News Archive For April 2008
Clarks Hill preview
April 30, 2008 (espnoutdoors.com, April 30, 2008)
Who says familiarity can’t be exciting? Not Davy Hite, that’s for sure. All he has to do is cast his memory back to 2006 when the Bassmaster Elite Series made a stop on Clarks Hill Lake — a 71,000 acre plus fishery that straddles the border of Georgia and South Carolina. Hite, who lives in nearby Ninety Six, S.C., won …Read more »Low Water, Scattered Fish Dominate Clarks Hill Chatter
April 30, 2008 (bassfan.com, April 30, 2008)
After a two-stop tear through Texas the Bassmaster Elite Series sets up camp this week on the Georgia-South Carolina border with its sights set on Clarks Hill. This visit marks the fourth consecutive year BASS’s best have come to ‘The Hill’, and it seems like every year the lake fishes differently than the last. In 2005 the circuit showed up …Read more »KVD’s Red Eye Shad secrets
April 24, 2008 – by Kevin VanDam
If you think I like Strike King’s new Red Eye Shad, you’re right. It’s new, but I’ve already caught lots of good bass on it, won a tournament with it and cashed several checks because of the fish that have hit it. Here are five important things you need to know about the Red Eye Shad: Strike Kings Red Eye …Read more »KVD and the Red Eye Shad
April 22, 2008 (bassmaster.com, April 22, 2008)
Developed by Strike King and Elite Series pro Kevin VanDam, the Red Eye Shad has taken the fishing community by storm. Anglers from New England to Florida, and as far west as California, are filling their livewells with bass that have fallen for its alluring action and unusual colors. But don’t think for a minute this bait was developed by …Read more »HOME COOKING: Jordon Leads Team to TTBC Victory
April 21, 2008 (fishpaa.com, April 21, 2008)
LAKE FORK, Tex. – Kelly Jordon, team captain, a former Lake Fork guide, and one of the moving forces behind the organization of the Toyota Texas Bass Classic, led his team to a dramatic victory here Sunday with a total winning weight of 228 pounds. Although Jordon had the largest individual total catch of the tournament, 85 pounds, 8 ounces, …Read more »Faircloth Alternated Between Swimbait And Senko
April 15, 2008 (bassfan.com, April 15, 2008)
Todd Faircloth never thought he could win the Amistad Bassmaster Elite Series until he actually won it. He had an uninspiring practice that preceded two productive competition days, but even then, he went into the final day of the weather-shortened event in 9th place, more than 8 1/2 pounds back. He sacked a massive 29-06 on the last day, though, …Read more »Faircloth mines Amistad tree for second straight year
April 14, 2008 (bassmaster.com, April 14, 2008)
DEL RIO, Texas — In placing fourth last year at Lake Amistad, Todd Faircloth found what he calls “a magic tree.” It did him one better Sunday in the Bassmaster Elite Series Battle on the Border presented by Mahindra Tractors. The 32-year-old Jasper, Texas, pro landed a five-bass limit weighing 29 pounds, 14 ounces, jumping all the way from eighth …Read more »Faircloth Stages Final-Day Rally To Claim Win At Amistad
April 12, 2008 (bassmaster.com, April 12, 2008)
Lone Star State? From a professional bass-fishing perspective, maybe Texas should be called the Comeback State. Pulling a page from the book that Paul Elias wrote a week earlier at Falcon Lake, native Texan Todd Faircloth caught 29-06 on the final day of the weather-shortened Amistad Bassmaster Elite Series and rallied all the way from 9th place to his second …Read more »Then There Were 12
April 12, 2008 (bassmaster.com, April 12, 2008)
DEL RIO, Texas — Jason Williamson, Kevin Short and Greg Hackney proved the Battle on the Border presented by Mahindra Tractors is wide open going into the final day of the weather-shortened, three-day Bassmaster Elite Series tournament at Lake Amistad. Only 11 pounds, 2 ounces separates first and 12th place going into Sunday’s finale. Williamson jumped from 10th to first …Read more »Dove Flies to the Top
April 12, 2008 (bassmaster.com, April 12, 2008)
DEL RIO, Texas — For all the talk about Lake Amistad possibly being down from the past two years, the results from Day One of the Bassmaster Elite Series Battle on the Border presented by Mahindra Tractors looked remarkably like they have before. Kurt Dove topped the leaderboard with a five-bass limit weighing 30 pounds, 8 ounces. Three-time Elite Series …Read more »