Classic Leaderboard

[Bass_Akwards]

11:42 a.m. EST:

Currently the top 10 all have limits. It looks like this.

Takahiro Omori 14-12

Kevin VanDam 13-10

Billy McCaghren 11-7

Jeff Kriet 11-0

Cliff Pace 10-8

Brent Chapman 8-12

Cliff Crochet 8-0

Todd Faircloth 7-10

Matt Herren 7-0

Frank Scalish 6-14

Anyone know what part of the lake Omori and KVD are fishing?  Anyone know what bait they're throwing? 

I bet KVD is fishing deep but who knows.  Can't wait to see if the top 3 at the end of this tourney all fished similarly, or completely different as far as baits and techniques are concerned. 

[KYntucky Warmouth]

should start changing soon with larger numbers, afternoon has been producing the bigger fish in practice.

[JohnnyBigger]

billy mac is now in the lead

[soccplayer07]

can someone post a link for the live (updating) leader board??? I can not find it anymore. thanks.

[Wayne P.]

It's on the ESPN website Classic live blog.

[IwillChooseFreeWill]

There is the BassTrakk page that shows unofficial standings

1 Billy McCaghren * 14 lbs 13 oz

2 Takahiro Omori * 14 lbs 12 oz

3 Kevin VanDam * 14 lbs 8 oz

4 Jeff Kriet * 12 lbs 2 oz 2 lbs

5 Cliff Pace * 10 lbs 8 oz

[senile1]

Posting every change in the leaderboard is like posting the standings every few laps of a Nascar race.   ;D

I have to admit that I'm checking it quite often throughout the day as well.   

[Paul Roberts]

Posting every change in the leaderboard is like posting the standings every few laps of a Nascar race. ;D

;D ;D

With VanDam up front this early he may be tough to beat. My guess is he'll stay on his fish. That's one top ten place locked up.

Look at his cull numbers.

Gerald Swindle and Aaron Marten's also have high cull numbers. There are no bass on beds yet down there, right??

[IwillChooseFreeWill]

Posting every change in the leaderboard is like posting the standings every few laps of a Nascar race. ;D

;D ;D

With VanDam up front this early he may be tough to beat. My guess is he'll stay on his fish. That's one top ten place locked up.

Look at his cull numbers.

Gerald Swindle and Aaron Marten's also have high cull numbers. There are no bass on beds yet down there, right??

no because of the snow, snow melt and cold temperatures, I think the water is probably in the low to mid 40s throughout much of the lake, so I doubt the bass have even started their pre-spawn movements yet. Especially since it has been a longer and colder than usual winter.

I would think the best like KVD have moved up into some of these tributary arms that don't have much water movement and warm up faster, and may potentially be starting their pre-spawn moving... hard to say for sure though.

[Wayne P.]

Arron Martins does have a high cull number with an average of over 4# which higher than his livewell weight with an average is less than 2#

Somebody is not getting or posting accurate info.

[Paul Roberts]

Arron Martins does have a high cull number with an average of over 4# which higher than his livewell weight with an average is less than 2#

Somebody is not getting or posting accurate info.

Yeah! Guess we're watching the those NASCAR laps third hand. Maybe better to look at total catch numbers. Then again, it might be best to check back in a few days.

BTW: What does "Back" mean? OH...I get it, behind the leader -amount to make up.

Faircloth must have just caught a big'n!

Looks like Rojas, Freeman, Swindle, Kreit, VanDam, and Faircloth are catching.

Oo-oo-ooo! VanDam's dialin' in now. Look at his total weight. Game over??

[brushhoggin]

lets go Cliff!!!

[Bass_Akwards]

3:09PM ET

Here are the latest standings through the top 25.

Todd Faircloth 15 lbs 12 oz

Kevin VanDam 15 lbs 0oz

Billy McCaghren 14 lbs 13 oz

Takahiro Omori 14 lbs 12 oz

Mike Iaconelli 14 lbs 10 oz

Jeff Kriet 14 lbs 6 oz

Tommy Biffle 11 lbs 13 oz

Brent Chapman 11 lbs 4 oz

James Niggemeyer 10 lbs 15 oz

Stephen Browning 10 lbs 9 oz

Cliff Pace 10 lbs 8 oz

Russ Lane 10 lbs 5 oz

Gerald Swindle 10 lbs 1 oz

Cliff Crochet 9 lbs 12 oz

Matt Herren 8 lbs 15 oz

Jeff Freeman 8 lbs 14 oz

Kotaro Kiriyama 8 lbs 10 oz

Aaron Martens 8 lbs 4 oz

Randy Howell 7 lbs 4 oz

Byron Velvick 7 lbs 2 oz

Dean Rojas 7 lbs 0 oz

Frank Scalish 6 lbs 14 oz

Bobby Lane 6 lbs 10 oz

Brent Long 6 lbs 8 oz

Kevin Wirth 6 lbs 3 oz

[bass crazy]

Go Ike !!!!!!

[Paul Roberts]

I still see Ike in 44th with no fish -from ESPN.

[Catt]

Pay attention to the * 

* The BASSTrakk numbers are unofficial estimates made by the BASS Marshalls in the boat with the angler, and all angler information is subject to the available cell service in the area he is fishing. The information on BASSTrakk may not be complete or accurate.

[Fish M4ST3R]

Wow, my fantasy fishing roster is terrible.... :-/ :-/ :'( >

[Paul Roberts]

Pay attention to the *

* The BASSTrakk numbers are unofficial estimates made by the BASS Marshalls in the boat with the angler, and all angler information is subject to the available cell service in the area he is fishing. The information on BASSTrakk may not be complete or accurate.

I see. I read in an ESPN blog that the BassTraxx numbers are essentially eye-balled by newbs.

It's possible I suppose that Ike has blanked, but not likely.

[basser89]

Pay attention to the *

* The BASSTrakk numbers are unofficial estimates made by the BASS Marshalls in the boat with the angler, and all angler information is subject to the available cell service in the area he is fishing. The information on BASSTrakk may not be complete or accurate.

I see. I read in an ESPN blog that the BassTraxx numbers are essentially eye-balled by newbs.

It's possible I suppose that Ike has blanked, but not likely.

While searching around the site for BassTraxx, I stumbled across one of the BLOGs that said Ike had caught his 4th or 5th bass that put him between Tak and KVD at that time. Time will tell.

[D4u2s0t]

weight in is live at espn 360

[AnglerNFuego]

He finally weighs in.

Big Bass Weighed 

Michael Iaconelli

(Elite Anglers)

Prior To Weigh-In:

48th Place, Fish: 0, Weight: 0- 0

Needed to take the lead: 19- 9

Today:

Fish: 5, Weight: 14- 9

After Weigh-In:

7th Place, Fish: 5, Weight: 14- 9

Big Bass: 6-10 

[bflow_6]

I think KVD will be hard to beat now he is on to something sown there.

[5bass]

Here's the standings (from Bassmaster . com)

Pl. Name DAY 1 TOTAL

Fish Weight Fish Weight

1 Kevin VanDam 5 19- 8 5 19- 8

2 Todd Faircloth 5 18- 2 5 18- 2

3 Jeff Kriet 5 16- 7 5 16- 7

4 Cliff Pace 5 16- 3 5 16- 3

5 Takahiro Omori 5 15- 7 5 15- 7

6 Billy McCaghren 5 15- 4 5 15- 4

7 Michael Iaconelli 5 14- 9 5 14- 9

8 Tommy Biffle 5 14- 3 5 14- 3

9 Russ Lane 5 14- 1 5 14- 1

10 James Niggemeyer 5 13- 3 5 13- 3

11 Brent Chapman 5 13- 0 5 13- 0

11 Terry Scroggins 5 13- 0 5 13- 0

13 Gerald Swindle 5 10- 8 5 10- 8

14 Kotaro Kiriyama 5 10- 3 5 10- 3

15 Byron Velvick 5 10- 0 5 10- 0

16 Mark Tucker 5 9-15 5 9-15

17 Jeff Freeman 5 9- 8 5 9- 8

18 Matt Herren 5 9- 7 5 9- 7

19 Cliff Crochet 5 9- 5 5 9- 5

20 Randy Howell 5 8-15 5 8-15

20 Stephen Browning 5 8-15 5 8-15

22 Aaron Martens 5 8-11 5 8-11

23 Kevin Wirth 5 8- 9 5 8- 9

24 Bobby Lane 5 7-13 5 7-13

25 John Murray 4 7-12 4 7-12

26 Mark Menendez 5 7- 9 5 7- 9

27 Frank Scalish 5 7- 2 5 7- 2

28 Don Hogue 2 7- 1 2 7- 1

29 Shaw E Grigsby 4 6-15 4 6-15

30 Pam Martin-Wells 5 6-13 5 6-13

31 Alton Jones 5 6-12 5 6-12

32 Dean Rojas 5 6- 9 5 6- 9

33 Brent Long 5 6- 8 5 6- 8

34 Bryan Schmidt 2 6- 2 2 6- 2

35 Jason Quinn 2 5-12 2 5-12

36 Mike McClelland 2 5- 9 2 5- 9

37 Skeet Reese 3 5- 0 3 5- 0

38 Randy Phillips 4 4- 5 4 4- 5

39 Casey Ashley 4 4- 2 4 4- 2

40 Greg Hackney 1 3- 5 1 3- 5

41 Terry Butcher 2 2-15 2 2-15

42 Steve Kennedy 2 2-10 2 2-10

43 Gary Klein 1 2-10 1 2-10

44 Kelly Jordon 1 2- 9 1 2- 9

45 Jami Fralick 1 2- 8 1 2- 8

46 Kevin Short 2 2- 6 2 2- 6

47 Scott Ashmore 1 1- 7 1 1- 7

48 Boyd Duckett 1 1- 2 1 1- 2

49 Denny Brauer 0 0- 0 0 0- 0

49 Darrell West 0 0- 0 0 0- 0

49 Jody Adkins 0 0- 0 0 0- 0

[burleytog]

What did Gene do to jinx Kelly 'Wooderson' Jordon?

[IwillChooseFreeWill]

well looks like I am out, at the end of day 2, KVD is out front with 35-2