While the prime areas may change a bit, expect today’s weigh-in to produce similar results from a decade ago. On a body of water like Lake Champlain, where bass are plentiful but 6-pounders are rare, the standings will be bunched, just like they were in the last Elite Series event here in 2007. The Day 1 standings that year, when only 5 of 108 anglers failed to catch a 5-bass limit, included the following:
2 – Bags over 21 lbs.
5 – 18 lbs. or more
11 – 17 lbs. or more
28 – 16 lbs. or more
45 – 15 lbs. or more
60 – 14 lbs. or more
69 – 13 lbs. or more
85 – 12 lbs. or more
You can see from this list that 15 pounds – basically, a limit of 3-pounders – puts you right in the middle of the pack on Lake Champlain.