The Starting Spot: McKinney Leads St Clair, Thrift Leads Saginaw, and Bass Hall of Fame Scholarships

In this edition of The Starting Spot:

-The 2025 Basmaster Elite series on St Clair and the BPT on Saginaw Bay, it’s a bad day to be a smallmouth bass. Phenom Trey McKinney sacked up 24-pounds, 11-ounces for the day one lead on St Clair.

-The Bass Pro Tour anglers did include some quality largemouth in their catches from Saginaw Bay. At the end of the day it was veteran Bryan Thrift landing 48 scorable bass for 127 pounds, 11 ounces, who holds a commanding lead over second place Edwin Evers.

-These are the stories that remind me why I’m a big fan and supporter of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame. They’ve announced 8 students who will benefit from this year’s Fishery Management Scholarship Program.

McKinney marches into Day 1 lead at Lake St. Clair

by Christopher Decker

Thrift paces field on blistering Day 1 at Saginaw Bay

by Mitchell Forde

BFHOF has awarded scholarships under its Fishery Management Scholarship Program

by FTR Industry Wire

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