What I have for you today is a gallery of photos shot by Stan Fagerstrom over his years of covering the Classic. A few of the pics have already been posted on here but many of the rest have never been published. They range from Classic I through Classic 18. I hope you enjoy the look back and look out this Saturday for a number of videos featuring how seven or eight of the Elite anglers got their start fishing and ended up on the path to become some of the best anglers in the world.
Click on the first photo to open up the gallery and scroll through it.
1971 Bass Masters Classic BASS File Pic Bobby Murray. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1971 Bass Masters Classic Bobby Meador Lake Mead NV. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1971 Bass Masters Classic Bobby Murray holds his last day’s string of bass. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1971 Bass Masters Classic Bobby Murray Lake Mead NV. Murray and Ray Scott read the weight of Murrays final day catch at Classic I. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1971 Bass Masters Classic Bobby Murray and Ray Scott. Lake Mead NV. BASS File Photo.
1971 Bass Masters Classic Lake Mead Bobby Murray, Murray’s wife and Ray Scott on the final day weigh in. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1971 Bass Masters Classic Lake Mead. Bobby Murray displays the winning fish of Classic I. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1971 Bass Masters Classic Lake Mead. B.A.S.S. file photo.
1973 Bass Masters Classic Clarks Hill. Bobby Meador talks with the Press Corps about the baits he’s been using. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1974 Bass Masters Classic Wheeler Lake. Ray Scott shows the Fleck Weed Whacker Spinnerbait that Tommy Martin used to win Classic 4. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1974 Bass Masters Classic, Wheeler Lake. Tommy Martin and his wife celebrate the Classic 4 win as Ray Scott announces. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1975 Bass Master Classic, Currituck Sound, NC. Jack Hains celebrates his win at Classic 5. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1975 Bass Masters Classic Currituck Sound.
1976 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Guntersville. Doug Odom oversees the weighing of his fish. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1976 Bass Masters Classic Lake Guntersville. Rick Clunn wins his first Classic at Guntersville. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1976 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Guntersville. Unknown Press Corps. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1977 Bass Masters Classic Kissimmee Chain. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1977 Bass Masters Classic, Kissimmee Chain. Rick Clunn is the first to win two Classics as well as Back-to-Back. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1978 Bass Masters Classic, Ross Barnett. Bobby Murray hold up the Arkansas Rig he used to win the 1978 Classic. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1978 Bass Masters Classic Ross Barnett Dave Gliebe holds up a small drum at the 1978 Classic. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1978 Bassmaster Classic, Ross Barnett. Greg Ward shows a spinnerbait at Classic 8. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1979 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Texoma. Forrest and Nina Wood Landing at the airport for Classic 9. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1979 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Texoma. Forrest Wood and Homer Circle talking at Classic 9. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1979 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Texoma. Forrest Wood. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon with his Press Angler for the day. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon and Ray Scott at the weigh in of Classic 13. Nixon goes on to win the event. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon talking, possibly about how he won the event. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon pulls a fish out of his livewell. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon looks over Harold Sharp’s shoulder at the 1983 Classic weigh in. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon mobbed by reporters at Classic 13. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon kicks back in his boat at the boat yard. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon shows the worm he used to win the 13th Classic. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1983 Bass Masters Classic, Lake Toho. Larry Nixon accepts the Classic trophy from Ray Scott. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1986 Bass Masters Classic, Lakes Chickamauga and Nickajack. Ray Scott speaks to the crowd as Harold Sharp holds the 16th Classic trophy. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1988 Bass Masters Classic, James River. Guido Hibdon takes the infamous lap around the stadium after winning Classic 18. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
1988 Bass Masters Classic, James River. Guido Hibdon pulls a fish out of his livewell at Classic 18. Photo Stan Fagerstrom.
