Kevin VanDam

Classic Champ Duckett Catches 13-09 To Win Legends

August 26, 2007
(bassfan.com, August 26, 2007)

As the reigning Bassmaster Classic Champion, Boyd Duckett had a free pass into each of this season’s three Majors. It didn’t do him much good until this last one.

The Alabamian finished 50th (one spot from dead-last) and 36th (better, but still way out of the money) in the first two no-entry-fee events that paid $250,000 to the winner. Today, he claimed the last of those quarter-million-dollar checks for himself.

He caught a 13-09 limit from the six-hole course on the Illinois Bayou portion of Arkansas’ Lake Dardanelle, and that gave him a 30-01 total for the final 2 days of the Legends Major. He outdistanced runner-up Jason Quinn of South Carolina by 10 ounces.

Quinn weighed 14-07 today for a 29-05 total and, like Duckett, he moved up one place in the standings from day 3. Michigan’s Kevin VanDam caught the biggest final-day sack (16-00) and also climbed one spot to finish 3rd with 28-06.

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