There were a couple tournaments over the weekend, but let’s be honest, everyone’s focus is on Lake Guntersville and the Bassmaster Classic. The last couple years we’ve looked at the data to try and find the favorites and the dark horses for the Classic, with some pretty solid results. Despite limited data for Grand Lake, our data was able to nail a number of top 20 anglers and warned about picking a few favorites. Though, we will admit that a few guys whose averages jumped out — Edwin Evers, Aaron Martens and Tommy Biffle — all finished middle of the pack. Two years ago, every one of our favorites and dark horses finished in the top 20.
This year, there is no shortage of data for Guntersville, which only increases the odds when we begin to look at the averages.
So who is the favorite based on the averages? No surprise, it’s Kevin VanDam.
Just like BassGold, our data puts KVD as an overwhelming favorite to win the Classic, as he has an 885.660 average at Guntersville since the turn of the century. He has a win, two more top 10s and a top 20 in his last four stops at Guntersville. Unless his boat sinks and takes all his tackle with it, he’s making the top 10. Continue to read….
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