Canadian Open of Fishing Pro-Am this weekend in Beaverton harbour
Published July 31, 2024 at 9:24 am
The smallmouth bass capital of Canada is hosting the Canadian Open of Fishing Pro-Am this weekend in Beaverton harbour, with the top two pros and top two amateurs qualifying for the Major League Fishing Toyota Series Championships this November.
The Beaverton event, part of the Competitive Sport Fishing League (CSFL) will happen August 3 and 4, with fishing from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pre-fishing on Lake Simcoe ends Friday at 8 p.m.
The Canadian Open of Fishing is a pro/am event with participants paired by random draw with a different partner each day of the event. All the anglers are hoping to book their ticket to the championship event November 7-9 on Wheeler Lake in Huntsville, Alabama.
Beaverton has been busy as a sport fishing port of call already this summer, hosting the Canadian Open June 29-30 and the Bronzeback Cup July 27-28. The Open was won by rising Bowmanville fishing star Cooper Gallant, who at 26 is already a veteran of 31 Bassmaster tournaments (he won the Bassmaster Southern Open in 2022) and $289,659 in career earnings, while Peterborough brothers Chris and Lynn Johnston took home the Bronzeback Cup.
The Competitive Sport Fishing League is the leading tournament series in Canada, offering events that cater to every level of angler from experienced professionals to amateurs being new to the sport. In its 27-year existence the CSFL has run more than 1,000 events, released hundreds of thousands of fish and has hosted anglers from around the world.
Tournament pre-fishing at Beaverton harbour
The event utilizes an in-water weigh-in system (developed at Queen’s University in Kingston), including properly regulated aerated tanks, water weigh-in scales and state of the art live release boats to reduce the mortality rate to less than one per cent to ensure the future of the sport.
Registration (www.csfl.ca/registration) closes Friday at midnight. Fans can catch the weigh-in live at the CSFL Facebook page.
All CSFL events are open to the public.
Bowmanville Bassmaster angler Cooper Gallant of Bowmanville in action