It may have been just over a year since Hank Cherry won the 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk at Lake Guntersville, but his win just became even more real.
Before the Day 1 weigh-in at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake, B.A.S.S. Chairman Chase Anderson presented Cherry with a minature version of the flag that will proudly hang among the ranks of Classic champions past at every Bassmaster Classic from here on out.