![The final weigh-in of the Bass Pro Shops Northern Open #2 on the James River kicks off at the Bass Pro Shops in Ashland, Va.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3366.jpg)
![Lavar James, co-angler (6th, 17-14)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3369.jpg)
![Cody Pike (11th, 35-3)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3372.jpg)
![EJ Thomas, co-angler](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3374.jpg)
![Former Carhartt College Series Champion Jake Whitaker heads to the stage.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3377.jpg)
![Jake Whitaker (10th, 35-11)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3385.jpg)
![Seiji Kato (9th, 36-11)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3401.jpg)
![Jim Miller, co-angler (4th, 18-13)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3405.jpg)
![Rick Morris gives a thumbs' up for his big bag!](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3410.jpg)
![Rick Morris (1st, 43-15)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3412.jpg)
![Cameron Smith (8th, 36-11)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3420.jpg)
![Aaron Bartlett, co-angler (5th, 18-8)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3425.jpg)
![Carl Jocumsen (7th, 37-2)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3427.jpg)
![Brian Durham, co-angler (3rd, 19-8)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3448.jpg)
![Rick Morris dodges a bullet while on the hot seat when Jefferson Hamilton weighs in.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3456.jpg)
![Jefferson Hamilton (2nd, 42-14)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3458.jpg)
![Shin Fukae (3rd, 40-14)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3461.jpg)
![Greg DiPalma (5th, 39-7)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3467.jpg)
![Co-angler Chad Smith heads to the stage to try and dethrone the leader, who was ahead by a good margin.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3483.jpg)
![Chad Smith, co-angler (2nd, 20-2)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3489.jpg)
![Garrett Paquette (4th, 39-14)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3505.jpg)
![One last angler stands between Rick Morris and the Opens hardware plus a Bassmaster Classic berth.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3513.jpg)
![But first, co-angler leader Jon Jezierski dodges the final co-angler and wins.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3520.jpg)
![Jon Jezierski, co-angler (1st, 20-5)](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3524.jpg)
![Pete Gluszek stands and waits to head to the stage. The Day 2 leader will try to take the title.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3536.jpg)
![](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3540.jpg)
![Gluszek explained how he caught the 20-pound bag on Day 2.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3542.jpg)
![Gluszek and Morris hug as the final weight is announced.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3548.jpg)
![Morris is the champion on his home body of water.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3554.jpg)
![This is his first Bassmaster victory in over 230 events.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3559.jpg)
![If Morris fishes the final Northern Open on Douglas Lake he will punch his ticket to the Bassmaster Classic.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mg_3572.jpg)
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