Kevin VanDam

Open qualifier holds off Reese, VanDam to win 37th Bassmaster Classic

February 26, 2007
(espn.go.com, February 26, 2007)

It’s been in Boyd Duckett’s mind to join the BASSMASTER Elite Series Tour for some time and this was to be the year he pulled the trigger. The 46-year old Demopolis, Ala., angler became the eighth Bassmaster Classic rookie to take the title, putting together a monster third and final day (17 pounds, 13 ounces) of competition to best Skeet Reese and Kevin VanDam, two of the most accomplished anglers in the Elite Series.

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