The Classic

Top'r · Post by **Top'r** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:53 pm

6 boats left to weigh in, & Iaconelli leading with 54.2

Top'r · Post by **Top'r** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:02 pm

5 to go, Brian Snowden in 2nd with 52.14

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:06 pm

Lets go Edwin Evers!

Top'r · Post by **Top'r** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:06 pm

4 to go, Aaron Martens with 49.1

Gator · Post by **Gator** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:06 pm

Let's GO SKEET!!!!!

Aaron just weighed 13 pounds

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:07 pm

Gator wrote:Let's GO SKEET!!!!!

Aaron just weighed 13 pounds

hope we don't hear the tears of how someone took his spot in this tourney

Top'r · Post by **Top'r** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:10 pm

3 to go, Kelly Jordan with 48.12

Gator · Post by **Gator** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:11 pm

And then there were 2 - Evers just weighed 15 - he's out

Top'r · Post by **Top'r** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:11 pm

2 to go, Edwin Evers with 51.5

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:11 pm

And then there were 2... Unless Fralick was sandbagging on the Behind the scene's he said he thinks he has 12lbs.

This leaves just SKEET!!!!

Gator · Post by **Gator** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:15 pm

GO SKEET!!!!!!! WWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHOOOOO

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:15 pm

SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET!!!!!

Come on guys let's hear it for some West Coast Love!

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:16 pm

wow, 1 to go and its Skeets!

Fishitifyoucan · Post by **Fishitifyoucan** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:19 pm

Skeet wins it! Congrats to the West Coast!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:19 pm

Holy crap he did it!!!

Way to go SKEET!!!!

Gator · Post by **Gator** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:19 pm

HELL YEAH!!!

Skeet Reese - BASSMASTER CLASSIC CHAMPION!!!!!

Top'r · Post by **Top'r** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:19 pm

SKEET REECE WINS WITH

Top'r · Post by **Top'r** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:20 pm

54.13 FOR THE TITLE

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:20 pm

SKEET REESE AND CHAMPION BOATS YEAHHHHHHH

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:20 pm

WAY TO GO SKEET! Great Classic showing!

Roger

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:25 pm

Congratulations Skeet Reese. Some day you're gonna be somebody!! Go Yellow!

Pat

dbbasser · Post by **dbbasser** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:31 pm

Congrats Skeet that puts the icing on the cake

Dan Barker

Rod Wynn · Post by **Rod Wynn** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:42 pm

I know one thing for sure.. I am LOVING his colored (Yellow) Motorguide Trolling Motor mount..

bonsaibp · Post by **bonsaibp** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:49 pm

you the man Skeet

David Rogers · Post by **David Rogers** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:52 pm

Right on West Coast !!!!

Nothing against KVD and the midwest and eastern boys but Skeet showed them guys that the guys out west know a thing or 2 about BASS !!!!

Romeo D · Post by **Romeo D** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:28 pm

Wow... Congrats Skeet... Have not watch the show yet... Wonder if he was using "crack".... His new lure, not the drug... see how it could get a little confusing?

bubbasuncle · Post by **bubbasuncle** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:43 pm

congrats skeet its gotta be the hair

Stratos278 · Post by **Stratos278** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:09 pm

Pat wrote:Congratulations Skeet Reese. Some day you're gonna be somebody!! Go Yellow!

Pat

You mean, besides Jimmy's little brother?

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:17 pm

It's an old story. If you ever run into Big George Hawley, ask him about it. Or ask Skeet about George and the fan club.

Pat

Stratos278 · Post by **Stratos278** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:29 pm

We had Jimmy speak at our club meetings a couple of times. He said a lot of times when he introduces himself, the response is "Oh yeah, you're Skeet's brother"...

Bet Jimmy is really proud of little brother right about now though...

BTW Skeet spent a couple of his early years as a member of Redwood Empire Bass Club...

http://www.rebc.net/skeet_on_skeet.htm

Congrats Skeet

Turkeyman · Post by **Turkeyman** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:25 pm

I have had Big George tell me that story, and I asked Skeet about it. His answer was funnier than george's story.

WANNA HOOK BIGGIN'S · Post by **WANNA HOOK BIGGIN'S** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:47 pm

Skeet, your on the mountain top. You did it! CALIFORNIA LOVE!!!
Nice to see the genuine emotion after a hard fought victory.

WHB

SKTR 20i · Post by **SKTR 20i** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:56 pm

That was a great Classic!!! I love it when an event that important goes right down to the wire.

And for a No. Cal angler to win; it doesn't get any better!!!

John.

basslayer · Post by **basslayer** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:58 pm

west coast east coast it doesnt matter, anyone of those guys can win on any body of water in the world. So can we please stop with all of the "B.A.S.S gives us no respect on the west coast crap"
The west coast guys that kick butt get just as much respect as anyone.

good job skeet!!!!

Skeeterman · Post by **Skeeterman** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:10 pm

Well you guys you can blame me for Skeet winning the classic.When I was up at Galaxie acouple of months ago Skeets boat was being rigged in the shop.I walked back their looked at his boat and gave little good luck touch on the boat. By goddlie it worked. Way to Skeet you brought that trophy back to Cali.

kb · Post by kb » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:19 pm

Pat it is funny you mention George and fan club. Just a couple of weeks ago Skeet and I walk into TNT in Lakeport and there was George and Pam Hawley and Jay McKindrey having dinner. We were shocked to see them and visited for a bit.

George and Jay gave the pink Skeet Reese Fan Club shirts back to him when he qualified for his first Bassmasters Classic and he still has them, I don't think he would take anything for them.

The highlight was we were with Mark Zona and he walked thru and went to the table and Pam asked if that was Peter T......Skeet and I laughed our butts off and called Z Peter for two days.

kb

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:42 pm

kb wrote:Pat it is funny you mention George and fan club. Just a couple of weeks ago Skeet and I walk into TNT in Lakeport and there was George and Pam Hawley and Jay McKindrey having dinner. We were shocked to see them and visited for a bit.

George and Jay gave the pink Skeet Reese Fan Club shirts back to him when he qualified for his first Bassmasters Classic and he still has them, I don't think he would take anything for them.

The highlight was we were with Mark Zona and he walked thru and went to the table and Pam asked if that was Peter T......Skeet and I laughed our butts off and called Z Peter for two days.

kb

That is hilarious thanks for sharing. 2 questions 1. Is skeet going to be on ultimate bass next week and 2. When does the Clear Lake show air on ESPN (any word yet)?

kb · Post by kb » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:15 pm

yea Vince I imagine he will be on the show this week. I think we will have to record it as I will be in Phoenix this weekend for the ISE show and I don't know where he will be yet. We haven't talked tonight but did exchange text messages and I will hear from him in a day or so when he returns to earth.....

kb

N.A.R · Post by **N.A.R** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:19 am

Just got back from the Classic, to see Skeet on his rig this morning beanie pulled down to his eyes, ipod, bobbin his head....Dude was in the zone.... You knew he was going to win. Plain and simple looked like a Closing Pitcher on the deck of his boat.

With Batteries drained on day 2 and a spectator had to jump start him to get him in, this was simply his turn..... Congrats Skeet!

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:09 am

N.A.R wrote:Just got back from the Classic, to see Skeet on his rig this morning beanie pulled down to his eyes, ipod, bobbin his head....Dude was in the zone.... You knew he was going to win. Plain and simple looked like a Closing Pitcher on the deck of his boat.

With Batteries drained on day 2 and a spectator had to jump start him to get him in, this was simply his turn..... Congrats Skeet!

Sounds like the perfect time for StaynCharge, or one of the other running battery chargers, to come onboard as a sponsor.

CharleyA · Post by **CharleyA** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:13 am

Dang KB,

I remember that now. We were all sitting at the Skylark in like 1991 with Jay talkin' smack about Skeet (didnt everybody back then) and Jay whipped out those goofy Pink Tee-Shirts (actually weren't they Yellow??) and we were all laughing our butts off thinking there is no way this cocky little punk fisherman is ever gonna make it big.

Damn I wish I still had that Tee-Shirt!!!!!! Those were the good 'ol days that's for sure.

Reminds me also of the story of how the Senko was developed based on what Skeet was doing with a weightless worm back then. And of course the whole true story about how Ribbit came to be. But that's for another day.

Thanks for the memories guys!!!

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