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'If you're here, you can win'

By Sam Eifling
Bassmaster.com

Friday, February 20, 2009

2009 Classic archive | Photo galleries | Classic blog | Live coverage BOSSIER CITY, La. — Maybe you can tell the newbies from the vets in the boatyard before launch on Day One of the Bassmaster Classic, and maybe you can't. But to see what a relaxed angler looks like on this 30-degree morning, glimpse returning championAlton Jones on the deck of his boats, joking about the 12 pounds he gained in the off-season. "I wanted to fatten myself before the Classic," Jones told fellow competitor ...

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