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40th
Bassmaster Classic
Lookback
When
it came to the last day,
and the fishermen of the
40th Bassmaster
Classic hit Lay Lake
outside of Birmingham, AL
one more time Big Bites
Pro Staffer Jeff Kriet was
in 1st place by
just 2 ounces, but the
burning questions of the
day was; is Beeswax Creek
going to carry Jeff Kriet
to his first Bassmaster
Classic win? That answer
would come almost 10 hours
later in the day.
At blast off Jeff headed
down to the area he had
fished in Beeswax within
sight of the landing for
the last 2 days. Picking
up, and using the same lip
less crankbait Kriet went
to work grinding out a
solid limit that pushed
the scales to 14-5lbs the
3rd biggest bag
of the last day, but when
it was all done Jeff came
up short to Kevin Van Dams
19-7lb bag the biggest bag
of the day, and 5lbs short
of Van Dams winning weight
of 51-6lbs for the
tournament.
In the interview room
after the tournament Jeff
said “he feels he fished
a clean tournament, and
did not make any mistakes.
If it was his time to win
he would have won, and
will win one of these
things one of these
days”. Before the
tournament Jeff stated his
plan was to fish his
strengths, and fish a Big
Bite Squirrel Tail on a
shaky head in deeper
water, but with the
weather that came through
before practice, and the
resulting dirty water this
caused Jeff to pick up a
rattle bait during
practice, and put together
the pattern he fished
until the end.
Russ Lane gave it his best
effort, and ended up
finishing in 4th
place, and used his
extensive knowledge of Lay
Lake to bring in the
second biggest bag of the
day weighing in at
18-1lbs. Lane said after
the second day that he
felt he was going to go
for a ride on the last
day, and did not waste
allot of time, before he
left Beeswax heading for
Spring Creek. Russ
took a few fish on a lip
less crankbait, then took
his biggest bass of the
day on a spinnerbait; then
followed that up with a
few bass pitching a Big
Bite Yomama.
When Russ hit the scales
he came up a little short
in moving Jeff Kriet from
the hot seat with a bag of
a 18-1 pushing his three
day total to 43-12lbs.
Dean Rojas left the dock
in 23rd place
the last day, and came in
today with 8-9lbs
finishing the tournament
in 23rd. Dean
went back to the areas
that he fished the first
two days looking to see if
he could get his fish to
turn on today with the
improving water temps and
weather conditions.
Big Bite wants to thank
Jeff and Russ for their
top finishes in the 2010
Bassmaser Classic and want
to wish all 3 of the Big
Bite Pros the best of luck
for the 2010 Elite Series.
Scott
Petersen
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