Classic

[5bites]

Im looking forward to the 2013 classic! It will be interesting to see what patterns develop for the elites at that time of year. I pretty much never winter fish Grand.

[Bird Watcher]

Elk River will be a mad house. 50-11 nascar boats above Paradise point. Fellas getting in line to throw Jerk baits at the channel swing points. That's my prediction.

[5bites]

Won't it be cool though!?! I expect them to fully teach us a thing or two. A lot of people are predicting low weight and tough fishing but I believe it's gonna surprise us.

[fly2fish]

I know that the fish caught during the tourney won't make a dent in the bass population on Grand, but they are having the weigh in at the BOK arena in Tulsa about 75 miles away. Don't know how the fish are going to fair through all that.

F2F

[5bites]

That is definitely a concern but they do this pretty regularly. With the grda as strict as they are I bet everything goes smooth.

[rangerz21]

i will bet there are more boats in duck drowning and ketchum than any where else that time of the year

[5bites]

i will bet there are more boats in duck drowning and ketchum than any where else that time of the year

I bet you're right. Honey creek will be pressured too. With the classic only being about 50 boats and it being February their should be plenty of water to go around. That should make it a more exciting classic vs. last year when they were all piled into one spot.

[rangerz21]

yep honey will get pressured and so will horse with a good jerk bait bite

[haleconst]

There will be a jerkbait bite going on then, but if the weather cooperates it could be won shallow.

[Donna G]

I hate that the fish are being hauled to Tulsa, too, but at least it's not hot weather. I'm told the bags are checked for dead fish before they head out and if one dies on the way there is no penalty. Ok for the angler. Not so much for the fish. My question is, do they bring them back making that long haul again? Where are they released?