In many ways, this tournament is holding true to form for an Elite Series event on the Mississippi River at La Crosse. However, the Day 2/Top 50 cut-weight was the highest, by far, of the four events.
In 2012 it was 25-8, in 2013 it was 23-5, in 2016 it was 24-12 and yesterday Brent Chapman and John Crews tied in the 49th and 50th spots with 27-7. There was a three-way tie for “bubble boy.” Stephen Browning, Micah Frazier and Steve Kennedy each had 27-5, finishing 51st through 53rd.
At the top of the standings, Aaron Martens’ first-place weight of 34-3 is second to Ott DeFoe’s Day 2 first-place weight of 35-2.