First off and foremost, BassZone.com is doing some unprecedented live coverage right now. The biggest thing they have going is LIve Video updates at the top of every hour and a Feedback area here – http://www.basszone.com/2009webcast/main.htm
I am not kidding this BassZONE.com stuff is awesome, they have really stepped it up for this year’s Classic!!!!
Bassmaster.com has interesting stuff. The best thing they have going is a LIVE Blog update powered by BassTrakk. Keep refreshing the Blog all day – http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournaments/classic/news/story?id=3916699Also they have a webcams here, the RiverCam is up all the time, not much happening and kind of fuzzy this morning – http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournaments/live/index
Also, check the ESPN photo gallery pages, as they will get updated throughout the day. Also jump on Bassmaster.com at 4pm Central every day for Live Leaderboards, Audio & Video of the weigh-ins. Plus the will have live web updates under their Hooked Up series:
Hooked Up
Live updates from the ExpoCam (all times Eastern):
Friday, 2/20: 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m, 3:15 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, 2/21: 12:15 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, 2/22: 11:45 p.m., 12:15 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 3:15 p.m.
Sounds like Kelly Jordan registered the first limit of the tournament at about 9lbs at about 10am EST. Below is an excerpt from the Live Classic Blog:
10:05 a.m. ET
Bryan Schmidt didn’t last long on top of the leaderboard. That’s not to say he won’t jump back in there, but Kelly Jordon is the new official leader.
Jordon has five fish that weigh around 8 pounds, 13 ounces. And he’s currently fishing within sight of the take-off in Port Lake. He’s not alone, either. Bernie Schultz, Waine Pittman and Fred Roumbanis are in sight as well.
I followed Jordon on the official practice day, and he promised me he would be able to catch a limit in the area, possibly some bigger ones before moving on.
At the time, he was planning on casting a small crankbait around shallow cover and then every once in a while casting a drop bait way back and over log jams. It’s an exciting way to fish. Right now it looks like it’s working for him.
He has the first limit and he’s not burned a tea cup of gas. Maybe a recession-style pattern could win this thing.
Clunn, who started the morning in Port Lake, has moved down river to the Clark’s Marina area. Across the river there are about 12 anglers stacked up in what is known as Bobo’s Hole. That name comes from Dalton Bobo’s win in the Federation Nation Championship several years ago.
You may recall, Bobo almost won the Classic that year as a Federation Nation angler, losing by a few ounces to Dion Hibdon. Bobo would have won if not for a dead-fish penalty.
Regardless, that Federation Nation championship was one of the first big tourneys in this area. The spot he won has become a community hole and several of these guys are trying to take advantage of it, including Wirth, Aaron Martens and Randy Howell, who are in the top 10 at the moment.
Unofficial standings are:
Kelly Jordon: 8-13
Aaron Martens: 6-5
Bryan Schmidt: 6-0
Kevin Wirth: 4-12
Mike McClelland: 4-5
Skeet Reese: 4-0
Randy Howell: 3-14
Terry Scroggins: 3-8
Edwin Evers: 3-0
Timmy Horton: 3-0
I will stayed tunes in as best i can, if something really exciting happens, I will likely blog about it, bonus blog entries, usually one a day is my limit, but heck it’s Classic week!
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