Looks like Strader's got a good catfish pattern going...

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

 

KVD forgot a measuring board and had to ask a spectator boat for one LOL .

I saw that. Apparently he only has a 15" board on him. Smallmouths having to be a minimum of 18" would have to pretty much rule them out as being a targeted species for these guys. 

1 hour ago, Montanaro said:

My fantasy team isn't showing up...anyone else?  I swore i picked one....

Pete, I can see your team on the admin side of things on the Bassmaster website. Does this look right?

 

Defoe, Christie, Ike, Roy, Evers

Name is Kyle unless there are 2 Montanaros in our group...

 

I know I picked Christie but Ike isnt a common pick for me...I really can't recall as I picked team like a month ago and let it be.

21 minutes ago, Montanaro said:

Name is Kyle unless there are 2 Montanaros in our group...

 

 

Looks like your team never saved???

 

Kyle , did you forget to pick the tie-breaker weight ?

Sigh...

 

Maybe I forgot.  Swore I researched my picks.  Oh well.

So like many people, I had DeFoe (leader plus big bass).  I also have Elam, Lane & Pwroznik (all in the top 12).  Hey, maybe I have a shot at winning this...oh wait, I have Keith Poche (50th out of 52).

 

That D bucket was a tough choice, I thought Poche might just junk fish around and be better than anyone else in his bucket, even if he didn't fair well against the rest of the field.  So help me, if my other 4 guys hold up and Poche costs me a $3K BPS card, I'm going to ask Ish Monroe to push him in the water again.

 

Go, you crawdad eating Cajun, put 15 lbs in the boat tomorrow!!

This is my 3rd year of doing this and in that time i have picked Ott Defoe more than anyone else , including the last two classics . So do I pick him on his home lake ? No, that would be the smart thing to do .

I managed to pick the 2 guys that zeroed today 

I should have had three in the finals but Andy Montgomery was late to the weigh-in . I'm fated to finish last , again . ?

Am I the only one who's points haven't updated since the end of day 1? I got 2 emails telling me my points from the Lake Lanier event but none from the current event. 

3 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Am I the only one who's points haven't updated since the end of day 1? I got 2 emails telling me my points from the Lake Lanier event but none from the current event. 

Your not the only one, it’s happening to me as well.

points haven't updated for me either.

 

I have 3 fishing today: Defoe, Daniels, and Evers.

I had 1 fishing today and looks like he landed exactly 0 fish...My other 4 were between 35 and 50......I should have went with my first picks I had set up 2 weeks ago

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

I have been getting old results too

 

3 hours ago, ratherbfishin1 said:

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

You got the top score in the group, nice job.

 

It's all updated now.

3 hours ago, ratherbfishin1 said:

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

Yeah, great team.

 

I had Christie too -- I really thought this one would set up well for him.

3 hours ago, ratherbfishin1 said:

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

Congrats on some great picks .Curtsout had the same exact picks as yours . He beat you on the tie breaker  .

16 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Congrats on some great picks .Curtsout had the same exact picks as yours . He beat you on the tie breaker  .

Yeah, I didn’t do enough research to realize that my tie breaker was way to high ?

@ratherbfishin1 nice team. I had Christie as well and thought as tough as he had been in some past classics he would be the same here. Congrats though

So many good guys that I would have been happy to see win the classic, but I was really happy to see Ott pull out the W. 

 

I would have been as equally happy to see Wheeler, Daniels, or Zaldain pull it out as well. It was fun watching the weigh in's and seeing the guys get emotional because they know how much BASS means to their lives and careers, after they up and abandoned it over the off season. It might be interesting after this season to see if any of these guys leave MLF to come back to the BASS format. 

 

My teams final results... 

Defoe - 1
Benton - 32
Swindle - 35
Roy - 50
Tharp - 38

It was great to see a guy like Ott pull it out.

 

I'm also curious to see if anybody goes back to the BASS format. Mostly because many of the field has fished under the 5 biggest bites format their whole career. If they're struggling with the MLF format so far going back might be more intriguing to them than if they're excelling in the MLF.

 

Ott saved me, he was the 1 pick that made it to day 3. Next week I'm going with a good ol' Ontario boy and a mix bag of anglers.

 

 

	Patrick Walters Summerville, SC	-
B		Drew Benton Panama City, FL	-
C		Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL	-
D		Jeff Gustafson Keewatin, NT	-
E		Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA