Kevin Van Dam Forums

lake fork 9lb bass. Nice picture

2013-05-30T12:51:19Z

Tom from Kilgore TX.
Took a friend one day sight fishing. Found this 9 lb female on bed in 5’ of water. He tried everything to get her to bite with no results. Tied on owner jig rig and floating worm and she was caught in about 5 minutes.
They worked very well, rugged the floating worm on a owner jig rig. The bedding fish couldn’t stand the worm. Having really good results right now using floating worm using 2/0 hook and split shot about 2’ up from hook fishing weed lines. These baits float nice will be ordering more in a week
I attached the picture on here at attachments but it says not at this time…problem with it ?
http://www.floatworm.weebly.com

Pics from last trip to Guntersville.

2013-05-16T01:31:07Z

Here are a few from last week. Got them both shallow and on the ledges.

http://s134.photobucket.com/user/nismo95smz/library/GVille-May2013

One Body Of Water….?

2013-03-09T01:26:01Z

OK….In your fantasy, you get to choose one (and only one) body of water to fish this year, that you have never fished before. It needs to be in North America (US or Canada).

What lake and why ? Remember…only one.

This Year’s Menu

2013-05-04T11:08:24Z

It’s getting close so it’s time to post this year’s menu of lakes I am scheduled to fish.
I will DEFINITELY fish them all. No excuses.

MY LIST
Lake Of The Woods ..(Canadian side….Wiley Point south of Kenora)
Rainy Lake ( Canadian side)
Cliff Lake (Canada)
Eagle River Chain (Wisconsin)
3 Lakes Chain (Wisconsin)
Butternut lake (Wisconsin)
Bald Eagle Lake (MN)
Lake Vermilion (MN)
Lake Kabetogama (MN)
Mille Lacs (MN)
and of course….. The St Croix.

Let’s see where everyone is fishing this season.

Alpena Mi.

2013-03-06T13:14:25Z

daughter just moved to Alpena Mi. plan on visiting every month or 2, I’m a smallie river fishing guy from central Pa. and would love some advise on small lake and river fishing in the Alpena area,
I asked some locals when I helped move my daughter in but they were a little tight lipped but I don’t think they realized I would be only fishing a few days up there and I haven’t kept a fish in 20 plus years, so anybody from around that area that can get me pointed to the right areas and typical tackle

Rough day of fishing

2013-03-01T02:30:13Z

Decided to head out to Lake Jordan today to get some fishing in. It was the first time that I had a chance to go fishing since the trip to G’ville. That’s been close to three months ago and I was starting to have withdrawals. To top it off I haven’t had much opportunity since I’ve been home because of all of the rain we’ve been having.

Jordan has an interesting set up. The upper end has the damn coming in from Lake Mitchell and the lower end has the damn for Lake Jordan, but it also has a canal just above the lower damn that feeds Lake Bouldin which also has a damn on it. Today the Lake Mitchell damn was running 4 turbines, the Lake Jordan damn was running 3 turbines and the Bouldin damn was running 2 turbines. Most of the bass down here in the south are conditioned to feeding when there is current. With all that current I thought it was going provide an excellent opportunity to get some good bites. It was also supposed to be partly cloudy. Perfect. Air temperature was in the mid 60’s and water temperature was in the mid 50’s. Things are looking really great for a good day of fishing.

What I wasn’t counting on was the 50 mph winds and two foot waves. Somehow the weather channel missed the expected wind speeds for the day. Well, maybe the winds weren’t exactly 50, but it sure seemed like it. But the two foot waves are pretty accurate. If I let the boat gets sideways to the wind and waves, the waves would break over the side of the boat.

However, due to the lack of adequate fishing opportunity, I was able spend a lot of time on reconnaissance. I was able to check out a lot spots that I had wanted to look at, go over them with the Lowrance Structure Scan and mark some really promising way points.

So it wasn’t a totally wasted day.

G-ville!!!

2013-02-24T09:39:20Z

Man, a guy on bassboatcentral just caught and 8 and a 12.14 this weekend! I cannot wait till march!

Closed bass season- a Michigan DNR head scratcher

2013-01-08T20:23:21Z

So I’m looking at the seasons for different fish here in Michigan. Sadly, bass season is closed. But hey, walleye and pike are still open. I was thinking I could go down to the river and try out my new bps extreme reel (here tomorrow according to fedex ) as it is supposed to be in the 40’s this weekend. I wanted to keep it simple like grubs, cleos, and Kastmaster on 12Lb XL. Now, what’s to keep a smallie from taking my bait? Suppose I were to catch a river slonch? Can I take it’s pic and put it back, or would that give the impression of targeting bass? I think closed bass seasons are lame.

St Clair in June

2013-01-06T17:41:49Z

Im heading up your way the second week in June with a few boats from my club. Hoping to finally meet some of you notherners!

Florida

2012-12-25T22:38:56Z

Well I usually hit Lake Toho this time of year, but this year I am headed to Marco Island Feb 4th with some buddies for 4 days of golf in that area. There is an area just south of Marco called TenThousand Islands that has some superb fishing for Snook and Redfish. I saw a show on it the other day. Has anyone on this board ever fished there ? If so….when are these fish in prime time activity ? Can you suggest a good guide as I won’t have a boat….just maybe a St Croix and a baitcaster.

Any help would be appreciated.