Chris Basey The Bass Assassins gathered at Crawfords Landing to fight for the title of 2025 Bass Assassins Classic Champion. For this classic the anglers who qualified through the grueling 2025 season this was not going to be an easy task. For the best of the Bass Assassins it's only fitting to have tough conditions so that the winner earns the large trophy and the right to say he is the 2025 Bass Assassins Classic Champion. Two weeks prior to this the area seen upwards of 10 inches of snow in some areas. Water temps were in the mid 40's the weekend before. Then to top it all off mid way through the week before the river took an unexpected turn up. The river was predicted to be at 8 feet for the event however by Wednesday the river started to shoot up reaching 13 feet on the day of the Classic. A cold muddy river on the rise is no ones favorite conditions. As I called numbers out during blast off most anglers headed south looking to run from the upset river to find better water. At the end of the weigh in it was Paul Paille who made a run around and way up the East Pearl to find cleaner water and a 9.82 lbs. limit to claim the win. Paul also brought in a nice 3.13 lbs. kicker to claim the big fish honors
Paul Paille
Hot on Pauls heels was a river legend Steve Hadley with a 9.51 lbs. limit to take home second place. Rounding up the top three we had Eric Ciko with a 9.03 lbs. limit.
 Steve Hadley |  Eric Ciko |
4th: Danny Giovingo 5 fish 8.05 lbs.
5th: Daniel Charbonnet 5 fish 7.72 lbs.
6th: John Cahill 5 fish 6.10 lbs.
7th: Devin Artigue 3 fish 3.81 lbs.
8th: Chris Basey 3 fish 3.07 lbs.
9th: Dustin Touchet 3 fish 2.87 lbs.
10th: Justin Birch 1 fish 1.16 lbs.
5th: Daniel Charbonnet 5 fish 7.72 lbs.
6th: John Cahill 5 fish 6.10 lbs.
7th: Devin Artigue 3 fish 3.81 lbs.
8th: Chris Basey 3 fish 3.07 lbs.
9th: Dustin Touchet 3 fish 2.87 lbs.
10th: Justin Birch 1 fish 1.16 lbs.
 Paul Paille |  Eric Ciko |
Chris Basey, Devin Artigue, John Cahill, Jimmy Dorris, Daniel Charbonnet, Steve Hadley, Danny Giovingo, Eric Ciko, Paul Paille
The next Classic will be on the first Sunday in Feb. 2026 on Bayou Liberty.
The first regular season Bass Assassins of 2025 will be held Feb 16th. at Bayou Lacombe. If you have any questions you can email [email protected] or call Chris Basey at 985-707-7857.
The first regular season Bass Assassins of 2025 will be held Feb 16th. at Bayou Lacombe. If you have any questions you can email [email protected] or call Chris Basey at 985-707-7857.
