News Archive For June 2007
How Sooner Run was won
June 30, 2007 – by Kevin VanDam
Fluorocarbon is making a big difference in my crankbait fishing. I’ve won two Elite Series tournaments this season using crankbaits (Strike King Series 5 and 6 lures), and both times fluorocarbon line has been a factor. I use Bass Pro Shops XPS fluorocarbon line for most of my crankbait fishing these days for several reasons. First of all, it’s denser …Read more »VanDam makes point he’s bass fishing’s best
June 29, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, June 25, 2007)
GROVE, Okla. — A seven-ounce lead over the Tiger Woods of bass fishing going into Sunday simply wasn’t enough for Jeff Kriet. And once again Kevin VanDam proved why it’s appropriate to associate his name with the dominant golfer on the PGA tour. VanDam weighed a five-bass limit of 18 pounds, 12 ounces Sunday to jump past Kriet and win …Read more »Raise an eyebrow toward KVD
June 27, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, June 27, 2007)
Bass fishing is not the next NASCAR because we don’t get 100,000 people to our weigh-ins. Kevin VanDam is not exactly the Tiger Woods of the sport. No disrespect to Tiger, but KVD dominates more, in a more demanding sport. Wow! Here we go. Kevin VanDam is the point of this outburst. Why isn’t KVD ever in that “breaking news” …Read more »VanDam details his Grand plan
June 26, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, June 26, 2007)
GROVE, Okla. — When Kevin VanDam was finished, resulting in one more victory for the biggest name in bass fishing, he wasn’t shy about disclosing the details of his first-place formula for the Sooner Run presented by Longhorn Tobacco. Every fish he weighed-in at Grand Lake came on a Strike King Series 5 or Series 6 crankbait in a new …Read more »VanDam Slams, Second Win In 2 Months
June 24, 2007 (bassfan.com, June 24, 2007)
BassFans who read Kevin VanDam’s comments last night didn’t need a crystal ball. The world’s most dangerous angler stumbled yesterday with a 16-pound bag at the Grand Lake Bassmaster Elite Series in Oklahoma, and as all BassFans know, he seldom has 2 bad days in a row. So he put on the mad mask, attacked Grand Lake today, and walloped …Read more »KVD cranks out another victory
June 24, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, June 24, 2007)
GROVE, Okla. — A seven-ounce lead over the Tiger Woods of bass fishing going into Sunday simply wasn’t enough for Jeff Kriet. And once again Kevin VanDam proved why it’s appropriate to associate his name with the dominant golfer on the PGA tour. VanDam weighed a five-bass limit of 18 pounds, 12 ounces Sunday to jump past Kriet and win …Read more »A Grand Shootout
June 23, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, June 23, 2007)
GROVE, Okla. — With tongue firmly in cheek, Kevin VanDam came to the Bassmaster Elite Series Sooner Run weigh-in stand Saturday and explained how he did some sandbagging so his friend, Jeff Kreit, would finally have a chance to beat him. “Jeff Kriet is a pretty good friend of mine,” said VanDam, who caught 21-plus pounds the first two days …Read more »VAN DAMINATOR
June 23, 2007 (basszone.com, June 23, 2007)
KVD Crushes Back to Back 20+ Pound Limits – Leads By 2-14 Grove, Okla. – As day one weigh-in concluded, many of the Bassmaster Elite Series competitors had found out that the fishing at Grand Lake had been better than advertised. Many of the Elite Series pros realized that the shallow bite created by Grand Lake’s recent high water was …Read more »VanDam appears tough to beat
June 23, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, June 23, 2007)
Kevin VanDam has his sights set on winning Angler of the Year, and he could a huge step in that direction if he keeps it going on Grand Lake. Scott Rook jumped from 47th place Thursday to eighth place Friday in the Bassmaster Elite Series Sooner Run by catching a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 12 ounces. And his day …Read more »Smack down from KVD
June 23, 2007 (espnoutdoors, June 22, 2007)
GROVE, Okla. — Kevin VanDam thinks Grand Lake is simply grand. Not only did he bring another 21-pound, five-bass limit to the weigh-in stand on the second day of the Bassmaster Elite Series Sooner Run, unofficially, he zoomed past Skeet Reese in the Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year standings. The three-time BASS Angler of the Year from Kalamazoo, Mich., …Read more »