Four-time Bassmaster Classic champion and 32-time Classic qualifier Rick Clunn and first-time Classic qualifier Cody Huff have a special relationship. When Rick and Melissa Clunn moved to Ava, Mo., several years ago, it was Huff who gave them a tour of good fishing spots in the area. And Clunn has been a mentor for Huff in the years since, as Huff described in a recent column.
Huff, the Carhartt College Series champion, is off to a good start with this 3-pound, 6-ounce largemouth, caught from Lake Guntersville, where Clunn won his first Classic in 1976.