Tim Fernandes and Mike Quesnelle Win 2015 Top Bass Classic with 32.27lbs!

Anglers succeed despite horrible weather.
By Luigi De Rose

Tim (r) and Mike are crowned 2015 Classic Champs!

The top 75 teams from the 2015 Top Bass season did battle on Balsam Lake, Ontario this weekend. Despite a dramatic cooling trend, wind, rain and high drama (alleged cheating scandal) anglers brought good limits of smallmouth and largemouth to the scales. None faired better than the team of Tim Fernandes and Mike Quesnelle. In second place after Day 1, they rallied for the win. Claiming $12 000 in prize money, they also got the title of Classic Champs this season.  The team of Gerrard Cocks and Jarrod Dean won Team of the Year again and Mike Williams won Angler of the Year for the 4th year in a row.

Here's the Top 10:

POS	Day 1	Day 2	Total	Captain, Surname	Captain, Given	Partner Surname	Partner, Given
1	16.45	15.82	32.27	FERNANDES	TIM	QUESNELLE	MIKE	$12,000.00
2	16.83	12.21	29.04	GUARD	BILL	COOK	CRAIG	$4,000.00
3	15.29	12.99	28.28	LACEY	TJ	VIVIAN	TRAVIS	$3,000.00
4	16.10	12.10	28.20	WILLIAMS	MIKE	JACOBS	DUANE	$2,000.00
5	15.79	11.85	27.64	JENKINS	STEVEN	WESTERINK	JOSH	$1,800.00
6	14.63	12.86	27.49	ADLER	BOB	CRUPTON	JOEY	$1,100.00
7	13.98	12.65	26.63	BULLOCK	JIM	GRAHAM	JARROD	$1,075.00
8	16.06	10.22	26.28	BALIN	BERNARD	O'CONNER	PAT	$1,050.00
9	12.40	13.58	25.98	GONSALVES	DUANE	HASHIMOTO	STEVE	$1,025.00
10	13.48	12.36	25.84	PILKEY	RON	MARTIN	JAY	$1,000.00