My Bassmaster Classic Fantasy Line Up

I decided to pull the cocky kid Wheeler for Shin in Bucket E.  I didn't go with Andy Young because a rookie Pro just isn't a good bet in a tournament this big.  We do wish Andy the best however.

Update: Last minute substitute of Morizo out for B. Hite.  Rich Lindgren over at the Fantasy Fishing Insider Podcast had solid reasons to go with Hite.  My pick of Morizo was just a gut feeling with nothing to back it up.

So here is my final roster.

Shinichi "Shin" Fukae's Wrecked Bass Boat!

(Photo taken from message board, don't know original source)

Yesterday at the FLW Tournament on Kentucky Lake Shin Fukae struck the Highway 79 Bridge near Paris, Tenn somehow and this is his boat in the aftermath. I haven't seen any reports yet about what happened, but apparently some people are trashing Shin on some online message boards. Shin was only slightly injured, but the camera man wasn't so lucky and received internal injuries from hitting the console. Neither person was ejected from the boat. I am guessing the camera man would have been in much worse shape if there wasn't a console. As of the latest word the camera man is in ICU, but it sounds like he will be OK.

Here is a story from The Paris Post-Intelligencer. With an explaination of what happened. It kind of sound like this could have turned out far worse as they just missed a full head on impact with the bridge.