Syracuse.com - Gov. Cuomo scheduled to hold press conference at Elite Series bass tournament on St. Lawrence River

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Afterward, he plans to go fishing with a guide on the river.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press conference and make an announcement this morning at the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on the St. Lawrence River in Waddington.

The 10 a.m. press conference was set for Whittaker Park Boat Launch.

Afterward, Cuomo planned to take the river with an unidentified guide to try his hand at fishing for bass. Cuomo was initially slated to fish with B.A.S.S. tournament director Chris Bowes, an angler with local roots who now lives in Florida. Bowes graduated from Westhill High School and was a member of the Salt City Bassmasters club.

Plans for Bowes to take the governor out were scrapped for unexplained reasons late Wednesday morning.

The Elite Series competition on the St. Lawrence River, which concludes Sunday, features 99 Elite Series bass fishing pros from across the country including the 14 who participated in last weekend's Bass Pro Shops Northern Open on Oneida Lake. The winner of the St. Lawrence River tournament will win $100,000.

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