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Erie not so Erie for Ryan Chandler - "Hobart's Bo-Gart" - Hobart Indiana couldn't be more proud.
Top 10 Finish!
Detroit River
7/23/09 - 7/25/09 -- Detroit River
Elizabeth Park Marina, Detroit, MI
Day 1 19.04 pounds
Day 2 16.13 pound
Ryan takes 5th and makes day 3 cut with 36.01 pounds
Ryan Chandler went out in eighth place Friday and improved his position to fifth with a limit weighing 17 pounds, 8 ounces. He said he went for nearly two hours without a bite, but when he finally got on fish the action was non-stop.
“I probably culled four limits today,” said Chandler, whose total weight for the tournament is 36 pounds, 1 ounce. “I didn’t get the big bites I’ve been getting, but there are plenty of fish around. Once you start catching ’em you just keep going. Yanking 3-pound bass on board with 10-pound test can get tiring after awhile.”
Chandler is fishing in 15-17 feet on Lake St. Clair. He says he dreads making the run upriver past Detroit, where the water will be extremely crowded Saturday.
“You gotta do what you gotta do,” Chandler says with a shrug.
This is Chandlers third trip to the Detroit River, and he wonders if his relative lack of experience will hurt him Saturday.
“I don’t have high expectations,” he said. “I just came here to get points and now I’m in the top 10. But I’m a largemouth fisherman. The top 10 is loaded with smallmouth studs and this green bass guy is just happy to be hanging with them.”
Chandler said he’s doing something a bit different from the rest of the field and he hopes it holds for one more day. “I have no particular spots,” he said.”Today my best spot was a place I’d never been before.”
Final Day: 11.01 pounds for a stellar trip with 47.02 pounds, with 15 bass all Smallmouth.
Keys to Victory:
DT-14 and DT-16 Crankbait, Honey Mustard in color, fished on 10 pound Berkley 100% Flourocarbon!
Year to date standing: 8th over all out of 269 contenders
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