The greatest fishing tournament the Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Tulsa, Oklahoma has been nothing but igniting hot fishing fervor in the dead of winter. On day one Cliff Pace and Mike Ianconelli were breathing down each other’s neck for first place both with a 21-8 stringer, and day two Pace slams the peddle to the metal and pulls way out into the lead seven pounds ahead of the pack and running with an atomic 43-4 and manages to take the Carhart fat bass of the day 7-2 along with him. Today we watched last year’s champion Chris Lane hand over the trophy to the new 2013 Bassmaster Classic Champion Chris Pace.
Saturday’s weigh-in:
The top 25 moved on to Sunday
1-Cliff pace 43-4
2-Brandon Palaniuk 36-4
3-Mike Ianconelli 35-3
4- Hank Cherry 31-12
5- Jason Christie 31-5
7- Jonothan Carter 29-12
8- Shaw Grigsby 29-8
9- Tracey Adams 29-6
11- Bobby Lane 28-15
12- Dean Rojas 28-7
15- Greg Hackney 27-5
16-John Crews 27-5
17- Jonathon VanDam 26-14
18- Ott Defoe 26-12
19- Bill Lowen 26-8
20- Edwin Evers 26-7
21- Todd Faircloth 26-7
22- Randy Howell 26-5
23- Body Duckett 26-3
24- Ish Monroe 26-1
25- Tommy Biffle 25-15
Today’s weigh-in:
1. Cliff Pace 11-8 54-12
2. Brandon Palaniuk 15-4 51-8
3. Hank Cherry 17-4 49-0
4.. Mike Ianconelli 13-2 48-5
5. Mike McClelland 17-14 46-5
6. Tracey Adams 15-12 45-2
7.. Jason Christie 12-0 43-5
8. Kevin VanDam 10-13 41-11
9.. Todd Faircloth 14-14 41-5
10. Randy Howell 14-15 41-4
11. Ott DeFoe 13-10 40-6
12. Shaw Grigsby 10-8 40-0
13. Greg Hackney 12-5 39-10
14. Dean Rojas 10-11 39-2
15. Bobby Lane 9-13 38-12
16. Joshua Wagy 9-15 37-11
17. Jonathan Carter 6-14 36-10
18. Bill Lowen 10-0 36-8
19. Ishama Monroe 10-7 36-8
20. Marty Robinson 6-11 35-12
21. Boyd Duckett 7-15 34-2
22. John Crews 5-7 32-12
23. Jonathon VanDam 4-11 31-9
24. Tommy Biffle 3-3 29-2
25. Edwin Evers 2-1 28-8
2013 Bassmaster Classic is presented by Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Next year the 2014 Bassmaster Classic comes back closer to Georgia and back to home sweet home Lake Guntersville, Alabama
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