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South Dakota's Jami Fralick
Remains Steady, Takes Lead on Tough, Rainy Day Two at 2009 Bassmaster
Classic
February 21, 2009 - SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY,
La. With rain falling mid-afternoon and temperatures
dropping Saturday, Jami Fralick of Martin, S.D., stayed as cool
as the water around him to move up from second place into the
lead on Day Two of the 39th Bassmaster Classic on the Red River.
Fralick's two-day total of 38 pounds, 9 ounces
gave him a thin cushion of 8 ounces over 2007 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster
Angler of the Year Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif. Reese moved
up from 13th place, thanks to his Saturday bag, a five-fish limit
of 22 pounds, 9 ounces that gave him 38-1 overall.
Only the top 25 contenders advanced to Day Three
and will compete for the $500,000 top prize. Adding to the suspense
of Sunday's final round of competition, the record overall weight
at a Bassmaster Classic 56 pounds, 2 ounces could
fall.
Fralick, who qualified for his second Classic via
the Bassmaster Central Open division, has been flipping a jig
around grass and laydowns in one location. He credited his success
in part to the fact that he fishes the Red River regularly, second
only to his home waters in South Dakota, becoming quite comfortable
on the Red's Port Lake in particular.
"I really just try to keep everything on a
pretty even keel," Fralick said. "I didn't approach
this tournament any differently than I approach any other."
While Fralick enjoyed relative solitude in his
spot Friday, a few more anglers arrived Saturday. With the field
cut to 25 for the final day of competition, he said he felt sure
he would have to share Sunday only with Brian Snowden of Reeds
Spring, Mo., who is in sixth with 34 pounds, 13 ounces.
Reese's Saturday haul caught on a white Lucky
Craft Redemption spinnerbait was just shy of being the
big bag of the day, an honor that went to fellow Bassmaster Elite
Series pro Casey Ashley of Donalds, S.C., with a 22-11 haul.
"I had a game plan and it somewhat paid off
a little bit better than I anticipated today. What's going to
happen tomorrow with this cold front is a whole other story,"
Reese said. "I made an adjustment in some water and actually
fished where I was supposed to be fishing, the really pretty
water where the bass really were. I caught them and thought,
well, why didn't I fish here yesterday?"
As Day One leader, 2007 Classic champ Boyd Duckett
of Demopolis, Ala., and several other front-runners struggled,
Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla. (36-3), Kelly Jordon of Mineola,
Texas (35-15) and Aaron Martens of Leeds, Ala. (35-10), remained
consistent, capitalizing on an aggressive bite that Martens called
a "rampage."
"These fish, when they get a cold snap like
this, they go on a feeding binge," Martens said. "The
conditions aren't right for spawning, so they go ahead and start
feeding again. If you were on them today, they were biting aggressively."
Martens added that the bite would stay strong regardless
of the changing weather conditions. Sunday's temperature forecast
for Sunday's 7:15 a.m. launch was in the low 30s.
"The weather before we got here was really,
really warm," Evers said. "Air temperature changes
a lot more quickly than water temperature, so what's really changing
for our bodies is not changing the water like you think it would."
Most of the top five anglers believe a bag of 20
pounds or more will be possible.
"Somebody's going to bring in 20 pounds tomorrow,"
Fralick said. "This place just has a bunch of 4-pound class
fish in it."
Added Reese: "I think this tournament is going
to be won in the last two hours."
The 2008 Toyota Tundra Women's Bassmaster Tour
Angler of the Year Kim Bain-Moore of Alabaster, Ala., who made
history Friday in becoming the first woman to fish the Bassmaster
Classic, finished the tournament in 47th place with a two-day
total of 12 pounds, 2 ounces.
The 2008 Classic Champion, Alton Jones of Waco,
Texas, made the cut in 21st place with 26-1 overall, while two-time
Classic champion Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., the 2008 Toyota
Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year, finished 30th with 23-11.
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Timmy Horton of Muscle Shoals, Ala.,
withdrew from the competition at the start of Day Two because
of illness.
2009 Bassmaster Classic - Shreveport, LA 02/20-02/22
Red River, Shreveport La.
(PRO Division) Standings Day 2
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz
Pts Total $$$
1. Jami Fralick Martin, S.D.
10 38-09 0
Day 1: 5 19-03 Day 2: 5 19-06
2. Skeet Reese Auburn, Calif. 10 38-01
0
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 22-09
3. Edwin Evers Talala, Okla. 10 36-03
0
Day 1: 5 17-00 Day 2: 5 19-03
4. Kelly Jordon Mineola, Texas 10 35-15
0
Day 1: 5 15-10 Day 2: 5 20-05
5. Aaron Martens Leeds, Ala. 10 35-10
0
Day 1: 5 18-01 Day 2: 5 17-09
6. Brian Snowden Reeds Spring, Mo. 10 34-13
0
Day 1: 5 15-09 Day 2: 5 19-04
7. Dave Wolak Wake Forest, N.C. 10 34-06
0
Day 1: 5 17-06 Day 2: 5 17-00
8. Mark Davis Mount Ida, Ark. 10 34-02
0
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 22-07
9. Boyd Duckett Demopolis, Ala. 10 33-15
0
Day 1: 5 20-03 Day 2: 5 13-12
9. Michael Iaconelli Runnemede, N.J. 10 33-15
0
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 5 18-10
11. Casey Ashley Donalds, S.C. 10 32-08
0
Day 1: 5 9-13 Day 2: 5 22-11
12. Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City, Ariz 10 31-15
0
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 5 16-02
13. Bobby Lane Lakeland, Fla. 10 31-14
0
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 5 18-12
14. Greg Pugh Cullman, Ala. 10 30-11
0
Day 1: 5 14-00 Day 2: 5 16-11
15. Mike McClelland Bella Vista, Ark. 10 30-06
0
Day 1: 5 13-14 Day 2: 5 16-08
16. Kevin Wirth Crestwood, Ky. 10 30-05
0
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 5 15-02
17. Bill Lowen North Bend, Ohio 10 29-10
0
Day 1: 5 14-12 Day 2: 5 14-14
18. Bryan Schmidt Olney, Texas 10 29-00
0
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 5 13-11
19. Terry Fitzpatrick Waukon, Iowa 10 27-06
0
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 9-06
20. Greg Hackney Gonzales, La. 10 26-06
0
Day 1: 5 12-09 Day 2: 5 13-13
21. Alton Jones Waco, Texas 10 26-01
0
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 12-12
22. Kenyon Hill Norman, Okla. 10 25-12
0
Day 1: 5 9-00 Day 2: 5 16-12
23. Randy Howell Springville, Ala. 10 25-05
0
Day 1: 5 16-03 Day 2: 5 9-02
23. Jay Evans Corvallis, Mont. 10 25-05
0
Day 1: 5 9-12 Day 2: 5 15-09
25. Shaw Grigsby Gainesville, Fla. 10 25-02
0
Day 1: 5 8-11 Day 2: 5 16-07
26. Terry Scroggins San Mateo, Fla. 10 24-14
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-08 Day 2: 5 14-06
27. Brent Chapman Lake Quivira, Kan. 10 24-06
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 13-03 Day 2: 5 11-03
27. Scott Rook Little Rock, Ark. 8 24-06
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 17-11 Day 2: 3 6-11
29. Fred Roumbanis Bixby, Okla. 8 23-12
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-04 Day 2: 3 5-08
30. Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, Mich. 9 23-11
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 4-04 Day 2: 5 19-07
31. Scott Parker Londonderry, N.H. 10 22-12
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-07 Day 2: 5 12-05
32. Matt Herren Trussville, Ala. 8 21-11
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 14-04 Day 2: 3 7-07
33. Davy Hite Ninety Six, S.C. 8 21-01
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-12 Day 2: 3 10-05
34. Gary Klein Weatherford, Texas 7 19-12
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 2 2-13 Day 2: 5 16-15
35. Steve Kennedy Auburn, Ala. 10 19-06
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-14 Day 2: 5 8-08
35. Todd Faircloth Jasper, Texas 10 19-06
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 9-02 Day 2: 5 10-04
37. Waine Pittman Villa Rica, Ga. 9 18-12
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 7-09 Day 2: 5 11-03
37. Mike Burns Allen, Texas 7 18-12
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 15-07 Day 2: 2 3-05
39. Peter Thliveros St Augustine, Fla. 8 18-09
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 3 6-00 Day 2: 5 12-09
40. Rick Morris Virginia Beach, Va. 5 17-00
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 2 6-10 Day 2: 3 10-06
41. Ish Monroe Hughson, Calif. 8 16-04
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 3 6-08 Day 2: 5 9-12
42. Bernie Schultz Gainesville, Fla. 9 16-03
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-03 Day 2: 4 5-00
43. Rick Clunn Ava, Mo. 7 15-15
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 2 5-04
44. Dustin Wilks Rocky Mount, N.C. 6 15-08
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 1 0-00 Day 2: 5 15-08
45. Bryan Hudgins Orange Park, Fla. 6 13-07
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 1 1-05 Day 2: 5 12-02
46. David Williams Maiden, N.C. 6 13-04
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 11-06 Day 2: 1 1-14
47. Kim Bain-Moore Alabaster, Ala. 7 12-02
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 2 3-06 Day 2: 5 8-12
48. Byron Velvick Del Rio, Texas 5 9-15
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 1 1-00 Day 2: 4 8-15
49. Ken Baumgardner Monongahela, Pa. 6 9-11
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 4 6-10 Day 2: 2 3-01
50. Kotaro Kiriyama Moody, Ala. 4 8-04
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 1 1-10 Day 2: 3 6-10
51. Timmy Horton Muscle Shoals, Ala. 5 7-11
0 $10,000.00
Day 1: 5 7-11 Day 2: 0 0-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 39 223 584-00
2 38 223 655-09
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77 446 1239-09
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