The smallmouth waters of this Elite Series northern swing have been remarkably consistent, as you can see in the chart below which compares the Day 2 results from the St. Lawrence River, Lake Champlain and Lake St. Clair.
Lake St. Clair is trending up. From 10th place through 40th, the weights are higher at St. Clair than the two previous stops. Also of note is the average size of all the bass weighed each day, where the St. Clair average on Day 2 was 3.58 pounds.
Through two days, it appears that it will take an average of 21 pounds a day to make the top 10 for Sunday’s final. That’s further evidence warranting “Bassmaster” magazine’s ranking of St. Clair as the fourth best lake in the U.S. over the last decade.
| Day 2 |
St. Law’nce | Champlain | St. Clair |
| 1st place | 52-2 | 42-4 | 45-6 |
| 5th place | 44-2 | 39-1 | 43-6 |
| 10th place | 40-7 | 38-6 | 42-4 |
| 20th place | 38-8 | 36-5 | 39-2 |
| 30th place | 34-7 | 35-4 | 37-13 |
| 40th place | 33-0 | 33-13 | 35-14 |
| Ave. bass | 3.28 | 3.35 | 3.58 |
| Day 3 | |||
| 10th place | 59-12 | 57-0 | ??-?? |