you right there at the end. Itmight be a little less, but you can catch giant bags if you find the right shell bar.
"Carolina rigs, 10-inch worms, crankbaits – if a guy found some active bluegill spawning beds they could wreck them on a crankbait,” Crosnoe went on to say. “With so many lakes and tactics in play, this is a really tough one to predict. It is Florida, though, so I do feel comfortable saying that we can definitely expect to see some big ones.”
With just one event remaining in the in the division's season, Lee Stalvey of Palatka, Fla., leads the Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 506 points.
Anglers will take off each day at 6:30 a.m. ET from the Venetian Gardens Ski Beach, located at 201 E. Lake Harris Drive in Leesburg. Weigh-ins will also be held at the Venetian Gardens, beginning at 2:30 p.m. each day. Fans are welcome to attend and encouraged to follow the event online through the “MLF Live” weigh-in broadcasts and daily coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
