KVD & Ike lighting it up early ~ !

 

Watching it live    https://www.bassmaster.com/video/bassmaster-classic-live-2017

 

A-Jay

thanks......and to think...I planned to get some work done today.....

 

Ike and the ball and chain.....must see tv...lol

Interesting morning so far. There are guys throwing cranks, jerks, spinnerbaits, carolina rigs, and sight fishing. 

fascinating to me how long these guys will work a small area...KVD, Evers....these guys spent better part of an hour without moving 100yds

and its not like they were sight-fishing particular beds

And perhaps of no surprise is KVD is Stroking a jerkbait on sea walls -

A-Jay

What happened to Keith Combs?  He only has 2-4 pounds and is sitting in a surprisingly low 40th place, I really expected him to do well.

I wasn't paying a LOT of attention, but I think they said he went to crank offshore while most chased shad spawn....

I just heard Iaconelli say "what's this idot doing?  He's up here fu**ing fishing." on Bassmaster Live.  Real classy Ike.  Its time to move the camera to another boat already, he hasn't had a bite in hours and clearly he's frustrated.  Oh, and by the way, Ike, its a public body of water so anyone can fish the lake.

27 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Its time to move the camera to another boat already, he hasn't had a bite in hours and clearly he's frustrated.

 

Just caught a limit.

Gonna be a dog fight

Ike's having the kind of first day every contestant wants to have. 

 

And we're seeing quite a few spinning rods already in the hands of many guys on the top of the first day leader board ..  ..  ..  .. 

 

A-Jay

8 minutes ago, J Francho said:

 

Just caught a limit.

 

 

That was only his 4th.

Looks like The Rain's about to move in on the Classic this first day.

 

Also keep an eye out for Scrubby McSrcubberson . . . he's lurking there in the background.

 

 

A-Jay

 

 

20 minutes ago, MichiganBass80 said:

 

 

That was only his 4th.

 

My bad - thought he had three already.

Ike has everything going for him - sacked them on the first day, and has a spot that should be replenishing day to day with these postspawn fish moving onto the channel swing. He's switched things up a little bit from his carolina rig and found something that's working - I really thing he's going to be a major contender on day 3.

 

According to what I'm hearing, the guys up the lake fishing shallower aren't going to be able to do that three days in a row and have a chance to win. Could be wrong on that, but we may see those guys stumble tomorrow.

Ike's got 5 now.

A-Jay

Now he's limited....

 

@Senko lover You think all his fish are postspawn?  Looked like a one was pretty fat!

Combs just caught one!

 

 

@J Francho yeah he said "believe it or not, they're all postspawn." Davy Hite said he thought one of them was prespawn, so I don't know.

"GIANT one right here!!!"   lol

Edwin just got a very 'special' bath  ~

Seems he liked the cull but may not have enjoyed the nard splash.

A-Jay

Is the state 'limit' greater than the tourny bag limit?  I was surprised he put that in the well before pulling one out

31 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

Is the state 'limit' greater than the tourny bag limit?  I was surprised he put that in the well before pulling one out

 

Typically you can be in possession of the sixth fish, if you are determining which fish to cull.  That's how it is in NY, anyway.

Yeah....I wouldn't have even mentioned it.....had I continued watching...he dropped the lid, but only to pick up the balance and work in the other well.

 

 

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I'm getting tired just watching KVD....he probably averages close to a jerk per second....alll.....day.....long

 Ike's just landed another 2 lb 'GIANT' 

 

 Didn't help

 

A-Jay

I don't know what's worse, "GIANT" or "Big 'un"