Kevin VanDam

KVD is the man at Guntersville

April 30, 2007
(basszone.com, April 30, 2007)

Kevin Van Dam proved once again why he is the most feared man in professional bass fishing by crushing a final day 25-pound, 5-ounce limit to stage a come from behind win; his first Elite Series championship, with a total weight of 66 pounds, 3 ounces in the weather shortened three day event. This is the 11th BASS victory for the two-time Bassmaster Classic Champion and three time Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year.

Van Dam, the 39-year-old pro from Kalamazoo, Mich. started the day in fourth place merely one pound behind Butcher, and as he often seems to do caught his biggest weight of the Southern Challenge at precisely the right moment. His final day weight was bolstered by the big bite Van Dam said that he had been unable to get all week, the 7-pound, 5-ounce Purolator Big Bass of the day.

Mark Tucker, who was the only other angler besides Van Dam to eclipse the 20-pound mark on the final day of the event finished in second place with 59 pounds, 1-ounce. This marks the third second place BASS finish for the 47-year-old former professional bodybuilder from Saint Louis, MO.

http://www.basszone.com/2007eliteseries/gville/day4/story.htm

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