Chad Pipkens is 2015 Bassmaster Classic Bound with Lake St. Clair Victory!

[djkimmel]

With a 3-day total of 15 bass weighing 67-4 Bassmaster Elite Angler Chad Pipkens wins the Lake St. Clair Northern Open punching his ticket to his 1st Bassmaster Classic - the 2015 event at Lake Hartwell, Greenville, South Carolina - February 20 - 22, 2015!

Congratulations GreatLakesBass.com member Chad Pipkens on a big victory, the Bassmaster Classic qualification, re-qualifying for the 2015 Elite Series already and the upcoming purple mohawk!

[t-bone]

Congrats to Chad! Balog must have had a meltdown - to go from 20+ each day to 8lbs?

[River Walker]

 Yep it's called dead boat.

[Mojo]

$100,000 and a berth in the classic. That is a WOW accomplishment ! Y'all got to meet the next Stetson Blaylock, who is also a rising star and a nice guy to meet. Chad is as good a guy as Mark Modrak and Mike Trombly, and thats some good company

[YpsiBass]

How did you finish btw Mojo? I didn't see any announcements on the facebook...

[MSURoss]

Chad is a class act! Well deserved!

[djkimmel]

$100,000 and a berth in the classic. That is a WOW accomplishment ! Y'all got to meet the next Stetson Blaylock, who is also a rising star and a nice guy to meet. Chad is as good a guy as Mark Modrak and Mike Trombly, and thats some good company

From Bassmaster.com Nothing short of fabulous 'Pipkens won a $40,000 Triton 19XS / Mercury 200 Optimax and $7,083 cash. More importantly, Pipkens earned a berth in the 2015 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell, S.C., next February. "Winning this wasn't about the money – it was all about getting that Classic berth," said Pipkens.'

Re-qualifying already for the 2015 Elite Series and now qualifying for his 1st Bassmaster Classic is very important to his sponsor relationships and future of his professional bass fishing career!