Classic Updates...

[Deitz Dittrich]

10:07 a.m. EST VanDam has 2 fish for about 4lbs so far... Takahiro has 3 fish in the well..

[Deitz Dittrich]

Update 9:25 our time.

KVD now 3 fish 6.5lbs

Takahiro 4 fish 10+lbs..

herron already culled twice but only at 9lbs.

[bassfshin24]

KVD 4 fish little over 8LBS....GO KVD!!!!!! couple people already have their limit. Get em boys!!!! except for IKE haha

[bassfshin24]

KVD----5 fish 11 lbs 2oz.-----

Bill McCaghren---5 fish 10 lbs 9oz.-----

Takahiro Omori---4 fish 10 lbs 4oz.-----

[Sproguy]

Ike is out of cell range so there is no read on him. He may be having a great day and no one knows?

I personally like the guy and would love to see him win the whole shootin match!

[bassfshin24]

Ike is definitely a great fishman...im just a fan of KVD and i know Ike is always a threat. I dont like the way he presents himself but he's one heck of a fisherman

[TonkaBass]

I am hoping to see Ike do well, but KVD is known to be tough to get off a streak!

[NTW]

You should check out BassCast... They chose to follow Byron Velvick and Takahiro. Tak is having a great day, fun to watch every move.

The quality isn't amazing but it's a good concept.

[mabr]

where are you finding the live updates?

[Deitz Dittrich]

ESPN has them mabr

[Hester]

Now they are saying Boyd blew out his engine. Thats not good!

Now I'm glad I kept him of my team. lol

[Craigums]

11:27 a.m. EST: Disaster struck for Boyd Duckett, winner of the Classic on Lay Lake. He blew an engine and is currently down. At this time, Duckett has yet to put a keeper bass in the boat.

[NTW]

Ouch!

[TR21HP]

They will get him a replacement and he should be ready to go .

[Craigums]

12:12 p.m. EST: The current top 10 looks like this:

Billy McCaghren 14-13

Takahiron Omori 14-12

Kevin VanDam 13-10

Jeff Kriet 11-0

Cliff Pace 10-8

Brent Chapman 10-8

Todd Faircloth 10-2

Gerald Swindle 8-10

Cliff Crochet 8-0

Matt Herren 7-0

Other notables:

Mike Iaconelli 6-10

Pam Martin-Wells 5-12

Skeet Reese 5-3

[bassNspear]

van dam on fire. im happy to see g man fishing well

[bassNspear]

van dam has caught the most fish as well! Martens in starting to heat up

[bassNspear]

Pl. Angler Name

* - BassTrakk Enabled Total Live Well Today Culled

Caught Weight Back Caught Weight Caught Weight Count Weight

1 Billy McCaghren * 5 14 lbs 13 oz -- 5 14 lbs 13 oz 7 17 lbs 11 oz 2 2 lbs 14 oz

2 Takahiro Omori * 5 14 lbs 12 oz 0 lbs 1 oz 5 14 lbs 12 oz 7 17 lbs 14 oz 2 3 lbs 2 oz

3 Kevin VanDam * 5 14 lbs 8 oz 0 lbs 5 oz 5 14 lbs 8 oz 11 22 lbs 6 oz 6 7 lbs 14 oz

4 Jeff Kriet * 5 12 lbs 2 oz 2 lbs 11 oz 5 12 lbs 2 oz 8 16 lbs 5 oz 3 4 lbs 3 oz

5 Cliff Pace * 5 10 lbs 8 oz 4 lbs 5 oz 5 10 lbs 8 oz 5 10 lbs 8 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

6 Brent Chapman * 5 10 lbs 8 oz 4 lbs 5 oz 5 10 lbs 8 oz 7 12 lbs 12 oz 2 2 lbs 4 oz

7 Todd Faircloth * 5 10 lbs 2 oz 4 lbs 11 oz 5 10 lbs 2 oz 7 12 lbs 2 oz 2 2 lbs 0 oz

8 Gerald Swindle * 5 10 lbs 1 oz 4 lbs 12 oz 5 10 lbs 1 oz 10 15 lbs 6 oz 5 5 lbs 5 oz

9 Cliff Crochet * 5 9 lbs 12 oz 5 lbs 1 oz 5 9 lbs 12 oz 8 12 lbs 1 oz 3 2 lbs 5 oz

10 Kotaro Kiriyama * 5 8 lbs 10 oz 6 lbs 3 oz 5 8 lbs 10 oz 8 11 lbs 6 oz 3 2 lbs 12 oz

11 Russ Lane * 4 8 lbs 3 oz 6 lbs 10 oz 4 8 lbs 3 oz 4 8 lbs 3 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

12 James Niggemeyer * 4 7 lbs 7 oz 7 lbs 6 oz 4 7 lbs 7 oz 5 7 lbs 9 oz 1 0 lbs 2 oz

13 Randy Howell * 5 7 lbs 4 oz 7 lbs 9 oz 5 7 lbs 4 oz 6 8 lbs 4 oz 1 1 lbs 0 oz

14 Matt Herren * 5 7 lbs 0 oz 7 lbs 13 oz 5 7 lbs 0 oz 8 10 lbs 6 oz 3 3 lbs 6 oz

15 Aaron Martens * 4 7 lbs 0 oz 7 lbs 13 oz 4 7 lbs 0 oz 6 16 lbs 6 oz 2 9 lbs 6 oz

16 Frank Scalish * 5 6 lbs 14 oz 7 lbs 15 oz 5 6 lbs 14 oz 5 6 lbs 14 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

17 Bobby Lane * 4 6 lbs 10 oz 8 lbs 3 oz 4 6 lbs 10 oz 4 6 lbs 10 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

18 Jeff Freeman * 4 6 lbs 8 oz 8 lbs 5 oz 4 6 lbs 8 oz 7 8 lbs 8 oz 3 2 lbs 0 oz

19 Kevin Wirth * 4 6 lbs 3 oz 8 lbs 10 oz 4 6 lbs 3 oz 4 6 lbs 3 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

20 Brent Long * 4 5 lbs 8 oz 9 lbs 5 oz 4 5 lbs 8 oz 4 5 lbs 8 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

21 Skeet Reese * 3 5 lbs 3 oz 9 lbs 10 oz 3 5 lbs 3 oz 3 5 lbs 3 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

22 Stephen Browning * 1 5 lbs 2 oz 9 lbs 11 oz 1 5 lbs 2 oz 1 5 lbs 2 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

23 Don Hogue * 1 5 lbs 0 oz 9 lbs 13 oz 1 5 lbs 0 oz 1 5 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

24 Bryan Schmidt * 2 4 lbs 15 oz 9 lbs 14 oz 2 4 lbs 15 oz 2 4 lbs 15 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

25 Alton Jones * 4 4 lbs 10 oz 10 lbs 3 oz 4 4 lbs 10 oz 4 4 lbs 10 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

26 Mark Tucker * 3 4 lbs 4 oz 10 lbs 9 oz 3 4 lbs 4 oz 3 4 lbs 4 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

27 Byron Velvick * 2 4 lbs 2 oz 10 lbs 11 oz 2 4 lbs 2 oz 2 4 lbs 2 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

28 Dean Rojas * 3 4 lbs 0 oz 10 lbs 13 oz 3 4 lbs 0 oz 9 7 lbs 14 oz 6 3 lbs 14 oz

29 Randy Phillips * 3 3 lbs 0 oz 11 lbs 13 oz 3 3 lbs 0 oz 3 3 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

30 Greg Hackney * 1 2 lbs 8 oz 12 lbs 5 oz 1 2 lbs 8 oz 1 2 lbs 8 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

31 Tommy Biffle * 1 2 lbs 5 oz 12 lbs 8 oz 1 2 lbs 5 oz 1 2 lbs 5 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

32 Mike McClelland * 1 1 lbs 8 oz 13 lbs 5 oz 1 1 lbs 8 oz 1 1 lbs 8 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

33 Jody Adkins * 1 1 lbs 0 oz 13 lbs 13 oz 1 1 lbs 0 oz 1 1 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

34 Terry Scroggins 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

35 Terry Butcher * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

36 Steve Kennedy * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

37 Shaw E Grigsby 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

38 Scott Ashmore * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

39 Pam Martin-Wells 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

40 Michael Iaconelli 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

41 Mark Menendez * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

42 Kevin Short * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

43 Kelly Jordon 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

44 John Murray * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

45 Jason Quinn * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

46 Jami Fralick * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

47 Gary Klein * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

48 Denny Brauer * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

49 Darrell West * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

50 Casey Ashley * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

51 Boyd Duckett * 0 0 lbs 0 oz 14 lbs 13 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz 0 0 lbs 0 oz

[Deitz Dittrich]

someone finally got the skivy on Ike.. sounds like he has just over 6lbs so far.

[JohnMickish]

Deitz, shouldn't you be working.

[bassNspear]

and boyds tracker was down, there getting him a new one!

[mattrd]

Gotta love the live coverage! It is nice to be able to see how the Classic is going! Need a couple of my guys to start heating up. Sounds like the weather is turning out to be pretty decent. I keep checking outside to see if the snow and ice has melted yet, but it's still there! Hey Deitz, gotta love prep periods right! LoL

[bassNspear]

The standings at the moment look like this:

Billy McCraghren 14-13

Takahiro Omori 14-12

Kevin VanDam 14-8

Jeff Kriet 12-14

Todd Faircloth 12-8

Cliff Pace 10-8

Brent Chapman 10-8

Gerald Swindle 10-1

Cliff Crochet 9-12

Kotaro Kiriyama 8-10

Russ Lane 8-3

James Niggemeyer 7-7

Randy Howell 7-4

Matt Herren 7-0

Aaron Martens 7-0

Frank Scalish 6-14

Bobby Lane 6-10

Mike Iaconelli 6-10

Jeff Freeman 6-8

Kevin Wirth 6-3

[bassNspear]

Todd Faircloth is now in the lead. He just boated a 3-pounder bringing his total to 15-12.

McCaghren is second with 14-13 and Omori is third with 14-12.

The rest of the top 25 looks like this:

4. Kevin VanDam 14-8

5. Jeff Kriet 13-14

6. James Niggemeyer 10-15

7. Cliff Pace 10-8

7. Brent Chapman 10-8

9. Russ Lane 10-5

10. Gerald Swindle 10-1

11. Cliff Crochet 9-12

12. Mike Iaconelli 9-2

13. Kotaro Kiriyama 8-10

14. Tommy Biffle 7-5

15. Randy Howell 7-4

16. Stephen Browning 7-2

17. Matt Herren 7-0

17. Aaron Martens 7-0

19. Frank Scalish 6-14

20. Bobby Lane 6-10

21. Jeff Freeman 6-8

21. Brent Long 6-8

23. Kevin Wirth 6-3

24. Pam Martin-Wells 5-12

24. Mark Tucker 5-12

[bassNspear]

We reported earlier that Iaconelli was rushing around and fishing fast.

At the time he had four fish and we wondered if that fast approach was going to keep him from getting that fifth fish.

Note to self: Stop questioning these guys.

Ike busted a "giant." He just caught a 5-8 and has jumped into a fourth place with 14-10, just above VanDam and below Omori.

I'm sure if you were any where near this part of Alabama you could have heard the screaming. We will definitely have to watch the live weigh in, because I'm sure that episode will make for some very loud viewing.

Top five looks pretty strong.

Faircloth, the AOY runner up in 2008, at the top; McCaghren, the Rookie of the Year, in second; Omori, 2004 Classic Champ, in third; Iaconelli, 2003 Classic Champ, in fourth; And the most decorated angler in the world, KVD, in fifth.

WOW.