The 2012 Lucas Oil Sumer Classic Pro/Am is underway.

The longstanding U.S. Open tournament will be held in September this year so the Lucas is perhaps the premier summer time event on Lake Mead this year.

The weights are impressive for Mead, rumored to have improved as a fishery over the past two years.

The Open has always been as much an endurance race as a bass tournament. Anglers are allowed to jump in the water to prevent heat stroke. Surely those same rules apply to the Lucas Oil tourney.

Temps are cool by Lake Mead standards – highs around 104. South winds at 15 should allow anglers to run all over the huge lake with little trouble. The good conditions have yielded good fishing.

The Lucas is a 3-day event that will conclude on Wednesday.

Following are the top 20 pros and co-anglers after day1 –

Pro Standings Day 1:

Place Team Fish Weight

1 Tim Klinger 5 15.28

2 Klayton Belden 5 14.05

3 Johnny Johnson 5 13.44

4 John Mackey 5 13.10

5 Mike Brillhart 5 12.92

6 Joey Caporuscio 5 12.45

7 Justin Kerr 5 12.37

8 Kyle Grover 5 12.29

9 Roy Hawk 5 12.10

10 Steve Pike 5 12.03

11 Paul Hodges 5 11.95

12 Wade Strelic 5 11.47

13 Don Iglinski 5 11.24

14 Duane Dunstone 5 11.13

15 Kevin Johnson 5 11.06

16 Matt Shura 5 10.97

17 Gary Dobyns 5 10.88

18 Billy Skinner 5 10.79

19 Clayton Meyer 5 10.45

20 Kurt Walters 5 10.18

 

Co-Angler Standings Day 1:

 

Place Team Fish Weight

1 Mike Sisco 5 15.28

2 Mona Dunlap 5 13.44

3 Rick Crazy Melead 5 13.10

4 Stanley Beebee 5 12.92

5 Bill Brown 5 12.45

6 Bonny Cormany 5 12.37

7 Chet Ayers 5 12.29

8 Eric Hammer 5 12.10

9 Ellison Hubbard 5 12.03

10 Mark Somyak 5 11.95

11 Doug Glasgow 5 11.47

12 Andrew Moreau 5 11.24

13 Szu Nien Yeh 5 11.13

 

14 Jim Kirkwood 5 11.06

15 Logan Branscum 5 10.97

16 Aaron Leon 5 10.88

17 Tim DeHart 5 10.79

18 Tracy Smart 5 10.45

19 Andrew Marquez 5 10.18

20 Harry Baker 5 10.10