The last few weeks you may have noticed a lot of Ranger boats on the water, parked in local hotels and in the Downriver area. That is because the anglers of the Walmart FLW bass series have come to the area to compete in the Chevy Open. This is a Pro Am, or Co-Angler event, where 200 of the best bass fisherman will team up with 200 amateurs to compete for 1.5 million in total prize money.
The event will be held at the marina in Elizabeth Park, in Trenton, Michigan. This Thursday through Sunday with three o’clock weigh-ins at the park marina on Thursday and Friday. After the field has been thinned down to the top ten final anglers, the weigh-in will be shifted to Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit, with a 4 pm deadline.
The Chevy Open is the final event in the series, and serves as a qualifier for the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup to be held in Arkansas in August. While you wait for the anglers to return to weigh-in on Saturday and Sunday, there are special events being held at Cobo. There will be giveaways for the kids both days, for the first 300, fourteen and younger, to get there, starting at noon. On Sunday someone in attendance will when a trip to the Arkansas championship, and while there will be entered to win a new Ranger Z20 fiberglass boat.
If you have never attended a weigh-in at a fishing event, it is well worth going to. You will be able to visit vendors, and learn a few tips from the pros. Not that any of the amateurs are not worth listening to, as well. These folks know their home waters, and you might be able to pick up a few bass tips for Lake St. Clair, Erie, the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers.