{"id":12269,"date":"2025-05-19T12:51:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanbassanglers.com\/news\/?p=12269"},"modified":"2025-05-19T12:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:51:54","slug":"smith-wins-divisional-professional-league-on-the-harris-chain-of-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanbassanglers.com\/news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/smith-wins-divisional-professional-league-on-the-harris-chain-of-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith Wins Divisional Professional League on the Harris Chain of Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leesburg, FL \u2013Jeremy Smith won the 2025 American Bass Anglers Professional League, Presented by Caymas Boats, Florida Central Division 6 tournament, held May 17, 2025, on the Harris Chain of Lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running out of Venetian Gardens Ski Beach in Leesburg, FL, the Auburndale, FL angler caught five bass weighing 32.04 pounds, including a kicker bass that weighed 7.86 pounds. For the Pro Division victory, Smith took home a check for $4000 for his win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI came out yesterday to practice and tried some grass flipping, and it just wasn’t working. So, I said, let\u2019s try some other stuff that I used to do out here. It seemed like everything I hit yesterday, some old school stuff was working. I couldn’t believe it, so I just ran all my old school stuff that I’ve been fishing for years out here, and I started on a shell bed this morning, and within 5 minutes, I had an 8-pounder in the boat. I just kept hitting it and going back to it all day long. I caught three big ones off it today. I stayed on Lake Harris all day. \u201cSmith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second place for the Pros, Robert \u201cBobby\u201d Bakewell of Orlando, FL landed a 5-bass limit weighing 25.94 pounds anchored by an 8.18-pound big bass for the pros. Bakewell also had an almost identical 8.17-pound big bass. He earned $2250 for his finish and an additional $570 for the big bass award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI had the two 8-pounders almost the same size, and I had three 3-pounders. I just couldn’t cull out those 3-pounders. I caught them all on a forward-facing, throwing a new Yo Zuri Pro Series jerkbait. I made a run to catch these fish.\u201d Bakewell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyle Brewer of Dundee, FL, took the third spot for the Pros. He landed a 5-bass limit going 25.18 pounds. He earned $1500 for his finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI caught my fish over in Lake Griffin because it sets up right for what I like to fish which is Toho. I was worming really, but when they didn’t want to hit it moving, I had to fish really slow.\u201d Brewer said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finishing fourth, Victor Knight of Cape Coral, FL, landed a 5-bass limit weighing 23.91 pounds. Tanner Wolf of Tavares, FL, rounded out the top five boaters, landing a 5-bass limit weighing 22.69 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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