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Bergen Classic Champions
| Year | Location | Winner | Weight | |||
| 2006 | Lake Oneida | Steve Rusert | 30.10 | |||
| 2005 | Lake Champlain-South Bay | Steve Rusert | 30.07 | |||
| 2004 | Lake Champlain-Mallets Bay | Steve Rusert | 23.11 | |||
| 2003 | Lake Champlain-Ticonderoga | Steve Rusert | 30.07 | |||
| 2002 | Lake Champlain-Plattsburg | Kirk Stober | 15.11* | |||
| 2001 | Lake Bomoseen/St. Catherines | Steve Rusert | 25.04 | |||
| 2000 | Lake Champlain-Ticonderoga | Mark Scocco | 25.00 | |||
| 1999 | Lake Bomoseen, VT | Joe Dino | 24.14 | |||
| 1998 | Lake Bomoseen, VT | Terry Eckel | 23.03 | |||
| 1997 | Lake Champlain-Ticonderoga | Brian Mahoney | 23.01 | |||
| 1996 | Saratoga lake | Bob Puente | 18.03 | |||
| 1995 | Potomac River | Alvin Walters | 18.11 | |||
| 1994 | Lake George, NY | Nick Albano | 9.07 | |||
| 1993 | Saratoga lake | Bob Puente | 16.03 | |||
| 1992 | Mohawk River-Crescent | Norm Trass | 14.07 | |||
| 1991 | Mohawk River-Poplars | Frank Freguletti | 12.13 | |||
| 1990 | Lake George, NY | Rich Gerken | 11.04 | |||
| 1989 | Lake George, NY | Pete Reithmayr | n/a | |||
| *One Day Total, Day two Canceled | ||||||