Back to Back for Rice

It's not that often that someone wins two events in a year in the club but to win on back to back events is special and that's just what Scott Rice did when he won last Sunday on Lake St. Clair. Scott not only weighed in 15.73 pounds of smallmouth but he also put his co-angler (and son) Rich Rice on a limit that exceeded 12 pounds, good for third place. Here's how it happened:

Scott ran way down into Canadian water near Mitchells Bay to an old favorite spot his dad, Jim Rice Sr. had won a tournament on a few years ago and hoped to connect there. He came up empty but his son Rich started catching fish. The same goes for spot number two which was also located in Canadian water and pretty soon Rich was culling. "I didn't catch a fish until about 11:15 and by then Rich already had five", exclaimed Scott but after making a third move north up the Canadian shoreline, he went to work. "I was fishing a rock and weed mix in about 5-7 foot of water. Any deeper and all you caught were small fish. I didn't catch a lot of fish but I got some bigger bites." Scott was fishing a brown/cinnamon grub while Rich was throwing tubes, both on spinning gear spooled with 12 pound Berkley Big Game mono.

The victory for Rice was his second of the year and vaulted him back into the top ten for the AOY race. It also marked the 5th win for him in the last 14 club tournaments dating back to last year.

- Jim Rice caught a limit in his fourth straight event
- Scott Rice had big bass at 4.48 lbs and Jim VanAken had second at 4.08lbs.
- 8 of the 19 fishermen weighed in limits