News Archive For June 2008
KVD Helps You Choose a Fishing Rod
June 30, 2008
“The most important thing about choosing a fishing rod is to get the one that works for you,” says two-time Classic Champion, Kevin VanDam. Simply put, “a ‘good’ fishing rod is one that helps you fish effectively and efficiently with the lure you are using.” “Too many anglers worry about materials, mechanics and names. Those things are important but the …Read more »VanDam maintains lead in AOY points race
June 30, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 30, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — After being in 63rd place Thursday, Kevin VanDam managed to dodge a bullet in the Bassmaster Elite Series Tennessee Triumph presented by Longhorn. By making the top 12 cut Sunday, Todd Faircloth had an opportunity to take the lead in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Anglers of the Year race. He had to finish sixth to tie VanDam, …Read more »Wirth the wait
June 30, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 30, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Wirth wins one, wire-to-wire. After a 14-year drought without a win, nine-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier Kevin Wirth finally pulled out his first Elite Series victory — in the Tennessee Triumph presented by Longhorn — by holding off a late-charging Bill Lowen on a cloudy, windy day on Old Hickory Lake. “It’s been long, and it’s been hard,” …Read more »Clunn contending again
June 29, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 29, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Just two weeks ago, four-time Bassmaster Classic champion Rick Clunn hadn’t made a Bassmaster Elite Series top 12-cut since its inception in 2006. Now he’s made two in a row. And for the second straight tournament, the 61-year-old Clunn is in second place going into Sunday’s finale. Kevin Wirth maintained the lead for the third day in …Read more »Traffic on Old Hickory Lake may help critical shallow bite Day 3
June 28, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 28, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Rick Clunn isn’t just old-school — the guy’s practically Oxford. For him, a Saturday jostling against the heavy boat traffic expected to flood onto Old Hickory Lake isn’t his ideal day of fishing. “I still look for the quietness and solitude and birds chirping — not policing 30 boats,” said Clunn, currently second (29 pounds, 7 ounces) …Read more »Wirth hanging tough
June 28, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 27, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Kevin Wirth mentioned that he was “not comfortable” with the water depth where he was catching fish Thursday, after he took the lead on the first day of the Bassmaster Elite Series Tennessee Triumph presented by Longhorn. But that shallow water in Old Hickory Lake must be starting to feel like home. The Crestwood, Ky., pro stayed …Read more »Just catch a limit
June 27, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 27, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — It’s easy to catch bass on Old Hickory Lake. It’s difficult to catch five largemouth bass that meet the 14-inch minimum length limit. It’s more difficult to do that here than anywhere else the Bassmaster Elite Series has been this season. Larry Towell Marty Stone fields questions from the media as he starts Day Two in second …Read more »Wirth riding the lead
June 27, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 26, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — How tough was the bass fishing Thursday on Old Hickory Lake? Kevin VanDam, the hottest angler on the Elite Series tour is in 63rd place, and even leader Kevin Wirth isn’t comfortable. Wirth, the former jockey from Crestwood, Ky., caught a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 2 ounces to top the leaderboard on Day One of the …Read more »ELITE STOP NUMBER NINE - THE OLD HICKORY
June 26, 2008 (basszone.com, June 26, 2008)
Nashville, TN – We’re not in Kansas (err…Iowa) anymore Toto! The storms and the deluge of water that followed have forced many rivers in the Midwest – including the mighty Mississippi – into record-level flood stages forced the ninth stop of the 2008 Elite Series away from Iowa and into Tennessee. Angler’s thoughts are with the people in Iowa due …Read more »Tight tournament predicted
June 25, 2008 (bassmaster.com, June 25, 2008)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — One Bassmaster Elite Series angler summed up the fishing conditions at Old Hickory Lake this way: “You might catch 40 fish and zero.” That’s “zero” as in not catch one that meets the minimum 14-inch length limit on largemouth bass at this 22,500-acre Cumberland River impoundment. And that seemed to be the concensus before the Bassmaster Elite …Read more »