Seven BPT Anglers Sidelined For Champlain Wednesday, August 4, 2021 Photo: MLF Luke Clausen, who's suffering from COVID-19 and other ailments, expects to spend the next several days in a Plattsburgh, N.Y. hospital. By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Seven Bass Pro Tour competitors will be absent from this week's event at Lake Champlain. At least two of those anglers (Luke Clausen and Fletcher Shryock) are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Another, Anthony Gagliardi, is recovering at home in South Carolina following a bout with the coronavirus that resulted in a case of pneumonia. Randy Howell is undergoing treatment for post-COVID effects in Alabama although his only test for the disease came back negative.