Bass Master Classic on Lake Tellico

[ollie]

Ok, so I normally don't watch these, but since it was snowing outside and I didn't have anywhere to go or anything to do, I was channel surfing and came across this on the tube. 22-year-old Dylan Nutt won the thing. First classic he was in and he absolutely destroyed the competition. I saw so many big bass caught and released it was insane for a tournament I thought. These guys were like catching like five pounders and throwing them back because they knew it would take a bigger bass to win. That and almost all the guys who placed in the top were under the age of 30. The torch is being passed on it looks like from the old school established anglers to the younger ones. Main reason I think he won from what I was hearing, was he got in a lot of practice on the lake before the classic kicked off and he was one of the better ones who could read the graphs when it came to finding the bigger bass. Like I said, I normally don't follow Bass Master, but I found this final day to be intriguing to watch.

[Seth]

Trey McKinney is the modern day Aaron Martens. Two Classic appearances in a row and took second each time.

[Quillback]

McKinney is a year younger than the winner, Nutt.