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AOY race will clear today
June 10, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – After an opening day when only 28 anglers in the Bassmaster Elite Series Diamond Drive caught five-fish limits, there’s still a lot of opportunity to rise or fall in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings. However, today’s weigh-in will add significant clarity to the AOY race. “If none of the other contenders make …Read more »Brauer power
June 09, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For the second time of the Bassmaster Elite Series season, bass fishing legend Denny Brauer of Camdenton, Mo., took the lead on the first day. And on what was arguably the toughest first day of any event in the 2011 Elite season, Brauer’s 14 pounds, 10 ounces of Arkansas River bass was just enough to command …Read more »KVD: Pitchman
June 09, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Yes, KVD is the perfect pitchman for B.A.S.S. In baseball, not so much. But serviceable. Bassmaster’s top angler was asked to throw out the first pitch for the Arkansas Travelers’ game against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Staying with friend Scott Rook for this week’s Elite Series Diamond Drive starting Thursday, KVD even practiced about 30 pitches …Read more »KVD Changes Davy’s Hooks and Breaks Out a Brand New Reel
June 08, 2011
Make no mistake; bold amounts of tenacious competitiveness exist between Bassmaster Elite Series pros. Still, it’s a game played in deep pools of humility with fellowship often floating to the surface even on the first morning of the tournament. Indeed, fellowship floated freely at sunrise this morning between Davy Hite and Kevin VanDam inside the small harbor where morning take-off …Read more »Hot, tough and scattered
June 07, 2011 (bassmaster.com, June 7, 2011)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – With one day of practice in the books, the Diamond Drive on the Arkansas River is shaping up to be as tough as advertised. For Alton Jones, this tournament marks a key step toward reclaiming the lead in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year lead. After the last event on Lake Murray, Jones dropped …Read more »Your role in Toyota’s All Star Week
June 07, 2011 (bassmaster.com, June 6, 2011)
There’s been a lot of thought and planning put into Toyota’s All-Star Week, which happens July 23-24 beginning in Wetumpka, Ala., and ends with a bang in Montgomery on the July 29-30. The thinking has been toward not only having two top Elite Series anglers going head to head on that last day of fishing, but having many events happening …Read more »Watch the outside, develop the inside
June 03, 2011 – by Kevin VanDam
I'm in Michigan right now and just finished filming an episode of "The Bass Pros." You'll know which one I'm talking about when you see it because the wind was really howling, and the microphones pick up some of that noise. It was blowing about 40 mph when we were out, but the smallmouth were biting, and we had a …Read more »We’ve got an AOY race!
May 24, 2011 – by Kevin VanDam
It looks like we’ve got us a dandy Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of Year race — one of the best we’ve had in a long time. My buddy Big Show is sittin’ on top and Alton Jones and I are only 19 points behind him. Edwin Evers and Steve Kennedy are breathing down our necks, and there are only two …Read more »Bassmaster Kevin Vandam was the star attraction at annual Portage Fishing Fair
May 23, 2011
PORTAGE — Taking a break from signing autographs, Kevin Vandam walked down to the shore of Long Lake to give fishing tips to a crowd of families. The six-time national Bassmaster Angler of the Year and four-time Bassmaster Classic winner was going over the differences between spin-cast reels and open-face reels when Mindy Kulasa noticed that the way Vandam had …Read more »Who moved, who shook at Murray?
May 16, 2011 (bassmaster.com, May 16, 2011)
Welcome to the tightest Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year race since 2008. Currently, there are four anglers within 100 points of the lead. Three years ago, when there were six anglers within 100 points of the lead after six events, things were a bit tighter, but with a very big difference. That year there were 11 regular season …Read more »