Champlain Islander

I want to offer my congratulations to a good friend Bryan Labelle who won the Bassmasters 3 day Lake Champlain open tournament today. There were 200 pros including several B.A.S.S. elites along with 200 amateurs from all over the country in this tournament and local favorite Bryan topped them all with a 3 day catch of 58 pounds 10 oz. In addition to a pile of cash he won a fully equipped Nitro bass boat worth $45,000 as first prize. Bryan has to pony up the entry fees to all these tournaments in this case was $1500, I hope he picks up some sponsors now that he won a big one. He is the real deal. I talked with him today and he owes a lot of his success to his Phoenix bass boat. Lake Champlain got real rough during the tournament and the boats ability to run fast in big waves got him more time fishing and less time running. He spent much of the tournament 30 or 40 miles from the launch and many of the pros commented that it was scary especially on day 3 heading back for the weigh in. Bryan has owned several of the well known high end bass boats out there today and he said there is nothing he has ridden in that compares to a Phoenix.