Spicer – Some of the top bass anglers at Upper Midwest are heading to Green Lake next week.
The Classic Bass Champions Tour announced by Skeeter Boats will take over Green Lake on Tuesday, August 26th as part of the 2025 Championship.
The Champions Tour activity begins Tuesday at 5:45am at Zolbaz, 159 Lake Avenue South, Spicer.
Activity Schedule:
*Boat check, 5:45am
*Morning Meet and Prayer, 6:30am
* National Anthem, 6:40am (Boat angler)
*Explosion, 6:45am
*Round 1, 7am to 11am
*Noon break, 11am to noon
*Round 2: Noon to 4pm (Line out)
*Awards ceremony, 5pm
The Champions Tour is unique in that there is no bass in the live boat. Each bass weighing over a pound was measured on the water using an app and returned to the lake.
High school staff will be used to weigh bass and enforce penalties for each boat, allowing young anglers to learn more about the sport.
Becker’s Charlie Wright and Niswa’s Evan Blakeley are neck and neck in the season Angler of the Year Points ranking. The light has 185 points. Blakely has 184.
Approximately 33 anglers are expected.
Ron Mehr from Paynesville is in his third year on tour. Mehr has four top-10 finishes and earns $17,100 in career revenue.
This year’s tour stopped at Lum Dew Chain near Alexandria, Lake Minnetonka in Twin City, the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Lake Vermillion in St. Louis County.
Brad Foss scored the No. 9 hole at Eagle Creek Golf Course. It’s his second hole-in-one. He was initially at Atwater on a par 3 hole. Eagle Creek’s No. 9 is a par 4 and plays for 310 yards.
He used the Wilson driver. According to Pat Otton, an assistant golf pro at Eagle Creek, what’s famous is that Eagle Creek staff considers it to be the first hole-in-one with the par 4 No. 9.
Top 10
Rank, angler, hometown, points
1. Charlie Wright, Becker, 185
2. Evan Brakley, Niswa,
3. Nathan Nipper, Rockford, 175
4. Hunter Went, Pecott Lakes, 171
5. Tommy Parker, Minnetonka, 170
6. Kyle Schutta, Forestlake, 165
7. Kevin Fassbindo, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, 161
8. Noah Schultz, C. 158
9. Kevin Lu, Onalaska, Wisconsin, 150
9. Aaron Teal, Richmond, 150
