Give me your thoughts on who you think will win the Classic this year. With the Red River high again these guys are going to have to get way back in the backwater. This makes a guy like Denny Brauer a serious threat. High water will also have these guys on top of each other with limited clear water. BoBo Hole will be crowded. Results to be discussed on Hook'n Up & Track'n Down Show this week.

I hope Ike does good so his reactions will be on t.v. its great!!! but KVD will win...lol

I'd love to see Hackney win at home. He gets picked a lot, but never quite seems to make it work. I hope he does.

Ike or KVD will win....Just too much in their favor. With that being said, Ike will walk away with it.

Ike is who I picked on my fantasy so he better win

I really would like to see Jeff Kriet or KVD win this one. I have a gut feel though. Brent Chapman.

Edwin Evers or KVD

Arron will get 2nd.

Wow look at yall boys...KVD ,Ike guess them there yankees know what there doing...lol

Hope hack wins but Ole is gonna be tough to beat.

Evers!

Edwin Evers or Hackney.

Keith Combs

KJ did well there in 09. I would like to see him or Hackney win. The comment about Aaron being second is probably an easier pick.

This is the order i believe have a chance.

Edwin Evers: This is simply his type of fishing and his strong suit

Mike Ike: He has had the second place bad taste in his mouth a lot already.

KVD: Enough said.

That would be cool...

I would've. But I have to work that day.

KJ would have won it in 2009 had another angler, without a shot at winning, not gotten on his fish on the final day. Kelly caught 20 lbs in that little backwater lake in 30 minutes on Saturday morning, then guarded it all day. He left it on Sunday morning as the water temp had dropped a bunch over night and the fish weren't eating his bait good. Figured he'd run around, catch a small limit and wait for it to warm up. He only needed an hour or so in the pond. Unfortunately, while Kelly was out of his backwater pond, Alton Jones went in there and caught 20 lbs. Had Kelly caught that, he beats Skeet by four pounds. Moral to the story, if you know they'll bite later, stay there! And if your teammate is on the fish to win and you have no chance, stay the heck off his spot!

Anyway, Kelly's not fishing it this year, BST. He was first man out.

Ott Defoe

Bet Kelly doesnt make that mistake twice lol! Im pullin for Keith Combs, he probably fished the heck outta that place prior to off limits!

Hite for the win.

longshot.. But could pull it off = Palaniuk..

I like the kid..

I like EE I think he is primed for the occasion. KVD will probably do it. Again though.

Im gonna say Edwin Evers

I think that 23yr old kid from Idaho's gonna win it. I refuse to bet money on that though .

I think KVD will take it, but I am hoping for Mike Iaconelli

its easy to bet on KVD and hard to bet against him... but ill go on a limb and say Grigsby or Monroe!

I guess I'm the only one that thinks Andrew .be a big surprise in this classic. Personally I think Defoe might be a force. The man is in his prime in shallow,muddy,rivers. Look at the all-star weekend.

KVD Classic and AOY. Again

Andrew Upshaw!

Axe'Em!

KVD

Him or Ike. KVD's classic win streak will be broken.

hack attack

Andrew upshaw!

Anybody but KVD I hope,

KVD or Combs

Since KJ is not fishing it, gotta go with my next favorite....Combs!

Combs makes his start on de-crowning KVD.

I'd like to see Faircloth win

Ike for sure

Good point. Hard to argue with Defoe being a favorite on this water.

Todd Faircloth

biffle

KVD or Edwin Evers

RedRanger will probably be winning somewhere...

Not fishing. He won an Open, but didn't fish all three so he did not qualify. Don't forget Bill Lowen. He's good on a river.

EE or Alton Jones (I hope)

alton or combs, but anyody besides kvd would be nice

I hope Ike goes Ike and gets disqualified. Lol

KVD vs the field I take the field. Would like to see Evers win.

ike is dew for another win i hope its not kvd i dont like that guy

Edwin Evers is due...so is Tim Horton... my 2cents

Denny Brauer, Hackney or Alton.

MY top five
1st place: Iaconelli
2nd place: Chapman
3rd place: VanDam
4th place: Evers
5th palce: Martens

This is how I see it Boys....

I'd like to see swindle win it

that would be cool!

The Tom Brady of Fishing

Let me add Brandon Palaniuk to this list. The RR is actually where he won the Federation to get him in the Classic last year.

I would like to see either Ike, Palaniuk, swindle, or martens win but I wouldn't bet against kvd ever, the guy is a freak.

I have not even checked who was fishing. I just asumed he had qualified. Evers then

TFF Andrew Upshaw gets my vote!

Who else besides the fishing machine KVD.....

Is RedRanger fishing this event?

i'd like to see Alton win it But Evers would be good to.

May not be a bad bet.

Gimme Shaw Grigsby! That would just be killer.
Martens, Kreit & Roumbanis would be great to see take a win too.

Pake and I are pulling for Brandon Palaniuk! Very nice kid!

KVD or Ike
never give up!!! lol

I am pulling for Swindle. Ever since I fished with him I have been pulling for him.

Kevin Short

Well,since FZ1 is not in the field,it's gonna be Alton Jones.

I think Edwin Evers will take it and the Toyota Tundra AOY.

BTW hey Bass Hawk I thought this was a family Site???????? C'mon man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't mean to offend. My apology if you took it that way Balch.

Edwin Evers or KVD...GO "Team Nitro"!!!!!!!

Bass Wishes,
Nitro Man

Thought about it some more i'd like to see Horton win it also

+1

Steve Kennedy

Chapman's been doing some serious lurking for a while now. He just keeps hanging around. And to top it off, he fishes with Tightlines. He may be due.

I would like to see Jeff Kriet win.

Mark Zona picked it earlier this year with the "Third Annual Running of the Beast". http://www.markzona.com/zblog.php So with that said it will be Brandon Palaniuk. I would rather Kriet win though but its hard to argue with the Beast.

Evers or DeFoe