Bass Classic Next Week

[Quillback]

I'm hearing the water temps at Guntersville are in the 30's right now and there's ice in some of the coves. Sounds like Table Rock. It will be interesting to see how it works out, could be tough. They can't fall back on the A-rig.

http://www.bassmaster.com/blog/long-johns-classic

[Feathers and Fins]

It will either be KVD or Jason Christie set-up is much like last years classic and with Pace out from injury My money goes to those two.

[Alex Heitman]

I bet Palaniuk will be in the miz as well. He fished really well last year in the classic throwing the wart

[Sore Thumbs]

Skeet Reese does well in Alabama. Aaron Martens is a finesse guru. He will be in the mix. There are bunch of great fishermen from Alabama too. Swindle,Horton,Russ Lane and many others. It will be a good one to watch for sure.

[Sprint21fter]

There will big bags caught for top 5 but others will really struggle. Jerkbatin and Rattletraps will rule this thing.

[Quillback]

I'm hoping Mark Davis does well, I don't know him personally but always get a kick out of watching him on TV. Plus he's an Arkie.

[Sprint21fter]

Davis ought to do well, he can jerkbait and trap well also.

[Sore Thumbs]

Mark Davis brings hope to all overweight out of shape guys like me.

[Seth]

Hank Cherry held his own with the jerkbait last year. Hopefully he does well again. I'm rooting for him or Palaniuk to seal the deal and win it this year.

[Champ188]

The one situation KVD struggles with is having to slow down, and if water temps are really that cold, I don't look for him to be a factor.

Personally, I think Christie is as good as anyone in the sport right now. He has a better cold-water record in local/regional stuff at Grand than anyone, and if you can catch those fish in cold water, you can catch em about anywhere. He also knows he let a Classic get away from him last year.

I grew up with Mark Davis. Wrote some of the first articles anyone had done on him in the old Arkansas Gazette. Whatever you've heard good about him, it's true. He's a champion fisherman and person. Same for his wife Tilly and his three sons. I wish him the best and I think he could have a shot, especially if there's a deep grass bite. He knows more about fishing deep grass than any of em from the years he spent probing it on Ouachita and DeGray (before the Corps killed it all).

Gonna be interesting. Alabama guys Steve Kennedy, Randall Tharp (recently moved to Fla.) and Greg Vinson could be tough, too.

The following is just my opinion, but anyone but Palaniuk. Please. BASS seems determined to make him their poster boy. I don't get it.