For two practice days and three
tournament days, forty two of the top
bass fishermen in the country ran over
60 miles up and down the Ohio River
in Cincinnati, trying to catch the
most black bass and the one hundred
thousand dollar bass master classic.
Most fishermen found plenty of bass, but
many were not the required 12 inches in
length.
After living on the second day of the
tournament by two pounds 10 ounces,
Larry Nixon cut only three black bass
the final day of the tournament for a
winning total of 15 bass
wing 18 pounds one ounce.
Rickey Green of Arkadelphia, Arkansas,
lost one bass on the final day that could
have given him the first place money of
forty thousand dollars.
Instead, Greene took home twelve thousand
dollars for second place.
Nixon is a seven year classic contender
and the win this year was his first.
I guess right now my main
goal is just maybe to be the best there
ever was. Who knows?
Well, Sports Extra, this is Bill Tibbett
in Cincinnati.