Man oh man, I actually got to watch the Classic this year b/c they had satellite at the cabin we were staying at. I was on the edge of my damn seat, honestly. I root for Aaron every year and it was so BRUTAL watching him get 2nd to Van Dam. Christ Aaron!!!

Its like you said Chris, who cares what the venue is, these are the best guys in the world doing everything they possibly can to win it. It was hard to tell what exactly was going on from watching the footage but when I'm watching it I'm just sitting there going OK what pound test is Aaron throwing, what type of line, and what bait is he throwing - it must be something small because you couldn't see it when he was unhooking the fish, and ten thousand other detail questions!!! I read all the coverage on bassfan afterwards and it made sense what he was doing and it still just killed me that he broke off two fish - even if it was 5lb test. I want to know - were those breakoffs in cover? Were they open water? What knot was he using - San Diego jam or what? QUESTIONS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS!!! hahaha I loved it.

What I didn't love was the lame announcer BASS had. Who is this dude? Yelling out Westside like it was some kind of gang or something? pleeeeze. They said Cochran walked off stage during the super 6, and ehh I kinda don't blame him. And whats up with all the dancing? Ok Skeet yeah I can see Skeet dancing that's aright, and Iconelli that dude just makes me laugh because he's such a badass fisherman but its almost like he's putting on the show and dance to try to distract people from the fishing aspect. But Davey Hite dancing on the bow of the boat? Ai yi yi. Fishing is cool, but is it that cool? har.

I'd love to hear commentary on the classic. Hoopla aside, there was some hard core fishing going on out there.