News Archive For May 2012
Press Release — KVD / Det Lions fishing tournament approaching
May 30, 2012
DETROIT LIONS / KEVIN VANDAM CHARITY FISHING TOURNAMENT QUICKLY APPROACHING Charity Fundraiser will be held June 12 at Kensington Metropark in Milford, MI FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH Kalamazoo, MI — KVD Outdoors — The Inaugural Detroit Lions / Kevin VanDam Charity Fishing Tournament sponsored by Bass Pro Shops will be held Tuesday, June 12 at Kensington Metropark on …Read more »Detroit Lions excited inaugural charity fishing tournament
May 26, 2012
ALLEN PARK -- May and June is the time of year when NFL players get back on the field, taking part in organized team activities as they ramp up for the opening of training camp in July. For the Detroit Lions, it's also an important time year to raise money for local charities. The Lions host a number of …Read more »A whirlwind week
May 25, 2012 – by Kevin VanDam
What a week I’ve had. I spent two days at Mercury in Fond du Lac, Wis., got home at midnight, caught a flight at 6 a.m. the next morning from Kalamazoo to Springfield, Mo. to emcee the Oakley Big Bass Tour KVD Classic, flew back home and left early the next morning to ride with Mark Zona to …Read more »Elite Series Mystery Lake reveal
May 24, 2012
GREEN BAY, Wis. — After months of speculation, the wait is finally over. The “Mystery Lake” now has a name. B.A.S.S. today announced that Green Bay, Wis., and Lake Michigan will be the site of the seventh Bassmaster Elite Series event of the season, June 28 through July 1, 2012. “We wanted the Mystery Lake to not only be …Read more »Getting your crankbait deep
May 18, 2012 – by Kevin VanDam
The last Elite Series tournament on Douglas Lake opened a lot of anglers’ eyes to the effectiveness of cranking deep. The top finishers were grinding crankbaits into the 25- to 40-foot depths, and it surprised a lot of people that you can get crankbaits down that far. The 6XD, a crankbait I helped design for Strike King, was a …Read more »Whaddya do with trophies?
May 13, 2012 – by Alan McGuckin
She was baking cinnamon rolls when I phoned in an attempt to find the heart behind yet another of the gestures that makes professional bass fishing intangibly special. This time, "intangibly special" was found in the form of a half-dozen envelopes that stood out like a donkey at the Kentucky Derby on the front seat of KVD's Tundra. Each …Read more »Bassin’ with an NFL flavor
May 11, 2012 – by Kevin VanDam
While taking a short break between Elite tournaments, my wife Sherry and I have been busy working on the Detroit Lions/Kevin VanDam Charity Bass Tournament coming up in June. This is shaping up to be a premier charity event, especially for anyone who loves the NFL and Detroit Lions as much as I do. The event will happen June …Read more »Jeremy Starks wins Douglas Lake Challenge one fish at a time
May 06, 2012
News Method man Jeremy Starks wins Douglas Lake Challenge one fish at a time James Overstreet Jeremy Starks wins the 2012 Elite Series Douglas Lake Challenge. related stories 2012 Douglas Lake Challenge weigh-ins Day Four on the water with Myers Also by the author Britt be nimble, Britt be quick Slap-happy Myers smacks down field Aaron Martens leads Douglas …Read more »Fast and furious Myers builds a leading bag
May 05, 2012
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Fast and furious is Britt Myers’ nature. He showed that Saturday by fishing up to 50 different spots, quickly jumping from one to another, for the bass he needed to pin down the lead for the second consecutive day — this time by almost 6 pounds — in the Douglas Lake Challenge. Myers of Lake Wylie, S.C., …Read more »Slap-happy Myers smacks down field
May 04, 2012
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Britt Myers swears that a smack across the face kicked-started him into taking the lead in the Douglas Lake Challenge. As Myers told it, Friday morning fishing in the Bassmaster Elite Series event was slow. Then he finally got a hit. It felt like a big largemouth of 5 pounds. “I’m fighting and fighting it, and …Read more »
