LAKEPORT, Calif. — After Day 2, Christian Ostrander did not believe he would do okay in the final round of the Wild West Bass Trail Clear Lake Pro-Am presented by Ford Fairfield — he believed he would win. The APEX Cup pro from Turlock, Calif. actually stated as much; and 24 hours later, he delivered another big limit that gave him a dominant victory with a 3-day total of 73.53 pounds.
Ostrander, who also won last year’s Clear Lake Pro-Am, placed ninth on Day 1 with 21.73, then bolted into first with a second-round limit of 27-13 — the event’s heaviest bag. Today, he added 24.67 and raced across the finish line with a 6 1/2-pound margin of victory.
“I love this place,” Ostrander said of Clear Lake. “I fish this place a lot, so I know it well. I know how to pattern fish well on this lake.”
Returning to the same area of the Rattlesnake Arm where he’d fished the previous two days, Ostrander looked for fish right over grass outside spawning areas in 5-6 feet.
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