Nation Championship: Day 2 weigh-in

The Day 2 weigh-in of the 2014 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on the Ouachita River gets underway as we move one day closer to crowning six 2015 Bassmaster Classic contenders.

B.A.S.S. Director Jon Stewart heads up the weigh-in on Day 2 while Dave Mercer participates in Elite Series pro Cliff “Cajun Baby” Crochet’s wedding.

Japanese angler Koji Kuroda heads to the scales.

Bass Pro Shops provided the international anglers with fully rigged Nitro/Mercury combos here this week.

Koji Kuroda managed only one fish for 1-6 today.

Danny Ryan (44th, 7-5)

Paul Mueller (3rd, 18-6)

JJ Patton (9th, 16-9)

George Cooper moves to 4th with 18-5.

Leo Bevelaqua (23rd, 11-2)

Day 1 leader Coby Carden beats his Day 1 bag with 11-12 on Day 2 to retain a 4-and-a-half-pound lead going into the final day.

Randy Huffman (7th, 17-2)

Ricardo Mira (51st, 6-1)

Rodney Rice (26th, 11-4)

Teb Jones shows one off to the crowd on his way to the scales.

Teb Jones (5th, 17-12)

Here comes PVA AOY Tony Choe to the scales.

Choe didn’t take the stage on Day 1 but has fish to weigh today.

Choe weighs three fish for 3-7.

Jesse Weener (27th, 11-1)

Ian MacDonald (41st, 8-6)

The small bass of the week award so far is a tie between Randy Burch…

… and Earl Conway.

Albert Collins comes back strong on Day 2 with 9-6 to move up to 11th with a two-day total of 16-4.

Doug Brownridge moves to 6th with 17-7.

Joshua Wray tries to fire the crowd up with a good one.

Joshua Wray (14th, 14-10)

Two big ones for Stephen Lund who makes the biggest move of Day 2.

Stephen Lund catches the biggest bag of the tournament so far, 13-8, on Day 2 as well as the Carhartt Big Bass of Day 2 weighing 4-5. Lund sits in 13th with 14-11 for two days.

Michael Lavallee (20th, 12-11)

Troy Diede (10th, 16-7)

Daniel Gray (22nd, 11-13)

David Cavell (17th, 13-6)

2014 B.A.S.S. Nation Champ Jeff Lugar moves into second with 18-10 for two days.