Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, June 17, 1990                   TAG: 9006190490
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Bill Cochran Outdoor Editor
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

HIBDON TOP B.A.S.S. ANGLER

Guido Hibdon, from Gravois Mills, Mo., will be in a field of 41 fishermen in the annual BASS Masters Classic World Championship on the James River at Richmond, Aug. 23-25. He won the Classic there in 1988 and placed fourth last year.

Thirty-six Classic contenders already have qualified, and the remaining five will be determined during the Wrangler/B.A.S.S. National Federation Championship at Smith Mountain Lake, June 28-30.

The only Virginian to qualify thus far is Woo Daves of Chester, the state's most successful competitive bass angler for more than a decade. Daves was tenth in the Top 100 Super B.A.S.S. Pro-Am Tournaments.

Anglers who finished in the top 15 of the pro-am events and the top 20 of the BASSMASTERS Invitational tournaments qualified for the Classic. Last year's winner, Hank Parker of Denver, N.C., got an automatic berth.

The B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year standings no longer are a qualifying consideration, but the title, which goes to the fisherman with the most pounds of bass in B.A.S.S. events, remains prestigious. Second to Hibdon was Gary Klein of Montgomery, Texas.

Several of the well-known pros who didn't make the Classic include Paul Elias, who finished sixth last year and won the event in 1982 and Stanley Mitchell, eighth last year and the winner in 1981.

The qualifiers:

Top 100 Super B.A.S.S. Pro-Am Tournaments:

1, Guido Hibdon, Gravois Mills, Mo.; 2, Gary Klein, Montgomery, Texas; 3, Chet Douthit, Clewiston, Fla.; 4, Randy Blaukat, Joplin, Mo.; 5, Tom Biffle, Wagoner, Okla.; 6, Ron Shuffield, Bismarck, Ark.; 7, Tommy Martin, Hemphill, Texas; 8, Joe Thomas, Mainville, Ohio; 9, Roger Farmer, Dalton, Ga.; 10, Woo Daves, Chester; 11, Cliff Craft, Buford, Ga.; 12, Stacey King, Reeds Spring, Mo.; 13, Rick Clunn, Montgomery, Texas; 14, Renaud Pelletier, Longview, Wash.; 15, John Hale, Lufkin, Texas.

BASSMASTER Invitational tournaments:

1, Larry Nixon, Bee Branch, Ark.; 2, Shaw Grigsby Jr., Gainesville, Fla.; 3, George Cochran, North Little Rock, Ark.; 4, Ken Cook, Meers, Okla.; 5, Mickey Bruce, Buford, Ga.; 6, Charles Ingram, Columbia, Tenn.; 7, David Fenton, Conroe, Texas; 8, Larry Lazoen, Port Charlotte, Fla.; 9, Jimmy Houston, Cookson, Okla.; 10, David Wharton, Broaddus, Texas.

11, Mike Hawkes, Sabinal, Texas; 12, Guy Eaker, Cherryville, N.C.; 13, Roland Martin, Clewiston, Fla.; 14, Peter Thliveros, Jacksonville, Fla.; 15, Harold Allen, Milam, Texas; 16, Steve Daniel, Clewiston, Fla.; 17, Hank Gibson, Keswick, Ontario, Canada; 18, Jack Hains, Zwolle, La., 19, Terry Bakay, Easton, Conn.; 20, Robert Kilby, Royal, Ark.

1990 B.A.S.S MASTERS CLASSIC WINNER:

Hank Parker, Denver, N.C.