Some pictures from the Classic

carolina-rig-01 · 03-01-12, 08:55 PM

I finally got most of the pictures off of my cell phone uploaded to photobucket. The hard part is narrowing down all the pictures I want to post. I still have some on Britneys phone and also the camera that I might upload later but this will have to do for now.

Pictures from the launch:

Fred Roumbanis

Case Ashley

KVD

Gerald Swindle

Mike Iaconelli

Starting to get lighter

Britney and I with the launch site in the background

Rather than go to the launch again on day 2, we decided to go down to the lock that the pros were going through to get to pool 4. This proved to be one of the coolest things we did on this trip. Getting to see them come flying down river towards the lock was cool, but watching them idle out single file was awesome. When they got out of the no wake zone and took off it got crazy LOL.

Here are some pics from the lock.

On day 3 we took a drive down to a marina not too far down from the launch site. If you followed the classic on Bassmaster.com you probably heard them talking about McDade. Well we went into McDade and spent most of the day watching Dustin Wilks fish. This was really cool for me because I have always liked Dustin Wilks and it was cool to get this close to him while he was fishing. He actually culled twice while we were there and then came up to where we were standing and talked to us while he was fishing. If you watch the Classic on ESPN be sure and pay attention to Dustin Wilks on the water coverage on day 3. I am sure that we will be on there because when he caught a fish we would scream and clap and he would hold the fish up for us and the ESPN camera guy was shooting us.

On day 3 we went back to the launch site to watch all the pros load their boats back up. This was a cool way to wrap things up, the first thing we saw was them launching and the last thing we saw was them loading up 3 days later. When it started getting closer to time for them to check in a lot of pros came in the area of the marina and fished so we got to see some more on the water action.

KVD fishing by the marina.

Classic champion Chris Lane

Keith Poche

Edwin Evers

KVD

Davy Hite

Ott Defoe

Bobby Lane

Here are a few pictures that really don't fit in under any other catagory LOL.

My wife Britney wanted to stop so she could go get her picture taken while she was picking cotton out of a field.

Even their beer in Louisiana is Mardi Gras themed.

There is nothing better than cajun seafood.

Here is a Ranger boat that has been decked out with rails to take wounded soldiers fishing.

Anyone who thinks of Skeet Reese like I do will find it funny that he was standing at just the right angle to turn a Dick's Sporting goods sign into a nametag LOL.

bcklash · 03-01-12, 09:27 PM

Great Pictures Kory. Ain't even gonna ask, I know ya'll had a great time.

And yea that last picture is a classic.

Jrob78 · 03-01-12, 09:34 PM

Awesome pictures Kory! It looks like you guys had a great time and got to see some really cool stuff from up close. I am going to plan on making it to Grand next year for sure.

WatterBoy · 03-01-12, 10:11 PM

Great pics, Kory -- thanks for sharing! Hope you see more when you get time to post them.

keithdog · 03-01-12, 10:14 PM

Love the pics man! Is Britney gonna knit you a cotton sweater? lol Thats a very cool Ranger rigged out to help the wounded vets too!

rrw4258 · 03-01-12, 11:08 PM

Sounds like the trip of a lifetime... love the pic of KVD in front of the truck... looks like sasquatch crossing the road....

Ryan

joedog · 03-01-12, 11:36 PM

Thanks for sharing!
I love to see the boats at prelaunch with all the lights and color and excitment!
Pic seven- Was there really something in the background? I saw beautifull Britney but nothing else in the Pic. Where were you?

Thanks again!

Bubba_Bruiser · 03-02-12, 12:49 AM

Awesome pics Kory. I wanted to be there some kind of bad. First Flea said lets go, then I had to go work in the Gulf a few days and the game plan changed. Glad y'all had a good time though.

basshunter21 · 03-02-12, 10:36 AM

Wow, that had to have been a horrible time, I'm sorry you had to suffer thru that!

Nah kidding aside it looks amazing, maybe one day ill go. It looks like a blast! Its cool that your wife is all down for it to.

Jrob78 · 03-02-12, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by rrw4258

Sounds like the trip of a lifetime... love the pic of KVD in front of the truck... looks like sasquatch crossing the road....

Ryan

That's funny, I thought the exact same thing.

carolina-rig-01 · 03-02-12, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcklash

Great Pictures Kory. Ain't even gonna ask, I know ya'll had a great time.

And yea that last picture is a classic.

The funny thing about the Skeet Reese picture is that Britney took it and at first had no idea about that sign, then we looked at it later and we both about died laughing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jrob78

Awesome pictures Kory! It looks like you guys had a great time and got to see some really cool stuff from up close. I am going to plan on making it to Grand next year for sure.

I hope you can make it to the Grand classic Joe, you will have a blast. Right now I am planning on running around and following some of the pros and there is a seat in my boat with your name on it if you want to ride along.

Quote:

Originally Posted by keithdog

Love the pics man! Is Britney gonna knit you a cotton sweater? lol Thats a very cool Ranger rigged out to help the wounded vets too!

Britney and I saw that Ranger in the parking lot of the Century Link Center where the weigh-ins were held. I just had to walk over to it and get a picture, it was a really cool thing to do for our Vets.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rrw4258

Sounds like the trip of a lifetime... love the pic of KVD in front of the truck... looks like sasquatch crossing the road....

Ryan

He does look a little akward doesn't he LOL. He actually just waved right before I took the picture, I guess that is why he looks like that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joedog

Thanks for sharing!
I love to see the boats at prelaunch with all the lights and color and excitment!
Pic seven- Was there really something in the background? I saw beautifull Britney but nothing else in the Pic. Where were you?

Thanks again!

Yeah yeah, I married up. I get that all the time LOL.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bubba_Bruiser

Awesome pics Kory. I wanted to be there some kind of bad. First Flea said lets go, then I had to go work in the Gulf a few days and the game plan changed. Glad y'all had a good time though.

Sorry you missed it Curado, it was a blast.

bassinbob · 03-02-12, 05:18 PM

Great pics. I couldn't have said it better then rrw about KVD looking like sasquatch.

3dkicker · 03-03-12, 04:42 PM

Watched the coverage this morning. Thought of your pics when they showed the crowd at the ramp right before the launch.

Is the KVD fishing pic the first day when he ran 150 yards and started fishing???

bluebasser86 · 03-03-12, 09:01 PM

Great pictures. The one of Skeet made me LOL!

carolina-rig-01 · 03-03-12, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dkicker

Watched the coverage this morning. Thought of your pics when they showed the crowd at the ramp right before the launch.

Is the KVD fishing pic the first day when he ran 150 yards and started fishing???

Yeah it was from day one. We also have pictures from him fishing in there on the afternoon of the final day. It was cool watching that little area on the morning of day one because KVD, Aaron Martens, Alton Jones, Davy Hite, and Kevin Wirth all started in there.

skeeter1804 · 03-03-12, 10:44 PM

Love the pictures. I can't wait until Grand next year, it's close enough I will be there.

bamabassman · 03-03-12, 10:47 PM

great shots kory. glad ya'll had such a good time. and i LOVE the lake pic oyu sent me. totatly cool kid there man.

everettvet · 03-04-12, 01:41 AM

Great pictures!! I wish you would have had a good time!!! Lol

3dkicker · 03-05-12, 03:00 PM

I think if you had worn your Pink Hoodie we would've seen you on tv this weekend.....oh well another missed opportunity

carolina-rig-01 · 03-05-12, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dkicker

I think if you had worn your Pink Hoodie we would've seen you on tv this weekend.....oh well another missed opportunity

We actually were on tv. On the day 3 coverage when they show Dustin Wilks fishing in McDade from the helicopter we are standing on the bank.

Tavery5 · 03-05-12, 08:39 PM

Man that pic of Skeet is hillarious. Here is one I found of Ike that I thought was cool

3dkicker · 03-07-12, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

We actually were on tv. On the day 3 coverage when they show Dustin Wilks fishing in McDade from the helicopter we are standing on the bank.

Cool. I'll have to take another look at it.

carolina-rig-01 · 03-08-12, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dkicker

Cool. I'll have to take another look at it.

If you do, then pay attention to when he catches that big fish and holds it up. You can hear us cheering in the background and he is holding the fish up for us.

Jrob78 · 03-08-12, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

I hope you can make it to the Grand classic Joe, you will have a blast. Right now I am planning on running around and following some of the pros and there is a seat in my boat with your name on it if you want to ride along.

Thanks man, I appreciate that! I've got a year to plan on it. Hopefully nothing will come along and screw it up. I would love to get to go.

hooks2bset · 03-08-12, 11:32 AM

Great pics and looked like an awesome time

03-01-12, 08:55 PM	#1
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Some pictures from the Classic I finally got most of the pictures off of my cell phone uploaded to photobucket. The hard part is narrowing down all the pictures I want to post. I still have some on Britneys phone and also the camera that I might upload later but this will have to do for now. Pictures from the launch: Fred Roumbanis Case Ashley KVD Gerald Swindle Mike Iaconelli Starting to get lighter Britney and I with the launch site in the background Rather than go to the launch again on day 2, we decided to go down to the lock that the pros were going through to get to pool 4. This proved to be one of the coolest things we did on this trip. Getting to see them come flying down river towards the lock was cool, but watching them idle out single file was awesome. When they got out of the no wake zone and took off it got crazy LOL. Here are some pics from the lock. On day 3 we took a drive down to a marina not too far down from the launch site. If you followed the classic on Bassmaster.com you probably heard them talking about McDade. Well we went into McDade and spent most of the day watching Dustin Wilks fish. This was really cool for me because I have always liked Dustin Wilks and it was cool to get this close to him while he was fishing. He actually culled twice while we were there and then came up to where we were standing and talked to us while he was fishing. If you watch the Classic on ESPN be sure and pay attention to Dustin Wilks on the water coverage on day 3. I am sure that we will be on there because when he caught a fish we would scream and clap and he would hold the fish up for us and the ESPN camera guy was shooting us. On day 3 we went back to the launch site to watch all the pros load their boats back up. This was a cool way to wrap things up, the first thing we saw was them launching and the last thing we saw was them loading up 3 days later. When it started getting closer to time for them to check in a lot of pros came in the area of the marina and fished so we got to see some more on the water action. KVD fishing by the marina. Classic champion Chris Lane Keith Poche Edwin Evers KVD Davy Hite Ott Defoe Bobby Lane Here are a few pictures that really don't fit in under any other catagory LOL. My wife Britney wanted to stop so she could go get her picture taken while she was picking cotton out of a field. Even their beer in Louisiana is Mardi Gras themed. There is nothing better than cajun seafood. Here is a Ranger boat that has been decked out with rails to take wounded soldiers fishing. Anyone who thinks of Skeet Reese like I do will find it funny that he was standing at just the right angle to turn a Dick's Sporting goods sign into a nametag LOL. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

03-01-12, 09:27 PM	#2
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	Great Pictures Kory. Ain't even gonna ask, I know ya'll had a great time. And yea that last picture is a classic. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

03-01-12, 09:34 PM	#3
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Awesome pictures Kory! It looks like you guys had a great time and got to see some really cool stuff from up close. I am going to plan on making it to Grand next year for sure. __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

03-01-12, 10:14 PM	#5
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Love the pics man! Is Britney gonna knit you a cotton sweater? lol Thats a very cool Ranger rigged out to help the wounded vets too! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

03-01-12, 11:08 PM	#6
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	Sounds like the trip of a lifetime... love the pic of KVD in front of the truck... looks like sasquatch crossing the road.... Ryan __________________ Never Give Up!

03-01-12, 10:11 PM	#4
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Great pics, Kory -- thanks for sharing! Hope you see more when you get time to post them.

03-01-12, 11:36 PM	#7
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Thanks for sharing! I love to see the boats at prelaunch with all the lights and color and excitment! Pic seven- Was there really something in the background? I saw beautifull Britney but nothing else in the Pic. Where were you? Thanks again! __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

03-02-12, 12:49 AM	#8
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Awesome pics Kory. I wanted to be there some kind of bad. First Flea said lets go, then I had to go work in the Gulf a few days and the game plan changed. Glad y'all had a good time though. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

03-02-12, 10:36 AM	#9
basshunter21 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Erie, Pa Posts: 266	Wow, that had to have been a horrible time, I'm sorry you had to suffer thru that! Nah kidding aside it looks amazing, maybe one day ill go. It looks like a blast! Its cool that your wife is all down for it to.

03-02-12, 05:18 PM	#12
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Great pics. I couldn't have said it better then rrw about KVD looking like sasquatch. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

03-03-12, 04:42 PM	#13
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Watched the coverage this morning. Thought of your pics when they showed the crowd at the ramp right before the launch. Is the KVD fishing pic the first day when he ran 150 yards and started fishing??? __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

03-03-12, 09:01 PM	#14
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	Great pictures. The one of Skeet made me LOL!

03-03-12, 10:44 PM	#16
skeeter1804 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Edgerton KS Posts: 321	Love the pictures. I can't wait until Grand next year, it's close enough I will be there.

03-03-12, 10:47 PM	#17
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	great shots kory. glad ya'll had such a good time. and i LOVE the lake pic oyu sent me. totatly cool kid there man. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-04-12, 01:41 AM	#18
everettvet BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Paducah, KY Posts: 730	Great pictures!! I wish you would have had a good time!!! Lol

03-05-12, 03:00 PM	#19
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	I think if you had worn your Pink Hoodie we would've seen you on tv this weekend.....oh well another missed opportunity __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

03-05-12, 08:39 PM	#21
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	Man that pic of Skeet is hillarious. Here is one I found of Ike that I thought was cool __________________ They call me Ishmael

03-08-12, 11:32 AM	#25
hooks2bset BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Dexter, KS Posts: 51	Great pics and looked like an awesome time

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