Elite on your home lake...who do you follow?

[5bass]

The B.A.S.S. Elite Series is descending on my home lake (Smith Mtn) in early June and I plan to follow one angler from blast-off each day. Only problem is, who? If you had the chance to watch these guys on your home lake, who would it be? I have a short list put together, I just need to narrow it down and make final cuts.

1. Ike....because he's Ike

2. KVD...because he's KVD

3. Mike McClelland....he's one of the best deep water anglers on Tour and the deep water bite may be a big factor when they are here.

4. Hackney....I'm a power fisherman at heart and I'd like to see Hack on the job.

5. Hite....one of my favorites and he's due.

6. Brauer....would like to see him catch a bass on something other than a jig.

7. Clunn....I love throwing cranks and he'll be crankin'

8. Swindle....he may do something stupid or have words with someone

9. Skeet....might gain some confidence in swimbaits following Skeet around.

Who would you follow? Help me decide.

[burleytog]

I'd skip Swindle.  He's liable to capsize you.   ;D

If it were me, I'd follow KVD, Clunn, Timmy Horton, and Ish Monroe.

[jdw174]

I'd follow KVD ALL DAY EVERY DAY

[squid]

Day 1, just to have fun and learn something( I am not a fan of his) would be to follow IKE.

Day 2, to learn the different styles between the two( I am a fan), I would follow KVD.  From there, who ever is left in the mix.  

What a great opportunity to see them put their principles into action.

One who screams at every fish, and the other who know what a 5lber looks like...lol...kidding aside.  These are the two I would follow, in that order.  I just think IKE would be fun to watch and learn from the first day.  KVD to see if he really fishes the way he tells me to fish around our home lakes...lol.

[Ky_Lake_Dude]

1. Ike because like you said he's Ike and I believe one day he will rival KVD in greatness.

2. If you want to see somebody catch lots of fish you might want to think about following John Crews. Smith Mountain is his home lake as well. He is one of the favorites to win.

[Guest avid]

rick clunn.

He is definetly past his prime, but he really thinks out there.

I would like to see his strategy and see if I could figure out what was percolating in the basstastic mind of his.

[WhiteMike1018]

Ike

KvD

RC

[kbj3579]

Scott,

I'm in the same boat (ha,ha) as you, well no I actually will be in my own boat, but anyway I don't know who to follow either.  I probably am not going to make it the first day on the water, but I will be there Fri.-Sun.  I plan on following Jamey Fri., who ever he is with, but Sat and Sun, not sure.  I don't believe John Crews is going win it, I actually talked to him yesterday, super nice guy, but he's nervous, to much preasure, I think.  He actually said "I'm excited and nervous".  I think Ike is a must one day.

[largemouthslayer]

Hackney (Power Fishing)

KVD  (i watched him this past weekend and he called his shots )Just wished he was from the south.....Just kidding.... Northern Boys

[NJfishinGuy]

id be following IKE and KVD. its to bad i wasn't fishing manasquan res. near me like a week ago someone on my local NJ forum was out on the lake and seem him there fishing.

[5bass]

Scott,

I'm in the same boat (ha,ha) as you, well no I actually will be in my own boat, but anyway I don't know who to follow either. I probably am not going to make it the first day on the water, but I will be there Fri.-Sun. I plan on following Jamey Fri., who ever he is with, but Sat and Sun, not sure. I don't believe John Crews is going win it, I actually talked to him yesterday, super nice guy, but he's nervous, to much preasure, I think. He actually said "I'm excited and nervous". I think Ike is a must one day.

Yeah, I doubt Crews will win it.....I had thought about following Jamey/and whoever also but that really depends on who he's paired with. I'm leaning toward KVD on the first day, then Ike on day 2, then someone who makes the cut (TOP 50) on Saturday, then someone in the top 3 in the finals. Only problem with KVD and Ike is that they'll have everyone on them and things could get hairy if they do alot of running around.

[flyphisher #]

McClelland, KLein, Hackney, and Rook

Follow the best angler that will have smallest crowd following him if i were you....IKE and KVD will have a floatilla in tow i am sure...

[sodaksker]

first day...Kvd

second day.....Ike

Third day.....Who ever has the lead.

[Rattlinrogue]

1)KVD-Just to see an artist at work.

2)Ike-Great angler,but for the entertainment value.

3)Swindle-For the entertainment value.

4)Denny-I love pitchin'/flippin' jigs and tubes;would love to take notes from the master.

5)Clunn-To watch a legend at work.

[fishingchef80]

Avid is there such thing as a "prime" in fishing?? just thought that was a funny statement.  

[HPBB]

If you don't know who to fallow you can try something like what I did. When The Bass Masters Classic came here, I wanted to fallow everybody. It was too hard to decide. Do I fallow Him? or Him? what about Him?. Just could not decide. so i picked an area That I like to fish alot and waited to see who came in that area and watch how they fished it. How each had a different way of fishing it., different spots. styles.

I ended up wathcing about 15 didferent guys and learned alot of stuff about that area. Infact I saw about 5 guys pull up to a underwater hump with debris on it, that I never knew about ( now I do, and fish it offten)

I ended up seeing everybody from KVD, to Clunn, Ike, Skeet & Klein

It worked out great I got to see many guys I wanted to, and I learned alot about water I thought I knew well.

[rdneckhntr]

I would go with Ike.  He's been my hero in bass fishin ever since I really started fishin hard.

[Cajun1977]

ike,,and why would alot of runnin around bother you   or you not ridin in a gambler

[fourbizz]

Ish Monroe.

[5bass]

ike,,and why would alot of runnin around bother you or you not ridin in a gambler

Yep, Gambler all the way.....just dont like having to trail someone that has 20 other boats trailing them too. Sounds like an accident looking for a place to happen.

4biz, Ish did well on Day 1.....I saw that he had a swimbait tied on one of his many rods.