Late-day Rally Lifts Loughran to Victory at Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain
Late-day Rally Lifts Loughran to Victory at Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Entering Championship Monday at the Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain, Day 3 leader Ed Loughran III thought he needed another 20-pound bag to win his first blue trophy. So, when he finished with a 16-pound, 14-ounce limit of smallmouth, he was just hoping he would still finish in the Top 5.
在特殊仓库比赛的冠军日,三天的领先者Ed Loughran III认为他需要另外一个20磅的盒子赢得他的第一个蓝色奖杯。他以16磅14盎司的小口袋结束比赛后,他只是希望他能继续排在前五名。
It turned out he had the exact weight he needed.
结果他正好有他需要的重量。
With a four-day total of 80-12, the veteran angler from Richmond, Va., notched his first Elite Series title, edging out Canada's Chris Johnston by 1 ounce to earn the $100,000 check and a blue trophy.
经验丰富的Richmond,VA的老钓手以80-12的总成绩夺得他的第一个Elite Series冠军,仅以1盎司之差击败了加拿大的Chris Johnston,获得10万美元的奖金和一个蓝色奖杯。
The 2011 Toledo Bend Elite Series event has been the only other Elite Series event settled by a 1-ounce difference in total weight.
2011年的Toledo Bend Elite Series比赛是其他唯一由总重量差异1盎司解决的比赛。
"I had zero thought that I had won. I was hoping to just stay in the Top 5," Loughran said. "It's unbelievable. I've never won a big tournament. I've had Top 5s in big tournaments ... but I'm always a little short. I didn't have any realistic expectation of winning one, but after yesterday I thought I might have a chance.
“我根本没有想到我赢了。我希望只能排在前五名内,”Loughran说。“这太不可思议了。我从来没有赢过一个大型比赛。我已经在大型比赛中获得过前5名……但总是差了一点。我没有任何赢得比赛的现实期望,但昨天之后我认为我有机会了。“
"The money will come and go, but that trophy will not go anywhere."
“钱来了又走,但奖杯不会走。”
Opening the tournament in 38th with 19-1, Loughran landed bags of largemouth weighing 22-15 and 21-14 to jump into the lead on Semi-Final Sunday. But if he didn't make a critical move on Day 4, Loughran feels he wouldn't have won.
Loughran在第一天比赛中以19-1的成绩排名第38名,然后他又得到了22-15和21-14的重量的Large-mouth,跃居半决赛周日的领先地位。但如果他没在第4天做出关键性的变化,Loughran觉得他不会赢得比赛。
Toward the end of the day, Loughran left his primary area and moved uplake to a spot he had not yet fished in the tournament. Just before he reached the spot he was intending to fish, he noticed a group of smallmouth on his forward-facing sonar that were piled up around several rocks.
在比赛快结束时,Loughran离开了他的主要区域,向上流移动到他在比赛中尚未钓鱼的区域。就在他到达他打算钓鱼的地方之前,他注意到他的前置探测器上有一群压在几块石头周围的小口鱼。
"I sat there and caught a dozen fish," Loughran said. "One was a 3-10 and I caught two other 3-pounders. Had that not happened, I would not have won. It is nuts. I hadn't even fished it yet this week."
“我坐在那里钓了一打鱼,”Loughran说。“其中有一个3-10,我还钓到了其他两个3磅的鱼。如果没有这样的事情发生,我不会赢得比赛。这太疯狂了。这个星期我甚至还没有在这个地方钓过鱼。”
A tidal river aficionado, Loughran started fishing Lake Champlain in 1991 and has grown to love the lake. This week, after missing the last two Elites due to medical issues, he traveled south to an area he had never fished before in an attempt to stay away from competitors fishing for Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year points.
Loughran是个潮汐河达人,从1991年开始就在Lake Champlain钓鱼,并且爱上了这个湖泊。这个星期,在因医疗问题而错过了最后两届Elites之后,他南下到了一个他从来没有钓过鱼的地方,试图远离那些在为Progressive Insurance Bassmaster年度最佳选手积分而钓鱼的竞争对手。
Loughran described his best area as a rock ridge in 5 to 10 feet of water with milfoil beds in the vicinity. Using his Garmin LiveScope, he identified three high spots on the ridge that were holding the majority of the bass. The best part: he had the area all to himself.
Loughran把他最好的区域描述为一个在5到10英尺的水域与附近的milfoil bed中的岩岭。他用他的Garmin LiveScope辨别出了岩岭上的三个高点,这些高点承载着大部分的鲈鱼。最棒的地方是:他独自拥有这个地方。
"There was a lot going on. You had some creeks coming in and some milfoil beds around. You've got several high spots with chunk rock and grass mixed in," he explained. "It was pretty protected, too. All of that offers really good habitat.
“有很多事情要做。你有些河流汇入和周围的milfoil bed。你有几个混合岩石和草的高点,”他解释说。“它也很受保护。这些都提供了非常好的栖息地。
"If there was another angler in there, I wouldn't have won and I wouldn't have gotten a check."
“如果那里有另一个钓手,我就不会赢,我也不会得到支票。”
Smallmouth and largemouth inhabited the area, but the smallmouth stayed on one side of the ridge while the largemouth hunkered down on the other side. Loughran landed a mixed bag on Day 1, but on the second and third days he brought all largemouth to the scales, including a 5-12 on Day 3.
小口鱼和大口鱼都生活在这个区域,但小口鱼留在岩岭的一侧,而大口鱼则蜷伏在另一侧。Loughran在第一天就有了一个混合类型的口袋,但是在第二天和第三天他都把所有的大口鱼带到了秤砣上,包括第3天的一条5-12。
To generate most of his bites, Loughran dragged either a 1⁄2-ounce green pumpkin Missile Baits Ike's Mini Flip or a 3⁄8-ounce homemade jig paired with either a Missile Baits Craw Father or Missile Baits Chunky D. He trimmed down the Chunky D to match the profile he felt the bass were eating.
为了得到大部分的咬合,Loughran拖着一个1/2盎司的绿南瓜导弹饵Ike的Mini Flip,或一个3/8盎司的自制小钩配有导弹饵螃蟹父亲或导弹饵块D。他削减块D以匹配他认为鲈鱼正在吃的外形。
He pitched those jigs using a 7-foot-6 heavy Shimano Expride rod paired with a Shimano Chronarch MGL 8:1:1 baitcasting reel and 20-pound Berkley fluorocarbon.
他使用7英尺6英寸的重型Shimano Expride鱼竿搭配Shimano Chronarch MGL 8:1:1皮带式卷线器和20磅的Berkley氟碳素。
"I think these fish are eating on small crayfish," Loughran said.
“我想这些鱼正在吃小龙虾,”Loughran说。
He also landed several key bass on a 1⁄2-ounce green pumpkin Z-Man Evergreen Chatterbait JackHammer with a Missile Baits Spunk Shad trailer in the goby bite color.
他还用一只1/2盎司的绿南瓜Z-Man EvergreenChatterbait JackHammer和配有Missile Baits SpunkShad拖车的沙丁鱼拯救了几条重要鲈鱼。
Once Loughran reached his primary area on the final day, the Virginia pro landed three smallmouth on consecutive casts around 8:45 a.m. After a short lull, he picked up a topwater walking bait and filled out his limit with two more smallmouth.
在他在最后一天到达他的主要区域后,这位来自弗吉尼亚的职业选手在早上8:45左右接连抓到3条小口鱼。短暂停顿后,他拿起了一个水面漫步的饵,用两个更小的小口鱼填满了他的限额。
From there, however, the bite slowed down tremendously before Loughran executed his last-minute heroics with a drop shot rigged with a Missile Baits Bomb Shot in goby bite.
然而,从那里开始,咬钩就很慢了,直到洛格兰用配有Missile Baits Bomb Shot的滴下式拖钩捉到了一条goby。
"The lake was off today for whatever reason," he said. "I had one largemouth bite all day. It was terrible. Before, I was catching 20. Smallmouth had come in and taken over."
“由于某种原因,今天湖里的情况很差,我一整天只咬了一条大嘴鱼,太可怕了。之前,我还能钓到20条鱼。小口鱼已经进来接管了。
Johnston, meanwhile, was just an ounce away from claiming his second career Elite Series trophy with bags of 20-0, 21-14, 19-8 and 19-5, totaling 80-11. There were several bass that came unglued this week that would have carried him past Loughran.
与此同时,约翰斯顿以总重80-11的20-0,21-14,19-8和19-5的表现距离他第二次赢得精英系列赛冠军仅有一盎司之遥。这周有几条鲈鱼掉了口,本可以让他超过洛格兰。
"I'm regretting a couple of the fish I lost the last two days," the five-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier said. "Any of them would have done it for me. Being that close, it sucks. I'd rather lose by 5 pounds, to be honest. It is what it is. That's fishing, and I'll try to catch them next week."
“我后悔了最后两天丢掉的几条鱼,其中任何一条都可以让我获胜。靠得那么近,太糟糕了。说实话,我宁愿输掉5磅。这就是生活,下周我会再努力钓鱼。
Most of the week, Johnston targeted smallmouth on deeper breaks in the northern section of Lake Champlain. Using his forward-facing sonar, he would comb large areas searching for quality smallmouth with a 4-inch minnow rigged on either a 3⁄8-ounce or 1⁄2-ounce head.
多数时间,约翰斯顿瞄准了Lake Champlain北部深处的小口鱼。他使用前向声纳,在大面积区域内寻找配上4英寸鱼饵的优质小口鱼,配上3/8盎司或1/2盎司的头钩。
Johnston's bass were feeding on perch and would move between 15 and 50 feet of water.
约翰斯顿的鲈鱼在捕食鲈鱼和移动的15到50英尺海水之间。
The smallmouth bite did not produce first thing on Day 4, so Johnston decided to fish for largemouth and lost two, one of which he believed would have helped his bag. He returned to his smallmouth waters and wrangled up an 18-pound limit before returning to a stretch of shallow reeds in an attempt to catch a kicker largemouth.
第四天早上,小口鱼的咬钩并没有开始,所以约翰斯顿决定钓大嘴鱼,结果丢了两条,他认为其中一条可以帮助他的成绩。他回到了小嘴鱼的水域,在回来之前采取了一段浅浅的芦苇地区,试图寻找一条大嘴鱼。
"(The smallmouth deal) wasn't working. I probably gave it too long in hindsight," he said. "The last hour I went back largemouth fishing and caught a 4-pounder that was pretty damn close, but not enough. One perch it spit up would have done it for me."
“(小嘴鱼交易)没有奏效。我在后见之明中可能把时间浪费太久了,”他说。“最后一小时我又回去钓大嘴鱼了,钓到了一条4磅左右的鱼,非常接近,但还是不够。他吐出的一条鲈鱼可以让我赢。
Tennessee's Robert Gee finished third with a total of 80-9, his third Top 5 of the season. Targeting smallmouth in the Inland Sea and Malletts Bay, the Knoxville rookie never left the Top 10 with bags of 21-1, 19-15, 19-13 and 19-12.
田纳西州的罗伯特·吉以总重80-9的21-1、19-15、19-13和19-12位列第三,他本赛季的前五名之一。他在内陆海和马莱茨湾(Inland Sea and Malletts Bay)瞄准小口鱼,从35英尺到50英尺的海岭上有鲈鱼或鲥鱼的地方是格的追踪盘,更大的鱼,吉说,靠近湖底吃鲥鱼。他用1/4盎司的软饵尤鱼形虫(5英寸)和Juices Jig鲤鱼/鲈鱼头食积极钓小嘴鱼。
Ridges dropping from 35 feet to 50 feet with perch or alewives were the key areas for Gee. The bigger bass, Gee said, were eating the perch close to the bottom of the lake. He mid-strolled a 5-inch Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm on a 1⁄4-ounce jighead to catch the majority of his smallies. A Juices Jig crappie/bass hair jig in the Tennessee shad color landed a couple of key bass as well.
吉在周一早上经历了最好的小口鱼捕捞日。他不知道自己钓了多少条鱼,但他很快就到了18磅的球袋,并能够进行几次重要的修剪。不幸的是,他在最后一天没有找到一条5磅重的巨鱼,这可能会让他胜利。
Gee experienced his best day of smallmouth fishing on Monday morning. He has no idea how many bass he caught, but he quickly reached the 18-pound mark and was able to make several more key culls. Unfortunately, he could not find a 5-pound bass on the final day that would have lifted him to victory.
“这可能是我最好的小口鱼日,数量上来说,”吉说。
"It was probably the best day of smallmouth fishing I've ever had, numbers wise," Gee said.
加拿大的科里·约翰斯顿(Cory Johnston)获得了第四天的凤凰号大嘴鱼,重5-5。纽约的新秀凯尔·帕特里克(Kyle Patrick)在第一天钓到的6-2大嘴鱼获得了本届比赛的凤凰号大嘴鱼奖,赢得了3000元的奖金。帕特里克还因准确的体重记录,获得了1000美元的BassTrakk奖金。
Canada's Cory Johnston landed the Phoenix Boats Big Bass of Day 4, a 5-5 largemouth. New York rookie Kyle Patrick claimed Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the Tournament honors with a 6-2 largemouth he caught on Day 1, earning a total of 3,000 in bonuses. Patrick also claimed the $1,000 BassTrakk Contingency bonus for accurate weight recording.
第一天的领先者塞思·费德(Seth Feider)以23-11的大嘴鱼极限赢得了CrushCity Monster Bag of the Tournament 2000美元的奖金。
Day 1 leader Seth Feider claimed the $2,000 bonus for the CrushCity Monster Bag of the Tournament with his 23-11 limit of largemouth from the first day.
阿拉巴马州的威尔·戴维斯·Jr(Will Davis Jr)因成为丰田奖励储蓄津贴计划的最高获奖选手而获得额外3000美元的奖金,而德克萨斯州的克里斯·扎尔丹(Chris Zaldain)则因成为第二高的参赛者而获得2000美元的奖金。
Alabama's Will Davis Jr took home an additional $3,000 for being the highest-placing entrant in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program, while Texas' Chris Zaldain earned $2,000 for being the second-highest placing entrant.
作为Yamaha Power Pay计划的一部分,吉赢得了额外的4,000美元,而南卡罗来纳州的帕特里克·沃尔特斯(Patrick Walters)则因成为第二高的参赛者而获得了额外的1,500美元。
As part of the Yamaha Power Pay program, Gee earned an additional $4,000 while South Carolina's Patrick Walters claimed an additional $1,500 for being the second-highest placing entrant.
在精英系列赛时间表上只剩下一项赛事之际,2024年渔具店巨无霸巴斯大师赛(Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic)的冠军贾斯汀·哈姆纳(Justin Hamner)仍然领先于渐进式保险Bassmaster钓鱼手年度赛 671分,和约翰斯顿以658分排名第二。田纳西州的雅各布·富茨(Jacob Foutz)以652分位居第三,南卡罗来纳州的新秀Jt Thompkins以634分位居第四,伊利诺伊州的新秀Trey McKinney以633分位居第五。
With one event remaining on the Elite Series schedule, 2024 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Jockey Outdoors champion Justin Hamner still holds the lead in the Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year race with 671 points while Johnston is second with 658 points. Tennessee's Jacob Foutz is third with 652 points, South Carolina rookie JT Thompkins is fourth with 634 points and Illinois rookie Trey McKinney is fifth with 633 points.
Thompkins领先于Dakota Lithium Elite系列新秀,McKinney紧随其后。田纳西州的约翰·加勒特(John Garrett)以622分位居第三,阿拉巴马州的韦斯利·戈尔(Wesley Gore)以621分位居第四,泰勒·威廉姆斯(Tyler Williams)以594分位居第五。
Thompkins leads the Dakota Lithium Elite Series Rookie of the Year race followed by McKinney in second. Tennessee's John Garrett is third with 622 points, Alabama's Wesley Gore is fourth with 621 points and Tyler Williams is fifth with 594 points.
艾迪朗达克海岸和普拉茨堡市主办了比赛。
The Adirondack Coast and City of Plattsburgh are hosting the tournament.
沃特世岭从35英尺到50英尺,有鲈鱼或鲥鱼,是吉的关键区域。较大的鱼,吉说,靠近湖底吃鲥鱼。他中步踱步(mid-strolled)一个1/4盎司的Yamamoto Shad形虫,就可以捕捉到大多数的鲈鱼。Tennessee的Juices Jig鲤鱼/鲈鱼头发夹颜色的一些重要鱼也有所帮助。
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