History Is In the books

The 40th Bassmaster Classic is in the books and KVD has done it again.  Kevin came back from a small deficit to Jeff Kriet (Big Bite Baits teammate) to walk away from the competition on the final day of 3.  His margin of victory was 5 pounds.  Words do not describe how good Kevin Van Dam is.  He now has 3 Classic titles and 5 AOY titels,  and surpassed the 4.5 million dollar mark in career winnings! 

And he was quick to discard the common analogy that he's the Tiger Woods of bass fishing.

"There's a bunch of dang good people in our sport. We don't have all these issues and controversies. That's why I definitely don't like the Tiger Woods analogy. (Problems like that) are surely never going to happen to me. But you don't hear about that (in our sport). Outdoorsmen and fishermen are good people and we're passionate about what we do."

VanDam threw a Strike King RedEye Shad rattlebait in gold and gold sexy shad all 3 days of competition. As he previously described when he won the Toho Elite Series, the RedEye Shad shimmies when it falls – something he feels no other rattlebait does. He got most of his strikes by bumping or ticking cover, jerking the bait away from it, then letting it flutter to bottom.  Congrats to Kevin and all the anglers that competed in the 40th annual Bassmaster Classic.