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By Deb Johnson, Bassmaster.com
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. — After Keith Poche stepped off the Bassmaster Classic stage, he did not fully realize he had just taken the lead from Greg Vinson by 1 ounce. Someone backstage helped drive it home to him.
“This is a blur right now. My first Bassmaster Classic, at home in Louisiana, and I’m the leader. I don’t know what to say,” said the Natchitoches, La., native who now lives in Pine Level, Ala.
Poche’s 17 pounds, 13 ounces, was a five-fish limit of Red River largemouth bass. Vinson, of Wetumpka, Ala., had 17-12 out of his five fish.
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