The records were bound to fall. The Classic was moved from a summertime event to springtime in Central Florida where you are bound to find large bass in various phases of the spawning cycle.

It's one thing you have a cold in the wintertime, but this is springtime, summertime, fall, constant.

This is a very physical sport and it's a sport where you've really got to be in shape.

were more worn out than they ever had been at training camp for football.

I'm certainly not fishing as good nowadays as I did in the past, but that doesn't mean that next year might not be a totally different story.

If someone is to pass me, there's nobody I'd rather have do it than Kevin, ... He's without a doubt been the most consistent fisherman the last few years on tour. He's just had a tremendous year this year that really shot him up there on the all-time money list.