Coming back to BJCC in 2014. They have not named which lake yet.

2.00$ says it is Lay.

It's Guntersville.

Should be a slugfest.

Guntersville....BJCC weigh in????

don't get me wrong, it will be great and a "slugfest" for sure.
But why the long drive from G to BJCC?? doesn't make sense. why not just have it in Huntsville?

Majority of that drive will be interstate, and then assistance through the county roads to the launch site will help smooth things. The final round will only have a handful of boats, half or less than half of the full field the first two days.

Huntsville's VBC expo hall does not have enough square footage to host the Classic show. The VBC arena would be fine for a weigh-in and probably would be filled, which would be nice. But the exhibition hall doesn't meet the square footage requirements in the contract (unless those have changed, and I don't think they have).

Honestly, I"m surprised the FLW Cup has not been held in Huntsville. They were greatly impressed when they came here for their Tour event a couple of years ago and did tour the arena. Charlie Evans told me it was all perfect for weigh-ins and the expo.

Huntsville talked with BASS about 4-5 years ago about the Classic. They almost got the 2010 event but the city balked on some money and BASS didn't like the size of the expo hall.

I had rather see them wrap up outside at the state park that know Birmingham was getting something out of it.

You have to consider the same guy owns the barrons and bassmaters. Probably working a package deal on both of them.

What would the Barons have to do with BASS? There's no correlation, plus Don doesn't even have a stadium or anything completed yet and the Classic has had a long history in Birmingham without so much as any sniff of anything involving the Barons, ever.

Even the last few years when it's been there, I've never seen anything remotely associated with the Barons at anything involved with the Classic.

I just wish Guntersville had a large enough location to hold it. I can't seeing Birmingham benefit off of something that they have no involvement in.

And what I meant by the barons comment was he moved them from a good location in Hoover to a smaller stadium in the hood. So he has no problem keeping bassmaters going there also.

Facilities are a problem in Huntsville - the VBC isn't big enough per B.A.S.S. expo hall size requirements. Location, however, is fantastic for Guntersville and Wheeler, of course.

B'ham has hosted eight or nine times. Centrally-located facilities, huge hotel, expo hall, interstate access. The drive to Guntersville will be potentially problematic through backroads, especially if there's any kind of weather problem.

Would be nice, for sure, to see it all stay in Guntersville or even Huntsville.

I am a member of BASS and follow their pros and tournaments. I will say this though. Bash me if you want, but I do not like this at all. With no restocking of Guntersville over the years, it has hurt it big time. I am just afraid this many fish being taken out will be the nail in the coffin. Guntersville just ain't the lake it was just a few years ago.

When has anyone stocked Guntersville?

As for the baseball. He moved them from a stadium that was hard to get to, hard to get in and out of and was never full to a new stadium in a city center. Just like all other teams in the country have done. Also, that isn't exactly a hood. It is practically on UABs campus. I know they have already sold more season tickets for the new stadium than they had in Hoover.

As for fishing, that is a long trip, but, they could always helicopter the fishermen and there catch.

Helicopters have been considered before. No joke.

Never and it shows. The pressure was headed down some, but this should get it back up good. The fishing gets worse every year.

It's not financially or biologically feasible to stock a lake of that size. Would be like dumping 1,000 gallons of water into the ocean.

All I am saying is you can't keep taking and not putting back. I watch lots of fish get knives put to them soon as they hit the boat. And lots get killed in summer tournaments too. This is good for Birmingham true, but not so sure it is a win for this area that has nothing going for it but the lake and fishermen.

You see that many fish literally being filleted on a boat?

If so, you need to have a game warden or marine police on speed dial and call them ASAP if you're literally watching it happen.

Stocking wouldn't matter on Guntersville, not a bit. It's too big and the cost and logicistics would be unreasonable.

Lowering the daily creel limit on bass, possibly instituting a slot or minimum size limit, and having more anglers be vigilant about reporting violations would go much farther than pouring money down the drain with any kind of stocking program.

Have seen it several times. More so at the boat ramp with out of state folks. You might be right with the creel and slot limit. Something needs to be done though.