BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The week of Jan. 12, the boat numbers for the 2015 GEICO Bassmaster Classic were drawn at B.A.S.S. Headquarters.
This random drawing set the Classic boat numbers and decided the order for angler takeoff the first two days of the tournament – that is except for spots one and two. As the 2014 Toyota Angler of the Year, Greg Hackney gets the first spot automatically. As the previous year's Classic winner, Randy Howell receives the second spot.
During the Classic, the full field of participants will be split into two flights, boats 1-28 and 29-56. On Day 1, the boats will head out on Lake Hartwell in numerical order – 1-28 and 29-56. On Day 2, the order will be reversed – 56-29 and 28-1. On Day 3, after a cut to the Top 25, takeoff order will be decided by angler rank in the tournament.
Flight 1
Greg | Hackney | 1 |
Randy | Howell | 2 |
Mike | McClelland | 3 |
Jared | Lintner | 4 |
Gerald | Swindle | 5 |
Cliff | Prince | 6 |
Chad | Morgenthaler | 7 |
Clifford | Pirch | 8 |
Keith | Combs | 9 |
Skeet | Reese | 10 |
Casey | Ashley | 11 |
Andy | Montgomery | 12 |
Dean | Rojas | 13 |
Cliff | Crochet | 14 |
Brian | Snowden | 15 |
Brandon | Gray | 16 |
Jacob | Wheeler | 17 |
Brandon | Lester | 18 |
Chris | Lane | 19 |
David | Walker | 20 |
James | Niggemeyer | 21 |
Paul | Mueller | 22 |
Randall | Tharp | 23 |
Jason | Christie | 24 |
Mark | Davis | 25 |
Takahiro | Omori | 26 |
Bobby | Lane | 27 |
Shin | Fukae | 28 |
Flight 2
Michael | Iaconelli | 29 |
Kevin | Short | 30 |
Teb | Jones | 31 |
John | Crews | 32 |
Brett | Hite | 33 |
Scott | Rook | 34 |
Chad | Pipkens | 35 |
Van | Soles | 36 |
Matt | Herren | 37 |
Justin | Lucas | 38 |
Todd | Faircloth | 39 |
Ott | DeFoe | 40 |
David | Kilgore | 41 |
Paul | Elias | 42 |
Troy | Diede | 43 |
Brandon | Palaniuk | 44 |
Brett | Preuett | 45 |
Morizo | Shimizu | 46 |
Steve | Lund | 47 |
Cliff | Pace | 48 |
Coby | Carden | 49 |
Jacob | Powroznik | 50 |
Aaron | Martens | 51 |
Jeff | Lugar | 52 |
Stephen | Browning | 53 |
Edwin | Evers | 54 |
Andy | Young | 55 |
Bill | Lowen | 56 |