Since the first two-day Classic in 2011, no participant in this event yet has brought a big bass to the scales weighing 5 lbs. or more. Here is how the Class big-fish winners stack up to date:
2011
Rob Peppers
2.75 lbs.
2012
Duane Kessel
3.67 lbs.
2013
Rob Powell
4.78 lbs.
2014
Jared Allbritten & Chris Napier
4.30 lbs.
2015
Bob Glass & Randy Conkle
4.23 lbs.
One interesting note here is the fact I heard Duane Kessel predict he was going to win the Classic big-fish pot in 2012 with a 3+ pounder, and he went out and made good on his word. Coincidentally, that was the last year he was able to get ol' Dewey to touch his Winner bass boat for luck before he left the dock that Day 2 tournament morning. Dewey died Nov. 8, 2012. The connection there was that Dewey had put that boat together many years earlier while working at Princess Anne Marine.
My question at the moment is: Will this be the year that someone finally shatters our Classic 5-lb. barrier? Quite a few fish exceeding this mark already have been logged this year, including the following: John Goodman & Mark London - 7.14 lbs., Skip Schaible & Mitch Portervint - 5.10 lbs., Jim Wilder - 5.32 lbs., Gary Coderre & Nathan Gottsch - 5.31 lbs., Paul Celentano & Hal Scott - 5.28 lbs., Wayne Hayes & Jared Allbritten - 5.04 lbs., Rob Peppers & Don Carter - 5.23 lbs., Al Napier - 5.43 lbs., and Mike Evans - 5.84 lbs.
All of these competitors are/will be eligible to fish this year's Classic, and I already know several who plan to participate, so a good dogfight may be in the making. Time will tell.
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