2011 Bassmaster Classic – Brent Chapman

Take a journey on the water with Brent Champan at the 2011 Bassmaster Classic. The Classic was held on the Louisiana Delta, Louisiana.

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Brent Chapman was relieved to find less fog when he arrived at the ramp on Day Three.
Brent Chapman was relieved to find less fog when he arrived at the ramp on Day Three.
Chapman arrives at Delta Duck after a 30-minute fog delay.
Chapman arrives at Delta Duck after a 30-minute fog delay.
Chapman had a radar unit installed in his boat after foggy conditions on Day Two but found less on Day Three.
Chapman had a radar unit installed in his boat after foggy conditions on Day Two but found less on Day Three.
Chapman fishes in a narrow canal as camera crews look on.
Chapman fishes in a narrow canal as camera crews look on.
Chapman landed his first fish within 15 minutes of his arrival.
Chapman landed his first fish within 15 minutes of his arrival.
Chapman swings a small keeper into the boat.
Chapman swings a small keeper into the boat.
Chapman boated a limit and then started looking to cull.
Chapman boated a limit and then started looking to cull.
Chapman fished with a spinnerbait but primarily used soft plastics.
Chapman fished with a spinnerbait but primarily used soft plastics.
All of Chapman's fish held tight to the Roseau cane.
All of Chapman’s fish held tight to the Roseau cane.
Chapman found a sweet spot that produced most of his limit.
Chapman found a sweet spot that produced most of his limit.
Chapman sizes up his catch.
Chapman sizes up his catch.
Chapman's crankbait snagged a submerged cane.
Chapman’s crankbait snagged a submerged cane.
Chapman starts culling.
Chapman starts culling.
A crankbait was on the ready when the flipping bite slowed.
A crankbait was on the ready when the flipping bite slowed.
Chapman also had a handy jig.
Chapman also had a handy jig.
Chapman wrangles another keeper from thick cover later in the afternoon.
Chapman wrangles another keeper from thick cover later in the afternoon.
Chapman found plenty of fish but just not the big ones.
Chapman found plenty of fish but just not the big ones.
Chapman caught more than a dozen in one short stretch of water.
Chapman caught more than a dozen in one short stretch of water.
The vegetation wrapped around the line shows how the fish held tightly to cover.
The vegetation wrapped around the line shows how the fish held tightly to cover.
With a shorter fog delay on Day Three, Chapman had almost four hours to fish, his longest fishing day of the Classic.
With a shorter fog delay on Day Three, Chapman had almost four hours to fish, his longest fishing day of the Classic.
Chapman kept his cool and fished methodically but he just never dialed in the big bite.
Chapman kept his cool and fished methodically but he just never dialed in the big bite.