Bassmaster's Classic - 6 Days To Go

[kantuckyII]

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tour ... ssic/index

There's the countdown. Boy, how I wished ESPN hadn't gotten this show. I miss the days of Bob Cobb doing the announcing. He had you worked up in a second talking about the show you were getting ready to watch and I just liked the whole show better period

[Bassmaster]

I agree. Me and a buddy of mine spent the whole week at the Classic in 1987 when it was held in Louisville. George Cochran won it that year. I have some awesome pictures of some big name fishermen. We had a blast

[kantuckyII]

I remember how Cobb would come on and talk...saying something like...Kerr Lake...sprawling out over x acres as the anglers head out...etc etc...so let's sit back and get ready to enjoy...

remember that? not only that but back then...the only ads were for Fishing stuff too so it wasn't painful to go to a break. ESPN has flat screwed it up.

One other thing is that we'll be coming up on the dark end of the moon, which should make for less feeding by the fish at night," Jones said. "We should have a pretty good early morning bite, especially if the weather stays mild."

The Red River's near optimal conditions also gives anglers schooled in all different types of fishing an opportunity to compete for the $500,000 first prize

[kantuckyII]

Down to one day now. I, too, liked it a whole lot better than it is now. I wished ESPN would have never gotten their hands into it. They are trying to run it like they do a basketball or football game or something. I just don't think they understand the sport or something. I hate the way they're filmed too.

one thing too about Ray Scott...they always kept it very family like, I think we're seeing a change from that. Back in the late 60's and early 70's..they even had a Bible Devotion in the magazine as I used to read it when my dad was a member of B.A.S.S..

[BigOrangeOne]

KantuckII would probably like to see Keith Olberman come back to ESPN and run it.....
They would have all left handed fishermen in it.

[kantuckyII]

Day 1 Results

1 Boyd Duckett 5 20- 3 5 20- 3
2 Jami Fralick 5 19- 3 5 19- 3
3 Fred Roumbanis 5 18- 4 5 18- 4
4 Aaron Martens 5 18- 1 5 18- 1
5 Terry Fitzpatrick 5 18- 0 5 18- 0
6 Scott Rook 5 17-11 5 17-11
7 Dave Wolak 5 17- 6 5 17- 6
8 Edwin Evers 5 17- 0 5 17- 0
9 Randy Howell 5 16- 3 5 16- 3
10 Dean Rojas 5 15-13 5 15-13
11 Kelly Jordon 5 15-10 5 15-10
12 Brian Snowden 5 15- 9 5 15- 9
13 Skeet Reese 5 15- 8 5 15- 8
14 Mike Burns 5 15- 7 5 15- 7
15 Bryan Schmidt 5 15- 5 5 15- 5
15 Michael Iaconelli 5 15- 5 5 15- 5
17 Kevin Wirth 5 15- 3 5 15- 3
18 Bill Lowen 5 14-12 5 14-12
19 Matt Herren 5 14- 4 5 14- 4
20 Greg Pugh 5 14- 0 5 14- 0
21 Mike McClelland 5 13-14 5 13-14
22 Alton Jones 5 13- 5 5 13- 5
23 Brent Chapman 5 13- 3 5 13- 3
24 Bobby Lane 5 13- 2 5 13- 2
25 Greg Hackney 5 12- 9 5 12- 9
26 Mark Davis 5 11-11 5 11-11
27 David Williams 5 11- 6 5 11- 6
28 Bernie Schultz 5 11- 3 5 11- 3
29 Steve Kennedy 5 10-14 5 10-14
30 Davy Hite 5 10-12 5 10-12
31 Rick Clunn 5 10-11 5 10-11
32 Terry Scroggins 5 10- 8 5 10- 8
33 Scott Parker 5 10- 7 5 10- 7
34 Casey Ashley 5 9-13 5 9-13
35 Jay Evans 5 9-12 5 9-12
36 Todd Faircloth 5 9- 2 5 9- 2
37 Kenyon Hill 5 9- 0 5 9- 0
38 Shaw E Grigsby 5 8-11 5 8-11
39 Timmy Horton 5 7-11 5 7-11
40 Waine Pittman 4 7- 9 4 7- 9
41 Rick Morris 2 6-10 2 6-10
41 Ken Baumgardner 4 6-10 4 6-10
43 Ish Monroe 3 6- 8 3 6- 8
44 Peter E Thliveros 3 6- 0 3 6- 0
45 Kevin VanDam 4 4- 4 4 4- 4
46 Kim Bain-Moore 2 3- 6 2 3- 6
47 Gary Klein 2 2-13 2 2-13
48 Kotaro Kiriyama 1 1-10 1 1-10
49 Bryan Hudgins 1 1- 5 1 1- 5
50 Byron Velvick 1 1- 0 1 1- 0
51 Dustin Wilks 1 0- 0 1 0- 0

[Bassmaster]

Mark Zona in reference to the angler in the # 46 spot.

There is no crying in bass fishing

[BigOrangeOne]

Day 1 Results

1 Boyd Duckett 5 20-3 5 etc.
2

Can you interpret the numbers for a dumb old country boy, please. ?

[kantuckyII]

Yep..he had it right

Here's the first, second and combined totals after day two. They're not lined up of course..but you can figure this one out pretty good though it seems. Odd, how a couple of the old big names are stuttering. Then again, I couldn't imagine fishing (and catching fish) with all that hassle here..people following you and a dozen boats setting by you...being rocked all over the place and the pressure of a 1/2 million purse would make a guy start to second guess himself every time he pulled into an area and everything he tied on if he wasn't catching fishing in minutes of doing both!


I do see ole' Michael Iaconelli is right in the pursuit...that guy drives a friend of mine nuts..he can't stand him. I'd laugh if he'd win this one. One thing about it..the guy might be a loudmouth but man, can he fish.

Oh..and 27 of them have limited out both days..that's over 50%, that's pretty impressive for this time of the year I think

l. Name DAY 1 DAY 2 TOTAL
Fish Weight Fish Weight Fish Weight
1 Jami Fralick 5 19- 3 5 19- 6 10 38- 9
2 Skeet Reese 5 15- 8 5 22- 9 10 38- 1
3 Edwin Evers 5 17- 0 5 19- 3 10 36- 3
4 Kelly Jordon 5 15-10 5 20- 5 10 35-15
5 Aaron Martens 5 18- 1 5 17- 9 10 35-10
6 Brian Snowden 5 15- 9 5 19- 4 10 34-13
7 Dave Wolak 5 17- 6 5 17- 0 10 34- 6
8 Mark Davis 5 11-11 5 22- 7 10 34- 2
9 Michael Iaconelli 5 15- 5 5 18-10 10 33-15
9 Boyd Duckett 5 20- 3 5 13-12 10 33-15
11 Casey Ashley 5 9-13 5 22-11 10 32- 8
12 Dean Rojas 5 15-13 5 16- 2 10 31-15
13 Bobby Lane 5 13- 2 5 18-12 10 31-14
14 Greg Pugh 5 14- 0 5 16-11 10 30-11
15 Mike McClelland 5 13-14 5 16- 8 10 30- 6
16 Kevin Wirth 5 15- 3 5 15- 2 10 30- 5
17 Bill Lowen 5 14-12 5 14-14 10 29-10
18 Bryan Schmidt 5 15- 5 5 13-11 10 29- 0
19 Terry Fitzpatrick 5 18- 0 5 9- 6 10 27- 6
20 Greg Hackney 5 12- 9 5 13-13 10 26- 6
21 Alton Jones 5 13- 5 5 12-12 10 26- 1
22 Kenyon Hill 5 9- 0 5 16-12 10 25-12
23 Randy Howell 5 16- 3 5 9- 2 10 25- 5
23 Jay Evans 5 9-12 5 15- 9 10 25- 5
25 Shaw E Grigsby 5 8-11 5 16- 7 10 25- 2
26 Terry Scroggins 5 10- 8 5 14- 6 10 24-14
27 Scott Rook 5 17-11 3 6-11 8 24- 6
27 Brent Chapman 5 13- 3 5 11- 3 10 24- 6
29 Fred Roumbanis 5 18- 4 3 5- 8 8 23-12
30 Kevin VanDam 4 4- 4 5 19- 7 9 23-11
31 Scott Parker 5 10- 7 5 12- 5 10 22-12
32 Matt Herren 5 14- 4 3 7- 7 8 21-11
33 Davy Hite 5 10-12 3 10- 5 8 21- 1
34 Gary Klein 2 2-13 5 16-15 7 19-12
35 Todd Faircloth 5 9- 2 5 10- 4 10 19- 6
35 Steve Kennedy 5 10-14 5 8- 8 10 19- 6
37 Mike Burns 5 15- 7 2 3- 5 7 18-12
37 Waine Pittman 4 7- 9 5 11- 3 9 18-12
39 Peter E Thliveros 3 6- 0 5 12- 9 8 18- 9
40 Rick Morris 2 6-10 3 10- 6 5 17- 0
41 Ish Monroe 3 6- 8 5 9-12 8 16- 4
42 Bernie Schultz 5 11- 3 4 5- 0 9 16- 3
43 Rick Clunn 5 10-11 2 5- 4 7 15-15
44 Dustin Wilks 1 0- 0 5 15- 8 6 15- 8
45 Bryan Hudgins 1 1- 5 5 12- 2 6 13- 7
46 David Williams 5 11- 6 1 1-14 6 13- 4
47 Kim Bain-Moore 2 3- 6 5 8-12 7 12- 2
48 Byron Velvick 1 1- 0 4 8-15 5 9-15
49 Ken Baumgardner 4 6-10 2 3- 1 6 9-11
50 Kotaro Kiriyama 1 1-10 3 6-10 4 8- 4
51 Timmy Horton 5 7-11 0 0- 0 5 7-11

[kantuckyII]

Here's the Bass Master Classic TV schedule from ESPN (Bring back Bob Cobb and company!) http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tv/n ... ass_reairs

I'm getting ready to go out the door in a few minutes but I'm going set the DVR up to record a bunch of it before I do

[BigOrangeOne]

Yep..he had it right

Thanks, Hammer .......and Kantuck there were MORE numbers on that list for each angler for the 1st day. I just didn't bother to list them all thinking that you might POSSIBLY look at the question you were being asked.

Day 1 Results

1 Boyd Duckett 5 20- 3 5 20-3

What do the last two numbers mean...... if it isn't too much trouble for you.

[BigOrangeOne]

BTW.... I'm sticking with Edwin Evers. I like that young man.

[kantuckyII]

Yep..he had it right

Thanks, Hammer .......and Kantuck there were MORE numbers on that list for each angler for the 1st day. I just didn't bother to list them all thinking that you might POSSIBLY look at the question you were being asked.

Day 1 Results

1 Boyd Duckett 5 20- 3 5 20-3

What do the last two numbers mean...... if it isn't too much trouble for you.

It was the running total.

First is Day 1 - Name Number of Fish For Day (5), Weight For Day - Second list is the aggregate for tournament

[Bassmaster]

Skeet Reese by 11 ounces and Ike a close second

[sportsmr]

Thank god, anybody but Ike. I get excited fishing but that guys too much to take.

[kantuckyII]

Sometimes he gets' on my nerves watching him but when you actually get him to just talk..he seems very level headed and intelligent. No one can deny that he isn't a great fisherman though. A friend of mine would shoot him though I believe..my wife thinks he's hilarious, I'm kinda in he middle there about him. Maybe that's why I always fish by myself, huh?

[kantuckyII]

He caught several minner type bass over on me one day when I bumped into him and has never let it go..

[OZZIEOHIO]

If you believe anything Hammerstill says I got some good shine ill sell you.