Day 4 with Bertrand

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Josh Bertrand started his championship Sunday with the tale end of a rain storm passing across the St. Lawrence River.

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He frequently checks his graph as the river current moves him slowly along.

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Bertrand’s first cast of the day.

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Several casts later he hooks into a fish.

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He sets the hook and brings the fish down the side of his boat.

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He lowers himself and lifts his rod to bring the fish in towards the boat.

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Here comes the scoop…

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…and it's in the boat.

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Bertrand shows his catch to the cameras.

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A father and his two sons drift by in awe of Josh’s rig.

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Bertrand continues to cover water.

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Bertrand continues to cover water.

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Time to move up river a bit…

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At the next location Josh checks his electronics and starts fishing.

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He hooks another fish…

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He lands the fish (another small one).

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He holds the fish up to the cameras. “That’s a start.”

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He admires his second smallmouth.

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Bertrand rigs up another bait.

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He smoothly drops the bait and hooks a third fish.

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He sits down and brings the fish towards the boat.

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He grabs the smallmouth…

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…and brings it into the boat.

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That’s three.

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Bertrand is checking his graph again.

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Time to relocate.

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When we caught up with Josh again he was already landing fish number four!

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Only one more to go…

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More checking of the electronics…

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Bertrand re-positioning.

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Josh calls to report his plan to cross into and fish Canadian waters.

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Once across the border Josh hooks another fish!

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The fight is on.

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It's pulling hard!

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Argh! Just a walleye.

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Bertrand is fishing deep while a ship passes behind him.

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As the sun came out so did the local fishermen and pleasure boaters.

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When we left Josh, he had four fish and was searching for number five!

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