News Archive For September 2007
Career BASS money report
September 01, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, August 31, 2007)
1 Kevin VanDam 2,543,958.33 2 Denny Brauer 2,218,901.71 3 Rick Clunn 1,856,794.53 4 Larry Nixon 1,634,858.58 5 Peter E Thliveros 1,583,439.00Power (finesse) fishing
August 31, 2007 – by Kevin VanDam
Fishing Fast … Slowly Mark Zona and I call it “power finesse,” but other people have described it as how I fish fast … slowly. I get a lot of jokes about always fishing really fast. Mark Davis even tells a story about my fishing a Carolina rig. When he flails his arms around the way he claims I was …Read more »DUCKETT GOING TO THE BANK AGAIN…
August 26, 2007 (basszone.com, August 26, 2007)
Russellville, AR – Russellville, Ark. – Versatility is the name of the game in professional bass fishing, and when the forces of Mother Nature wreak havoc on the competition lake, champion still find a way to adapt. Such was the case at the 2007 Bassmaster Legends presented by Ramada Worldwide, the final Major of the year, and perhaps the future; …Read more »Classic Champ Duckett Catches 13-09 To Win Legends
August 26, 2007 (bassfan.com, August 26, 2007)
As the reigning Bassmaster Classic Champion, Boyd Duckett had a free pass into each of this season’s three Majors. It didn’t do him much good until this last one. The Alabamian finished 50th (one spot from dead-last) and 36th (better, but still way out of the money) in the first two no-entry-fee events that paid $250,000 to the winner. Today, …Read more »Dean Rojas Leads Boyd Duckett by Ounces, KVD 4th
August 25, 2007 (basszone.com, August 25, 2007)
Russellville, AR – The skies over Lake Dardanelle greeted the Elite 12 Anglers at the Bassmaster Legends with an angry air. The Russellville Ark. experienced thunderstorms that brought cooler temperatures, clouds, wind and rain to the Illinois Bayou. At stake for all of the anglers was not only the $250,000 first place prize money, but also the knowledge that he …Read more »Legends: Clouds, rain and whole new ballgam
August 25, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, August 25, 2007)
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — Saturday dawned with a thunderstorm rolling across Lake Dardanelle. It seemed like a godsend for the 12 anglers who qualified for the semifinal round of the Bassmaster Elite Series Legends tournament, presented by Ramada Worldwide. “I’m loving it,” Ish Monroe said. “Anytime you haven’t had rain for awhile, and then you get rain, the fish start getting …Read more »Legends anglers math out what they need to fish the weekend
August 24, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, August 24, 2007)
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — It was 30 minutes before the anglers were set to take off when Kevin VanDam decided it was time to take a look at the Day One standings for the Bassmaster Legends presented by Ramada Worldwide. He commandeered a copy from a reporter and unfolded the sheet of paper with hands that are scarred and scabbed from …Read more »Learning new Techniques
August 24, 2007 – by Kevin VanDam
Expanding Your Horizons Last time we talked about fishing style and how most anglers develop a style based upon where they learned the sport. It’s vitally important to expand upon that fishing style and become more versatile if you want to improve as an angler, but that can be tough to do. How do you go about learning new techniques …Read more »California anglers thrive on Day One of the Bassmaster Legends
August 24, 2007 (espnoutdoors.com, August 24, 2007)
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — It would be generous to say Lake Dardanelle looked like the California Delta on Thursday, but a glance at the leaderboard and it doesn’t seem like too much of a stretch. Fred Roumbanis, a recent transplant from Calfornia to Oklahoma, took the lead in the Bassmaster Legends presented by Ramada Worldwide with a 20-pound, 5-ounce bag on …Read more »VanDam Vs. Reese: 2-Year Comparison
August 22, 2007 (bassfan.com, August 22, 2007)
The current battle of Kevin VanDam vs. Skeet Reese is nowhere near finished, but it’s already a memorable one. VanDam, as always, remains incredibly consistent. Reese is consistent too, but absolutely red-hot right now as he steps right from a win at the Potomac into this week’s Bassmaster Legends Major at Lake Dardanelle. For a brief period, VanDam held a …Read more »