New: Classic backwater

Alton Jones fishes a very shallow backwater pond on Sunday, the final day of the 2012 Bassmaster Classic.

Jones put his Power-Poles down and worked each area methodically.

Most of the time the water depth was in the 1- to 2-foot range.

You can see by how calm the water is that Jones was fishing very slowly.

A beaver made an appearance on Sunday, not far from where Jones was fishing.

Spectators watched Jones throughout the day from this grassy bank on one side of the pond.

Jones talks with the Bassmaster cameraman.

Jones shows off his fish for the Bassmaster.com crew.

The backwater pond that Jones was fishing was about 200 yards long.

Jones was using a Yum Tube and a Yum Dinger soft plastic worm.

He makes another cast.

Jones fights another keeper.

The fish were biting back near the end of this pond.

This one goes in the livewell.

The fishing is heating up for Jones.

Jones puts another keeper -- probably a good 3-pound fish -- in the boat.

Jones rears back and this fish hit the bait hard.

This one will not measure and he will throw it back.

Jones fished this same pond all day and worked it back and forth.

Jones makes a flip.

Here's another short fish that won't make it to the livewell.

Jones needed a push pole at one point to keep from spooking some fish.

He was also trying to avoid stirring up too much mud at times.

Done for the day, Jones heads out of the small cut from the pond.

The water had risen a few inches during the day, so the exit was slightly easier than the entrance that morning.

Another Classic in the books.  Jones' total weight for the tournament was 45-14 -- not enough to secure another Classic crown, but a highly respectable 4th place finish and $30,000 in prize money.