Classic Bound!!!

Anyone heading to the Classic in Shreveport next weekend??

How is the Red River flowing?

See Ya there!

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JW

Unless somethig bad happens, we are heading that way on the 23rd. Be there on 24th. You can find me hanging with the Stratos Elites or Denny Morris at Phoenix clothing... or maybe with Darrel at his Cook's Go-To booth...or at Mike McClelland's booth...or Skeet's...or pretty much anywhere there is a connection to ChampioN boats...

Also want to check in with Debra Hengst....

Ha! I will track you down somewhere Lea!

Do you think the vendors will be able to make sales on things at expo. Like Hummingbird and Power Pole?? I may try to see if they are doing anything special at the Classic.

Thanks,

Jason

Have fun! Looking forward to next year's classic here at Grand Lake!

They might, but for the last few years, I have not noticed any special sales. More companies than vendors, except BPS and like that....Used to be, I would walk thru the displays and come home with incredible amounts of freebies. Friends use to say I was gonna walk out with a free boat one day. Did not happen... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/roll.gif

Tulsa....We're hoping to make that one, too, David. Have only missed around 4 since our first in 1988. Not to sidetrack, but please keep us posted on how Chandler does with his surgery and recovery... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/praying.gif

Jason, from the forecasts I am seeing, the Red is gonna be high and muddier than usual. Heavy duty rain forecast.

Look for fat, gray-haired old woman with a shirt with BBC on the back and Champion on the front...probably...

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Hate to hear that for the Classic, but the Sabine River shed bordering TX & LA really needs the rain. Toledo Bend is in sad shape ... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/ohwell.gif

I read somewhere in another thread, that "they" had dropped the level of the river??

The ABC forecasters are just saying up to 5" of rain out of the system. That's a lot of rain. Hopefully, it will help Toledo Bend and other areas which need the rain!

TB is up about 5' in the last 60 days, but still 7' low ... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/eek.gif

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Where exactly is that? Is that the name of the lake, or is it a town?

Grand Lake
Grove, OK

Hands down my favorite lake. I grew up in Grove, now I live in Minneapolis and would move back in a blink if I could.

It's ENE of Tulsa, OK ... Grand Lake O' the Cherokees

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That's low for sure!!

Yeah, for a east TX lake, it's low ... my local lake OH Ivie is knocking on 40' low, but still a lot of water left ...

Wow, are you in the mountains? That is deep! Local lakes have pretty deep water, but NOTHING like that!!!

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Nope ... just rolling hills. The rivers cut some pretty deep channels in the olden days. Was on Amistad two weeks ago and it is 16' low. Saw &gt; 160' in places and never got on the main river channel near the dam.

Ill be a media/camera boat in the classic for all 5 days starting wednesday. The Corps did an awesome job on getting the river down quick. Dropped 3 feet in 4 days!!! But all this rain is going to bring it back up.. If you get out on the river please be careful. As a spectator you need to stay behind the camera boats or orange bouys as some pros put out last time. Feel free to shoot me a im with your numbers or for mine and ill keep this updated this week on water levels. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

I'll be there.

its MUDDY... Looks like its up just a little bit but the corps is still doing an awesome job to get the red ready..

I'll be there, I won't be hard to miss~~I'll be the guy walking around with my buddy who is now a Ranger owner, he will have a Ranger shirt, Ranger cap, I think he even bought ranger sun shades, and if you are in the mens bathroom he will probally have Ranger skives on~~I'll be outside the mens room waiting on Bob . lol~~I think he is ruined!

I will be there for sure, easy for me I live in Shreveport.......