How will Hartwell affect the record book?

What kind of mark will 2015 Bassmaster Classic leave on the record books?

The 2015 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro promises to be special in many ways. After all, it's the Super Bowl of bass fishing, the Mac Daddy of our sport and the single greatest championship to be had by rod and reel.

But what kind of mark will it leave on the record books? When people talk about it historically a decade from now, what will they be saying?

Statistically, the 2015 Hartwell Classic is not likely to be a barn burner. There won't be giant bags of bass like there were last year from Lake Guntersville. And there won't be jaw-dropping lunkers like we saw in 2006 from the Kissimmee Chain.

Hartwell's statement will be more subtle, though in many ways just as interesting.

Several records or near records are already in the bag, even before the competitors launch on Friday.

The 2015 Classic boasts the second largest field in history (56) behind only the 2003 Classic on the Louisiana Delta. That's a lot of boats!

Paul Elias is fishing in his 16th Classic. The 1982 champ has already joined Gary Klein as the only anglers to fish the championship in every decade of its existence (1970s through the 2010s), but this year he becomes the second oldest angler ever to fish the Classic. He ranks behind only Shorty Evans, who was 65 when he fished the 1978 event.

At 63 and change, Elias is the only angler in the field old enough to potentially break Woo Daves' record as the oldest Classic champ. Daves was 54 when he won in 2000.

Speaking of Classic veterans, Mark Davis won the title in 1995, becoming the first angler to win the Classic and Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year in the same season (Kevin VanDam accomplished the feat in 2010 and 2011). Davis is in his 18th championship this time around, and that ranks him 10th all-time in career appearances. The legendary Rick Clunn leads the way with 32.

This will be Michael Iaconelli's 14th straight Classic, which ties him for seventh place in that category. Again, Rick Clunn leads with 28 straight. Kevin VanDam's second-best streak of 24 in a row ended this year.

When Aaron Martens brings his first bass to the scales, he'll move into fourth place all-time for cumulative weight. He currently has 508-8 in his 15 Classics, just two ounces behind Tommy Biffle. KVD is the all-time leader with 784-5.

Martens and Davis are currently tied for ninth place on the list for all-time bass weighed in at the Classic. They've each tallied 202 bass over the course of their careers and could surpass both the great Denny Brauer (203) and Tommy Biffle (213) this year. The leader, Clunn, is safe for now with a lofty 377.

With an anticipated winning weight in the 45- to 55-pound range, Hartwell won't threaten any of the heavy catch records. That includes Classic big bass. in 2006, Preston Clark caught an 11-10 from Florida's Kissimmee Chain. The anticipated best from Hartwell will likely weigh around 7 pounds. The biggest in the 2008 Hartwell Classic was a 6-7 caught by Fred Roumbanis.

The record this Classic is most likely to eclipse is the mark for coldest day in championship history. Going into the event, the record is held by Day 2 of the 2013 Classic on Oklahoma's Grand Lake. As the anglers were leaving the launch area, it was a frigid 19 degrees.

The extended forecast for the Greenville, S.C., area predicts daytime lows in the teens for the days leading up to competition, putting it in the running for the chilliest championship ever.