2010 Bassmaster Classic Leaderboard Liveblog

OK now that that phone call is done with I can get down to the pointless exercise of live blogging the ESPN Live Real-Time Leaderboard.

6:13PM KVD weighs the days biggest bag with 19-7 for a 51-6 Total and he wins his 3rd Bassmasters Classic Title. Move over Rick Clunn there is a new Greatest Of All Time!!!
6:11PM KVD needs 14-8

6:10PM Just to be the 1st to say it Kevin Van Dam is your 2010 Bassmasters Classic Champion!!!

6:07 Russ Lane needs 20-12 to take the lead. He has 18-1, so the Squirrel holds on by a threat.

6:06PM If Ike ever gets off the stage Russ Lane is next.

6:05PM Naturally Ike is taking forever.

6:02PM Brent Chapman will move up to 5th.

6:00PM Ike needs 19-11 he has 10-9, somebody owes me a donut.

5:58PM Ike is next. Dollars to Donuts he doesn't beat Kriet.

5:56PM Jeff Kriet with 14-5 which puts him in 1st with 46-6. That is pretty dang good, too bad it won't be good enough.

5:53PM For some reason Todd Faircloth weighed next 12-5 which puts him in 1st with 44-3.

5:51PM Brent Chapman shows strong with 16-12 for 37-14 total, into 1st place for now. Maybe he will move into 5th place in front of Ike.

5:49PM Man the Super 6 Hoopala is taking a long time.

5:47PM From Bass Insider Bass Cam I got a look at 4 of Kriets fish and it looked like 2x2lbs+ and 2+3lbs+, Van Dam is supposed to have multiple 4's.

5:40PM From here it goes Chapman, R. Lane, Ike, Faircloth, KVD, Squirrel.

5:39PM From Bass Insider Bass Cam Russ Lane claims he missed 2 fish yesterday that probably would have won him the Classic.

5:35PM Looks like Pam Martin-Wells will finish 22nd.

5:32PM Biffle last man before the Super 6.

5:30PM Matt Herren 12-7 which will jump him to #1.

5:27PM Only 3 more till the Super 6.

5:26PM Ike was quite positive in that pre-weigh in interview. He is satisfied that he fished about as good as he could. Next up on Insider Bass Cam Kevin Van Dam.
5:22PM The Cajun Baby Cliff Crochet can NOT take the lead.

5:20PM Ike is up on the Bass Insider Bass Cam, this should be good.

5:17PM We are more than half way done. Sorry to the anglers I have not mentioned.

5:16PM Quick trivia question, which Elite Series Pro has been beaten in 2 Bassmasters Classics by women?

5:15PM We know this much, Steven Browning will take 25th.

5:12PM Kevin Wirth strong with 15-8, and he is in the hot seat for a moment. Has Big Bass at 5-9.

5:10PM Cliff Pace Blah Blah Blah.

5:07PM Federation Angler Jeff Freeman weighs in 14-6 and is in the hot seat, only if just for a moment.

5:03PM Swindle can't crack the top 3.

5:00PM Bass Blogging Ninja Kota weighs in 10-4 doesn't touch top 3.

4:48PM Mark Tucker with 12 but it's not enough to leap frog yesterday's top 3.

4:53PM Pam Martin-Wells weighs in 8-4 which gives her 25 even. Good Job Pam!!!

BTW A-Mart now has Big Bass with a 5-3.

4:51PM Oops it was 13-15 not 14-5 for A-Mart.

4:48PM A-Mart with 13-15 but that ain't good enough to lift him into 1st even for a moment.

4:45PM Things seemed to have stopped after Rojas, I hope that leaderboard didn't lock up.

4:40PM So far I've missed Browning, Rojas, and Quinn. None of which could take the lead. Quinn got a 4-2.

Bassmaster Open Lake Okeechobee

Hojin Express Fishing "Big O" Bassmaster Open

I see from the Day 1 Standings (Now with Day 2), that Hojin Chang of the bass fishing blog Rattletrap Ramblings is fishing this weekends BASS Southern Open on Lake Okeechobee. He did land a 15oz squeeker which is more than you can say for 64 others.

Update: Hojin caught a single bass (2-6) on day 2. I think that means he is done fishing for the tournament.

A couple thoughts on the Southern Open: Like Tyler Brinks blogged:
The interesting thing to me was seeing alot of big name FLW Tour Pros fishing the event. Could it be some of them are looking to qualify for the Elites next year after the recent chaos of the FLW Tour? Michael Bennett, Luke Clausen, Ott Defoe, Greg Pugh, Scott Canterbury, Koby Kreiger and several others. All of these guys were fishing for an FLW Team last year and are all here. Early season warm-up or looking to jump ship, you decide.


And I took a close look at the standings and the only woman angler in the field is Pam Martin Wells. Since the cancelling of the WBT Tour I saw a number of comments on message boards that the WBT league cancellation was no big deal, "the women can just fish against the guys." Well it looks to me if BASS doesn't do something about making some spaces available just for women than they probably are not gonna have that chance. I am all for some affirmative action with 10-15 spots set aside in the Opens just for women and how about 1 slot in the Elites. There are a few women on the women's side including Byron's Bachelor girl Mary Delgado.

Found New Blog: AnglersChannel.com blog has some Big O coverage...