BassMasters Classic

Final Classic day a go; no fog in sight

The final day of the 2011 Bassmaster Classic is set to begin on schedule, a departure from the past two days that were delayed due to dense fog at the launch site of Bayou Segnette State Park.

“There’s no fog in sight,” Luling’s Bruce McDonald said while sitting in the boat of competitor Terry Scroggins waiting for the blast-off. “It’s beautiful. It’s completely different than the other days.”[…]

Fishing Tournaments

KVD in position for fourth Bassmaster Classic title

Kevin VanDam went into the second day of the 2011 Bassmaster Classic in third place, but he had the No. 1 and No. 2 anglers fishing around him in Lake Cataouatche’s Tank Pond – and he expected the pressure from local anglers to have an impact on the catches.

And that turned out to be the case – for everyone in the Tank Pond but KVD.[…]

BassMasters Classic

Tank Pond delivers lunkers for Classic top three

The top-three finishers in today’s opening round of the 2011 Bassmaster Classic are all fishing the Lake Cataouatche Tank Pond, an area where warming temperatures are inspiring big female bass to move shallow to spawn.

Aaron Martens, Scott Rook and Kevin VanDam are chunking and winding spinnerbaits in the popular area to the west of the lake.[…]

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Bass Rant

The Look

You know that look when you know something is fixing to go the way you have envisioned it? We have all had it at one point or another in our lives, and at the Media Day for the Bassmaster Classic I was able to see “the look” in several of the anglers’ eyes. Call it a zone, a special place or whatever you want, but it all comes down to the look.[…]