Ferris wins with Beaver

After two runner-up finishes in three events, Scott Ferris was ready for his coming out party. Day #2 at Cadillac/Mitchell served as the stage and Ferris wacked 13.25 pounds to earn his first club win of the season. Finishing just ounces out of first on Saturday, Scott culled over three limits of fish and also weighed in the big fish of the tournament at just over 4 pounds to nudge out Jim Rice Jr. by less than a pound. Here's how he did it:

Scott primarily fished Lake Mitchell and focused on post-spawn fish relating to the inside weededges. "I threw a spinnerbait and caught them decent in practice but had nothing great going. I'd been catching them on other lakes on inside edges and decided to try it. I caught a limit in 15 minutes on day one on the Sweet Beaver, concentrating on heavy coontail." He caught just over 13 pounds on Saturday and caught over 3 limits in the first 90 minutes of the tournament.

"Sunday didn't start out that great because I lost a few fish and had a few competitors on some of my best spots. I started doubting things and wondered if this was going to be one of those days." That changed quickly as Ferris went to one of his go-to spots, a small point that had weeds surrounding it and caught 6 in 6 casts and was culling rather quickly. After he got his limit he began to relax and added the 4 pounder shortly thereafter which secured the win for the 5 time Angler Of The Year.

Gear Notes: Ferris used an unnamed spinning combo with 10 pound suffix mono to fish the beaver on an 1/8th oz weedless jighead.