World Street Fishing Championship in the USA, last decisive round!

Sunday's second and final round is decisive. The French are fifth out of nine after the first run. Third place is within reach, but it's also possible to finish last. The pressure is on in Green Bay, on the banks of the Fox River.

Round 2 sector A

On sector A, we find Tom BONTEMPELLI and Jeremy SEGUIN, who was on sector B the day before. The duo saved the day, but were still frustrated not to have made those walleyes.

At the 9:30am kick-off, the pair go quickly under a bridge spotted during prefishing and leave the edge fishing to be done later.

Un beau smallie pour Jeremy et Tom
A nice smallie for Jeremy and Tom

The start was given on sector A at 10am and few fish were caught. Then Jeremy and Tom managed to unlock their counter. They caught a smallie, then two, then a string of drums! On a marked post, Jeremy even managed to land four on a small Illex TN 38 Trigon lipless. This puts them in second place for the round. They have a quota of five fish in the drum category and seven fish in all with smallies. Hard to improve, but Jeremy and Tom hang on and manage to improve their superb quota by a few points.

Tom et Jeremy ont enchainé les drums
Tom and Jeremy played drums together

They consolidated their second place, but in the last few moments the Americans captured a beautiful walleye that relegated Jeremy and Tom to third place...

Round 2 in sector B

Sector B is a completely different story. Baptiste and Martin are replaced by Jules and Gabriel. The French team is betting on walleye fishing in the canal, and Gabriel and Jules seem to be the most experienced on this species. What's more, Gabriel and Jules run fast, which increases the chances of a good spot on the canal.

At 9:30 am everything starts as planned. Gabriel BINET and Jules VIDEAUD sprint to the start and win the chosen spot.

Qui a dit que la pêche ce n'est pas sportif?
Who says fishing isn't sport?

Soon, however, things didn't go according to plan in sector B. A few walleyes were caught to the left and right of our pair. A few walleye are caught to the left and right of our pair, and apart from a missed touch, no walleye is put out to dry by the French.

As on the previous day, and after two hours of unsuccessful channel scraping, we decided to head upstream to try and catch a smallie on the edge.

The pressure is on, because we know that in sector A, Tom and Jeremy are on a roll!

Gabriel quickly misses his first smallie. It's terrible and encouraging at the same time, you just have to hang on.

Finally, Gabriel starts shouting "fish! There's still 1h15 of fishing left, and the fight is indecisive. The fish seems big and determined, while Gabriel is riding (a little too) thin. In the end, Gabriel and Jules landed a superb 59 cm Drum, the biggest of the competition. A sizeable saving fish that propels our pair into the middle of the table, fifth out of nine.

Le soulagement de mesurer un tel drum
The relief of measuring such a drum

A fish of just 26 cm, barely the mesh size of 25 cm, was enough to take third place. So we decide to continue upstream in the sector to try and catch a mesh fish, whatever the species.

You don't need a "big fish" like a walleye, and on the leaderboard broadcast live on the app, it looks like there's nothing left to do on the channel.

Nothing more to report until the end of the run, except that time is running out slowly. Morgan has calculated the points and the French team is heading for a bronze medal... But the Americans overtake Tom and Jeremy in the final minutes...

Le plus gros drum de la compétition pour Gabriel et Jules
The biggest drum of the competition for Gabriel and Jules

You'll find the results of this epic competition in the last article in this dossier devoted to the World Street Fishing Championships in GreenBay.

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