Eddy said anglers had to fish seven tournaments to automatically qualify for the Classic, but if an angler only fished four or five and is in the top 10 percent in total weight for the series, he got an automatic entry into the Classic, too.

“The fishing looks good. The weather is supposed to be back in the 80s and the wind is supposed to be gone, so we are looking for a really good weekend,” Eddy said.

And, he added, he expects some impressive bags of bass to come to the weigh-ins.

“In our last two one-day tournaments it took 30 pounds-plus to win. We could have a 60-pound total weight for the weekend. If you hit 30 pounds with a five fish limit that is a helluva sack of fish.”

Eddy said most of the anglers will be fishing mussel beds and grass lines.

“Most of the open water fish have started moving im and this cold snap will increase that. The open water brush-pile fishing has fallen off the last two months, which it does this time of year.”

Eddy said most anglers will be throwing stick-baits on the grass beds. Others will be casting Rat-L-Traps and spinnerbaits on the mussel beds.

“Some will also be flipping 9-inch worms in the grass lines,” he said.

Eddy said the season champions will be announced this weekend. That team will be the one with the most total weight for the season and they will be the first team to take off in the championship.

“We will hold a dinner Saturday night for the anglers and give out various prizes, including a trip for two to Las Vegas,” he said.

“We normally don’t do this, but the Lakeland Junior Bassmasters Classic is the same two days as our championship. They will have about 40 kids qualified for it. We’ll do our weigh-in, then weigh them in and take them all and feed them, too.

Eddy also announced Camp Mack’s will launch a two-man trail in January to replace the Accent Marine Trail that has been held out of Camp Mack’s for 25 years.

“They are retiring that trail and turning it over to Camp Mack’s,” he said. “The only difference between our new trail and the Accent Marine trail is that we will offer more money. They had a 70 percent payback and we will have a 100 percent payback. We think it will be another really good trail going out of Camp Mack’s.”

 

Camp Mack’s Open 1 Man Trail Classic

Nov 3-4, 2012

Kissimmee Chain of Lakes

Camp Mack’s River Resort

Call 1-863-696-1108 for more details!

www.campmack.com/home/campmackopen