Man did you see the weather these guys are fishing in, BRRRR! now I have fished in cold weather before but I draw a line at a below freezing high, and to make matters worse their not catching any fish, they are talking about 35-40 lbs winning the tourney........WOW!!! I say bring the classic to Florida for once where it is at least above freezing.

High temperatures are expected to be

in the mid 50s during the tournament.

The weather should not be a significant

factor.

8-)

I love it. This will be the one tournament where they will not be fishing a lake during it's prime time. This will separate the best from the rest. We will actually be able to see if these guys really..... and I mean really know how to find fish and catch them any time and anywhere.

Boyd Duckett reportedly caught a 10-3 on Saturday.

Ken

I love it. This will be the one tournament where they will not be fishing a lake during it's prime time. This will separate the best from the rest. We will actually be able to see if these guys really..... and I mean really know how to find fish and catch them any time and anywhere.

I agree but it is still the classic and I wanna see some big bags but I'm with you on seeing how these guys react to bad prefishing and worse conditions

I want to see these guys have to work to catch fish like the rest of us.  I don't want to see weights like in Pittsburg but in the same sense I am getting tired of 100lb weights.  Show me someone who has to struggle to catch 12-14lbs a day like every "other" lake in America.  Thats what I want to see

I lowe it !!!

That's the way to "separate the grain from the straw"

It's easy to bring in big limits when the bass are in "suicidal" mood.

Agreed, This will be an interesting event.

As for a realistic test of the fishing ability of each angler, well maybe. But how many of us actually would select those weather conditions to head out in ?

I know I'd wait for another day. So for those who actually catch, I'd say well done and congrats.

This might be a good way to prepare for this years event ~

A-Jay

Dude you kinda look like KVD in that pick lol

They will definitely have to work hard fot this one. But isn't that the way it should be fo rthe biggest tournament of the year. I want the best crowned at the end of the year.

Also yea if most of us had a choice we wouldn't fish in those conditions but while the pros were on Lay, 140+ of us college anglers were on Guntersville fishing in the blizzard. If we can find and catch fish in that mess then they should be able to handle it too.

Mottfia

Dude you kinda look like KVD in that pick lol

I was going to say the same thing!!!!

Idk, I can see your point but as well I still wish they would hold the classic in Florida where the big dogs are living lol

I thought you posted a pick of KVD joking that he can catch bass in any conditions! Scary resemblence

+1 on doing the double take of the KVD imposter.   The real test is could you fool Zona?   

   Same thing was said last year with small bags expected  at Shreeveport due to cold temps, dirty water, and Skeet and Ike stepped up their games along with others to make that a very good classic.

    I was surprised last year, so I'll wait and see. 

Also, some tournaments went on in Texas even after we had record amounts of snow, guess what, Lake Tyler was producing 29 lb bags, top four bags totaled 103 lbs, so fish were biting in this brutal cold spell  we had in NE Texas.

Time is near, we'll see.

    

I sat and stared at the pic to.  Was gonna say the same thing until I read everyone elses post.  I'm thinkin' it is him.  he is from Michigan, right?

I'm looking forward to the Classic.  Questionable weather will make it even better, IMO. 

I suspect the 2.5lb 16" I caught last weekend will be close to the "lunker" we will see from this single classic...

Dude you kinda look like KVD in that pick lol

I was going to say the same thing!!!!

That's because it's a picture of KVD.

I thought you posted a pick of KVD joking that he can catch bass in any conditions! Scary resemblence

He did post a pic joking that

I knew it all along.

I love it. This will be the one tournament where they will not be fishing a lake during it's prime time. This will separate the best from the rest. We will actually be able to see if these guys really..... and I mean really know how to find fish and catch them any time and anywhere.

Alton Jones at Hartwell

Reese on the red

Both of those events were under pretty tough conditions. Those boys had to dig deep to pull out winning bags of fish.  I don't think this dance will be any more/less difficult than some of the rest.

Man did you see the weather these guys are fishing in, BRRRR! now I have fished in cold weather before but I draw a line at a below freezing high, and to make matters worse their not catching any fish, they are talking about 35-40 lbs winning the tourney........WOW!!! I say bring the classic to Florida for once where it is at least above freezing.

Lake Toho rings a bell around 4 years ago if I'm right the classic was in Florida the first classic in feb. I say bring on the tough conditions let's see who shines on this one. 

Dude you kinda look like KVD in that pick lol

THAT IS KVD - ! His wife Sherry posted this picture the other day while he was ice fishing with Zona here in Michigan.

A-Jay

funny

Dude you kinda look like KVD in that pick lol

THAT IS KVD - ! His wife Sherry posted this picture the other day while he was ice fishing with Zona here in Michigan.

A-Jay

HAHAHA got me. I knew there was a striking a resebelance