BRIGHT LIGHTS
ON THE BIG STAGE
T
ackle Warehouse Pro Circuit
rookie Laramy Strickland needed
just two tournaments to
notch his first tour-level win and a third
to add his second top-five finish, this
time a fifth-place showing at Lake
Martin on March 18-21. The 23-year-old
Floridian seems to be getting used to
having FLW Live cameras in his boat on
the final days of competition.
The bright lights haven’t been difficult
for Strickland to handle to this
point, despite being one of the youngest
anglers on the Pro Circuit. At Martin, he
pulled this quality largemouth from one
of the lake’s many docks in front of a
throng of fans watching at home, not to
mention one well-placed FLW media
boat. He weighed in 9 pounds, 14
ounces on day three en route to 49-1
total, just a couple ounces behind
fourth-place finisher Matt Becker.
During a tough tournament that saw
many pros struggling to find the right
fish, Strickland proved his win at the
Harris Chain a month prior wasn’t just
home field advantage at work. He can
catch ’em anywhere, and he’s been on a
mission to prove that in 2020.
PHOTO BY ROB MATSUURA
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