Kevin VanDam

VanDam details his Grand plan

June 26, 2007
(espnoutdoors.com, June 26, 2007)

GROVE, Okla. — When Kevin VanDam was finished, resulting in one more victory for the biggest name in bass fishing, he wasn’t shy about disclosing the details of his first-place formula for the Sooner Run presented by Longhorn Tobacco.

Every fish he weighed-in at Grand Lake came on a Strike King Series 5 or Series 6 crankbait in a new “Sexy Shad” color pattern that he developed.

“I was confident that crankbait bite would hold up,” VanDam said. “I made a decision before the tournament ever started that I was going to crank from start to finish and not get caught up in slowing down and trying to finesse fish.

“There are two ways to catch them when they are inactive. You’ve got to fish real slow and throw finesse-type baits, or you’ve got to trigger them with a reaction bait. That’s just my style anyway.”

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