The Starting Spot: Johnston Crushes St Lawrence, Eigbrett Wins Champlain, and the Jr National Champs

In today’s 7-28–25 edition of The Starting Spot: It's a Special All-Tournament Edition

-Canadian Chris Johnston goes wire-to-wire at the St Lawrence Invitational, surprising absolutely no one.

-Bad weather shortened the Bassmaster Kayak event on Champlain and Bailey Eigbrett gets the win.

-Parker Smith and Carson Randan claimed the 2025 Bassmaster Junior National Championship title at Clarks Hill.

Johnston completes another tour de force on the St. Lawrence

by Jody White

In a story on MajorLeagueFishing.com: Technically, the Johnston family is not inevitable on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, but this weekend, they looked pretty hard to beat. On Lake Ontario, Cory and Lynn Johnston won the Thousand Island Open out of Kingston – with more than a 5 1/2 -pound average per fish. Meanwhile, running nearly to Lake Ontario every day, Chris Johnston weighed 76 pounds, 1 ounce over three days to win Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 6 Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches in fine style.

Kayak: Eigbrett claims title at Lake Champlain

by Christopher Decker

Smith and Randan win 2025 Junior National Championship

by Pete Robbins

Per an article on Bassmaster.com: With a Day 2 catch of 8 pounds, 7 ounces, Tennessee’s Scotts Hill High School Anglers Junior duo Parker Smith and Carson Randan claimed the 2025 Bassmaster Junior National Championship title at Clarks Hill Lake with a two-day total of 20 pounds, 7 ounces.

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