My B.A.S.S. All Star Bracket Picks

Round 1 Winners
Ashley
Evers
Defoe
Scroggins

Round 2 Winners
Evers
Scroggins

Winner
Big Show

B.A.S.S. All Star Vote Winners

Skeet
Kriet
Martens
Ike

I think the big surprise on the list has to be Martens. I didn't think he was that popular. Apparently Ike was the #1 vote getter, which shouldn't be to much of a surprise. I am wondering if Brandon Palaniuk would have won if he was in Maretnes region instead of with Skeet? Actually this article answers that question.

Also from that Bassmaster.com article:
Kriet edged out Brauer by 551 votes, garnering 17.8 percent of Region 2 votes to Brauer’s 17.4 percent.
My working theory here, is that Denny turned enough of us fans off by his behavior towards JVD, that there were just enough of us ticked at Denny to jump on Kriet's horse once we found out that was a close race.

Squirrel Bandwagon Jump

In B.A.S.S. All Star voting it isn't looking good for my endorsed pick of Brent Chapman in Region 2. Twice now B.A.S.S. has divulged the Top 5 in each region and Brent Chapman's name hasn't come up. However, Shaw, Walker, and Palaniuk are all very much in the race in their regions. Since it doesn't look like Brent has a chance and I don't want to see Denny Brauer prevail in the vote after his conduct at the Arkansas River; I am now switching my vote and endorsement to Jeff "The Squirrel" Kriet because it looks like he can knock Denny off. Go Squirrel!!!

Japan Is In On B.A.S.S. All-Star Voting

Who knew Mark Davis was Japanese? Also looks like Tak is the odd man out with this Japanese bass fishing blogger.

Bass Pundit Endorsements for B.A.S.S. All-Star Voting

Region 1: Shaw Grigsby- Truth be told I have never been a real Shaw Grigsby guy. He gets the endorsement for 2 reasons. 1. I used his jersey as a template for my own. 2. The contrast between how Shaw handled sharing water with Grant Goldbeck vs how Denny Brauer mishandled sharing water with JVD.

Region 2: Brent Chapman- Brent is a bass fishing blogger who I follow. Brent is a great guy who struggled some this season, but finished strong and made his way back to the Classic. Don "DB" Barone wrote an article titled "How fragile, we..." at the end of the year that featured Brent and his wife Bobbi (who also blogs) that chronicled the stress of a season not going well. Brent is guy who has paid his dues and is a true professional.

Region 3: David Walker- I not exactly sure why but David Walker is one of my favorite Pro anglers. He has a blog at his website and also does with The Evinrude Blog. It was cool see Dave pick up his first win ever this season and make his goal of getting back to Classic, which is the reason he left FLW.
Updated- I just found out from facebook that David is actually a Northern Boy originally from Michigan. Just another reason to like him.

Region 4: Brandon Palaniuk- This Federation Angler from Idaho turned Elite Series Pro living his dream has been fun to watch. He had a great season, that in some ways was overshadowed because this years crop of veteran rookies was so strong. He would have been Rookie of the Year last year going away. It's highly impressive that Brandon made it back to the Classic, especially having to deal with a couple of difficult circumstances that had to be overcome (The manatee zone incident and the selfish Denny Brauer). I hope Brandon makes it in the sport and he is going to need sponsors for next year, making it as an All-Star would be huge for Brandon in terms of selling himself to potential sponsors.

All 4 of these guys are on Facebook.

So go to All-Star Week Voting Page and vote for these guys. You could win a boat.