Classic Practice

I went to the Worcester Outdoor Expo today, and Mark Zona of ESPN confirmed what a lot of us have been fearful of: the Classic is going to be tough, REALLY tough. He said he'd spoken with KVD in the morning and that water temps were just around 40 degrees. On the B.A.S.S. site there are videos of guys practicing in the snow, and the forecast doesn't get any better over the next four days or so. By the time it all starts things are supposed to get around 50, but it seems like that won't be enough to turn any of the fish around. Zona also said that according to KVD the water is pretty muddy right now, and the forecast calls for rain next Saturday, the second official day of fishing. So, does anyone want to guess what it will take to win it? I think there are going to be a number of guys who skunked. One of the guys at practice said he only caught one fish, albeit in a flu-shortened day. But everyone else's 50 pound guesses are now going to 40-something. I'll go one lower and say that not too many are going to go much above 30. KVD seems to thrive in tough situations like this, but I'm not putting my money on him. I think it might take a slow-falling jig bite similar to what Alton Jones won with on Lake Hartwell in '08. And I wouldn't be surprised to see Gary Klein the one to do it. Although there's always Aaron Martens with his scrounger . . . .