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.