Horton, no surprise for me.

Mike McClelland is also DEADLY with a jig, and is a SUPER guy! His personal story is

amazing as well. I told him that I would be pulling for him!

mattfly, where can this list be found on the bassmaster website?

I got my info off of the Inside line.  Gary Y's site.

Matt

Not really a prediction,but I'd sure like to see Gary Klein finally win one.Other than him,I'm always a KVD supporter.You also can never count Ike out.

I'll go with Skeet Reese because I think he might of actually grew up a little bit after having his recent kid.

I'm gonna be rooting for Denny Brauer.  Came on strong this year, hope he can get his second classic.

anyone from this forum going to the Classic to watch?

I'd like to see KVD or Aaron Martens win it. Edwin Evers is deserving too. I'm not sure about the Clausen thing. Historically speaking before the Elite series was created, the winner of the previous years Classic got an automatic birth to the following years Classic.

The winner of the Classic does get a automatic berth into next years Classic, but they also have to fish all the qualifying events and pay for it. So it doesn't matter if he would finish dead last with Velvick, he would still be able to fish the Classic.

The stories I heard on Clausen was that he immediately declined to fish the Elite Series right after his Classic win. I heard they approached him within 30 minutes after he won the event and he said that he wasn't interested and wanted to focus on FLW.

That is hilarious.  Though, I'm sure Velvick makes more money then all those other fisherman due to his announcing gig.

If he has the goatee, I am going to say Kelly Jordan will win the Classic.  If not, I would like to see KVD win it.

Aaron Martens will take 2nd again this year, losing to a federation guy. ;D I'd really like to see him win this time, but he is the eternal bridesmaid.

Ike or KVD

Aaron Martins, 42 lbs 8 oz.

I want Aaron to win too.

I would like for Aaron Martens to win, but I think that it is more because of the second places that he had in the past so........Go Ike

I think it will be Steve Kennedy.  He was on such a great run last year, and I think that rolls over to this year.  Also, since he is somewhat local I think he has the advantage of knowing the lake, seasonal pattern, and he is familiar with fishing for both LM's and spots, and when to switch between them.   I would like to see Timmy Horton win it, but I think Kennedy is just to dialed in right now.

Im goin with the local guy Russ Lane to win this one.

Luke Clausen

38 pounds

I do not believe Luke Clausen is fishing the Classic this year on Lay Lake.  He forfeited his automatic berth by not entering the Elite Series.

Thats exactly right.

Jason Quinn 39lbs.10ozs.

I'm going to go with a team, my picks in order:

1.  E squared - I think one of the most versitle right now.  I perdict first classic won with drop shot.

2.  Hackney - jig, jig, jig

3.  Kennedy - another one that seems to be there no matter the conditions.

4.  Aarron Martens - Should be especially tough if fish stay deep.

5.  James Niggemeyer - My dark horse, the boy can fish though, just go back and look at the Southern tour results last year.  

I left out the obvious Ike and KVD, you know one or both will be there the last day.

OK have have been looking at the history of everyone that will be fishing the Classic and this is my short list.

1. Aaron Martins- He is from that part of Alabama. He is consistanly good during the pre-spawn. He finished 2nd on Lay Lake in 2002.

2. Edwin Evers- He is very good during pre-spawn in that part of the country.

3. KVD- Mr. consistant. Also has a great history in pre-spawn tournaments.

4. Ike- Good with cold water power fishing. I don't think he will blow up this year.

5. Zell Roland-(My Long Shot) He know Lay Lake very well and if he sticks to his game plan he will be in the top 10.

Russ Lane- he knows this lake better than anyone there.

If I recall correctly, Luke said he was no longer going to fish B.A.S.S. events and only fish the FLW.

Latest edition of Bass Times lists Luke as "Fishes FLW Tour" on page 30 so Luke is gone to the FLW.

Im going to hope for Ike and predict Ike. I wish this was on Toho again. Last year was great with all those gigantic limits. I like how BASS scheduled a lot of their tournaments around the spawn last year.

Russ Lane, Mike McClelland, or Swindle maybe even Faircloth..Would love to see Steve Kennedy win one, He grew up in this area before moving to Auburn...Will take between 35-38 lbs... With this weather we have had in the south, the fish are off big time. LMB will be scarce that week and spots and smallies just dont get big enough.

Aaron Martens is my pick.Kevin Wirth is who I would like to see win it.

Gary Klien with 37 pounds 4 ounces.  

That would be cool if he could win his first classic in 25 attempts.

KVD OR IKE to win the classic