The executives of Bass Anglers Association would like to congratulate Mike Merrill and Fern Campeau on their 2012 Classic WIN, with a total 2-day combined weight of 30.10 lbs. After finishing a very wet, windy, and stormy Day 1 in 8th place (14.26 lbs), Mike and Fern stormed back themselves on a bluebird-sky Day 2 with 15.84 lbs, earning them the overall win!
Congratulations also go out to the 2nd place team of Tyler Barbary and Andy Dafoe (“Team Consistency”), who finished with 29.31lbs. 3rd place honours go out to Trevor Sinnet and Eric Pruys, who after a great Day 1 weight of 18.53 lbs, slipped on Day 2, catching only 4 keepers and slipping to 3rd place overall with 28.61 lbs. The team of John Bevacqua and Mike Paquin rounded out the top-4 (paid) places with a final weight of 28.46 lbs.
Big fish on Day 1 went to John Bevacqua and Mike Paquin with a 4.60 lb largemouth.
Big fish on Day 2 went to Trevor Sinnet and Eric Pruys with a 4.16 lb largemouth.
Full results can be seen below…
| Classic Rank | Team # | Team Members | Day 1 # of Fish | Day 1 Weight | Day 1 Big Fish | Day 2 # of Fish | Day 2 Weight | Day 2 Big Fish | TOTAL WEIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Merrill / Campeau | 5 | 14.26 | 5 | 15.84 | 4.07 | 30.10 | |
| 2 | 20 | Barbary / Dafoe | 5 | 14.55 | 4.20 | 5 | 14.76 | 4.07 | 29.31 |
| 3 | 2 | Sinnet / Pruys | 5 | 18.53 | 4.21 | 4 | 10.08 | 4.16 *BF* | 28.61 |
| 4 | 4 | Bevacqua / Paquin | 5 | 16.33 | 4.60 *BF* | 5 | 12.13 | 28.46 | |
| 5 | 11 | Robertson / Ashcroft | 5 | 15.16 | 3.78 | 5 | 12.71 | 3.40 | 27.87 |
| 6 | 10 | Lariviere / Mayotte | 5 | 14.74 | 5 | 13.07 | 27.81 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Champagne / Dallaire | 5 | 13.96 | 4.14 | 5 | 13.21 | 27.17 | |
| 8 | 6 | McPhee / McPhee | 5 | 15.08 | 4.11 | 5 | 12.09 | 3.30 | 27.17 |
| 9 | 26 | Boyd / Johnson | 5 | 13.41 | 4.10 | 5 | 13.75 | 3.63 | 27.16 |
| 10 | 24 | MacLennan / E. Riley | 5 | 16.39 | 4.17 | 5 | 10.62 | 27.01 | |
| 11 | 21 | Navin / Navin | 5 | 13.40 | 5 | 12.47 | 25.87 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Barber / Cadieux | 5 | 13.80 | 5 | 11.56 | 3.01 | 25.36 | |
| 13 | 28 | Wylie / Eaton | 5 | 13.49 | 5 | 10.80 | 24.29 | ||
| 14 | 18 | Pigeon / Clow | 5 | 10.84 | 5 | 12.97 | 3.33 | 23.81 | |
| 15 | 15 | Lefebvre / Lefebvre | 5 | 13.76 | 4.04 | 5/4 | 9.22 | 22.98 | |
| 16 | 16 | France / France | 5 | 11.32 | 5 | 10.57 | 3.58 | 21.89 | |
| 17 | 8 | Thompson / Verhey | 5 | 9.22 | 5 | 10.20 | 19.42 | ||
| 18 | 17 | Bell / McQuillan | 5 | 8.45 | 5 | 9.45 | 17.90 | ||
| 19 | 22 | Acheson / Banford | 5 | 13.10 | 0 | 0 | 13.10 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Hache / Lacroix | 5 | 12.86 | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | ||
| 21 | 23 | Cox / Mihorean | 5 | 12.62 | 0 | 0 | 12.62 | ||
| 22 | 27 | Laforest / Paiement | 5 | 12.13 | 0 | 0 | 12.13 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Albert / Albert | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.83 | 3.56 | 11.83 | |
| 24 | 12 | Decarie / Leduc | 5 | 9.28 | 0 | 0 | 9.28 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Dufour / Dufour | 5 | 8.60 | 0 | 0 | 8.60 | ||
| 26 | 25 | W. Riley / Labrecque | 5 | 7.90 | 0 | 0 | 7.90 | ||
| 27 | 29 | McRae / Brazeau | 4 | 7.65 | 0 | 0 | 7.65 | ||
| 28 | 5 | Gill / Knowles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Lonsberry / Mitani | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total | 330.83 | 227.33 | 558.16 | ||||||
| Average / Team | 11.41 | 7.84 | 19.25 | ||||||
| Average / Fish | 2.57 | 2.42 | 2.50 |