News Archive For March 2010
Fishing Big, Fishing Small pt. 1
March 29, 2010 – by Kevin VanDam
You often hear us – professional bass anglers – talk about a lake or a river fishing big or fishing small. Everyone has an intuitive sense of what we mean by that, but not everyone understands the details of those concepts or how important they really are. Understanding how these concepts play into your fishing will make a big improvement …Read more »Don’t get ahead of the bass
March 22, 2010
I’m on my way home from Clear Lake – a lot earlier than I’d like. I just didn’t get the big fish I needed. If you look at the weights over the first couple of days – and really on Saturday, too – you’ll notice that a lot of the guys weighed in 15 pound sacks, more or less. That’s …Read more »Versatile Velvick maintains lead
March 19, 2010 (bassmaster.com, March 19, 2010)
LAKEPORT, Calif. — Just as Clear Lake is starting to warm up, so is Byron Velvick. Velvick, a West Coast transplant who now resides in Del Rio, Texas, wasn’t able to land a monster bass, like Thursday, but the two-time BASS winner managed 22 pounds Friday, building his two-day total to 51 pounds. Golden State Shootout: Day Two Behind The …Read more »Velvick Bops Big’un
March 18, 2010 (bassmaster.com, March 18, 2010)
LAKEPORT, Calif. — Feeling right at home, Byron Velvick toted 29 pounds of Clear Lake bass to the scales Thursday and took the opening-round lead at the Golden State Shootout, the second event of the 2010 Bassmaster Elite Series season. Nearing the 10-year anniversary of when Velvick established the three-day BASS’ record for tournament weight here, Velvick, once a West …Read more »Crews to victory
March 18, 2010 (bassmaster.com, March 14, 2010)
STOCKTON, Calif. — For an professional angler, the equivalent to Lebron James pulling up and swishing a last-second three-pointer is to land a 5-pounder on the last cast. John Crews of Salem, Va., executed that feat on the California Delta in the grandest of fashions Sunday to score the $100,000 victory at the Duel in the Delta, the Bassmaster Elite …Read more »A sleeping giant awaits warmer temperatures
March 18, 2010 (bassmaster.com, March 17, 2010)
LAKEPORT, Ca. — The Elite Series is tickling the nose of a sleeping giant. After two practice sessions Monday and Tuesday that Bassmaster Classic champion Kevin VanDam described as “so brutal I can’t believe it,” most of the 93 anglers leaving the Willow Point Park launch on Clear Lake, Ca., Wednesday for the final day of practice for the 2010 …Read more »Big-Bag Shootout Again – Or Not
March 17, 2010 (bassfan.com, March 17, 2010)
The Clear Lake Bassmaster Elite Series could be either a slugfest or a grind – it all depends on what the bass in California’s largest natural lake decide to do over the next few days. One of two scenarios is almost certain to play out. Either a bunch of fish will migrate to the shallows and the Elite anglers will …Read more »Timing is everything
March 15, 2010 – by Kevin VanDam
It’s Sunday afternoon in California. I thought this would be a good time to write this week’s blog. I’m in between rigging rods and tying on swimbaits getting ready for tomorrow’s practice on Clear Lake. I’d rather be fishing but… The Delta was a tough tournament for me. Fishing the tides is a matter of timing. A couple of times …Read more »Another sort of California challenge
March 10, 2010 (bassmaster.com, March 10, 2010)
As soon as Bassmaster Elite Series pros compete March 11-14 in the season opener on the California Delta, they’ll hit the road to travel about 175 miles north to Lakeport, Calif., to prep for another northern California tournament, but one of an entirely different nature. The March 18-21 Golden State Shootout will be on Clear Lake, the largest natural lake …Read more »Back in the Saddle
March 10, 2010 – by Kevin VanDam
I’m on my way to California after a very busy week. I made a number of appearances for the Bass Pro Shops and have been doing interviews for various media outlets. Most of the other guys have been doing the same kinds of things – appearances for sponsors and media interviews. It’s fair to say we’ve all been pretty busy. …Read more »