2011 Fishing With Dummies Spring Classic Line Up

The Preview

It's that time of year again. Time to shake off the cobwebs of a miserable New England winter on one of the most challenging testing grounds in bass fishing - an early spring cold water kettle lake before the spawn. Last year's event was an unprecedented success resulting in the first ever, FWD Classic Champion, The Dumbest. His Saturday performance featured two fish totaling > 10 lbs. His Sunday performance kept his team in the money all weekend. His fall into the lake kept everyone laughing.

This year's Classic will be different in so many ways. Last year's rookies Tommy & Senior are a year wiser. The fleet will see a 100% increase in gas motors with the Worm now joined by the Crappy. The catch total will jump from top 3 fish to top 5. As importantly, 2011 will see a 33% increase in the number of competitors and, due to Tommy's inconsiderate sperm, a month earlier start date. And who are these new competitors? Little is known of these two greenhorns whose combined on-lake hours rival Tommy's total catch in last year's classic.

The Rules

There will be a pre-fish on Fri morning with the first official leg of the tourney starting Fri afternoon. The second leg will begin Saturday at 8:30 and end at an agreed upon lunch hour. Saturday afternoon begins the "no senko" round where all competitors must expand beyond this staple bait. Finally, the last leg runs from Sun morning to lunch.

Categories

Friday Night Round

$20/Man - $120 Prize Pool

Random Teams

Single Biggest Fish - $40

Top 5 Fish, Team - $80

Saturday Morning Round

$20/Man - $120 Prize Pool

Random Teams

Single Biggest Fish - $40

Top 5 Fish, Team - $80

Saturday Afternoon Round

$20/Man - $120 Prize Pool

Random Teams

Single Biggest Fish - $40

Top 5 Fish, Team - $80

No Senko Round

Sunday Morning Round

Every man for himself, but pull randomly for teams on boats?

$10/Man - $60 to the biggest single fish or 3 fish sack?

Overall Prizes

Biggest Fish of the Weekend

$10/Man - $60 to the biggest single fish

Smallest Fish of the Weekend

Picture taken and used for next year’s logo.

Falling into the Lake

One year disqualification from tourney, or a whiskey shot

There will be three boats on the water: The Game Changer, the Worm, and the Crappy. Two have motors. Due to technical constraints, the boat breakdown is going to have to be negotiated further.

The Teams

Drawn at random from http://www.random.org/sequences/?min=1&max=6&col=1&format=html&rnd=new . I chose the last day's line ups and the boat configs to keep things rotating.

Friday:

Tommy & Lanny (Crappy)

Jr. & Dumb (Worm)

Tos & Sr (GC)

Saturday I:

Sr. & Jr. (Worm)

Lanny & Acky (GC)

Tos & Tommy (Crappy)

Saturday II:

Tos & Acky (Worm)

Jr & Lanny (GC)

Tommy & Sr (Crappy)

Sunday:

Tommy & Acky (Crappy)

Jr & Tos (Worm)

Lanny & Sr (GC)

Let the games begin