rodeo ride on st . clair
W e ’ ve always thought there was a little bit of bull rider blood pumping through Jason Lambert ’ s veins . The Tennessee pro has long been one of the most tenacious anglers on tour – you have to have some bulldog-level determination to win six tour-level tournaments on the Tennessee River – but Lambert went for a rougher ride than usual during the final Bass Pro Tour event of the 2021 season , on Michigan ’ s Lake St . Clair . Even though competitors were allowed to trailer their boats to various ramps throughout the St . Clair system on a couple of days when the winds gusted over 40 mph , that still didn ’ t provide a free pass for anglers like Lambert to run across the rugged waters of the main lake . They still had to buck the waves to get from Point A to Point B in search of those notoriously nomadic smallies .
And as you can clearly see , some of it was tough sailing ( er , motoring ).
Lambert racked up 55 pounds of smallmouth on this particular day to climb from below the cut line into the Top 15 . His chiropractor might not agree , but it seems this rodeo ride was worth it .
PHOTO BY JOSH GASSMANN
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