My pick, gotta be Nico Raffo with a 12.85

Yours?

Hmmm, predictions. Greg Ross is the favorite for sure favorite. I haven't heard of anyone on the fish quite like him. I predict it'll take right around 13 lbs to win it, but only 10 people will get a fish over 5lbs. What else? I predict I'll be real tired when I get home Saturday night after fishing WON Bass tourney the next day :)

Rob how come you didn't sign up?

my prediction is Danny G with a 13.77

This is one reason. He was born on March 2nd :)

http://www.calfishing.com/dc/user_files/7285-derek.jpg

I'm also just totally over fishing tournaments in my 15' jon boat with a 15hp motor. It's a joke. I can't run the lake and compete. There's also a safety issue if I got a VTO who is overweight or not someone who spends time on the water. If we get in to big weather on the main body at Pedro I wouldn't want to put someone through that. The Casitas event was bad enough, and I was fortunate to have a VTO who fished a lot and had good raingear.

Greg Ross for sure but I am rooting for other Calfishing alums like Nico, and Urban. A 12+ pounder is going to win it and I think there will be quite a few over 10 caught The timing could not be better for this one with the weather being stable and warm, should be fun. I wish my anniversary was not on the 12th as I would have loved to VTO again.

I think a 15 or bigger will win, I'm pulling for a Socal upset, maybe Butch Brown :P

I see... you've been fishin' for diapers then...what did he weigh?:+

Ya there was no tellin' how the weather was gonna turn out...should be an interesting tournament lots of fish are being caught!

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Gotta agree with Nico's assessment that only about 10 people will get a bass over 5lbs. Most of the field is going to go home at the end of the day wondering where the supposed good swimbait fishing at Don Pedro is :)

Myself with a 13 pounder on the 13th,
well just have to wait and see.
Josh

Based upon Rob posting his setups for HBC-1, I think it would be interesting to find out (after the event) how the various calfishing.com alums approached the tournament. What baits/setups did you use and maybe why you made those selections.

If you guys have the time I think it would be of interest to others. I don't know anything about Don Pedro so I'm not looking for specific locations etc. I'm more interested in your general game plan, how you decided on your game plan and any changes you made during the event.

Best of luck to everyone who is participating.

Tim

Rob, Congratulations to you and Summer with a good looking addition to your family. I think its a good choice to not go and be with your wife and son. Your life will change more now than you ever imagine. It wont be long and he will be fishing with you. Good luck on the water this year

Don O

Congrats Rob!!!!!!! Although you're used to catching giants, he is by far the biggest catch you've ever got!!

Anyone have an inside scoop on any catches today, maybe a phone pic? Text message? Smoke signal?

Can't wait to hear/ see some results :)

Kent Brown....3.81...that's the word.

Bass 50, Fishermen 0. Still, props to the HBC folks for putting together a great event. If there was a rematch next weekend I'd be there :)

Pedro is a pretty impressive body of water when you compare it to the ponds we fish down south. I saw just 1 fish in two days on the water, although it was the right fish and on game day. Congratulations to Kent Brown for winning and at least the winning fish ate a swimbait.

Good times hanging out with a bunch of the guys, it made for a great event for me regardless of the poor fishing.

-Oliver