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Kevin VanDam Scores 11th BASS
Victory at Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Alabama's Lake Guntersville
Two-Time Bassmaster Classic
Champ VanDam Moves into Second in Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler
of the Year Lead
April 29, 2007 - GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. Kevin
VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., is known for his fast-paced style
on the water, but the two-time Bassmaster Classic champion had
to shift gears into low speed Sunday to claim the Bassmaster
Elite Series Southern Challenge presented by Purolator besting
Mark Tucker of St. Louis, Mo., by more than seven pounds.
VanDam, who received a $100,000 top prize, stormed
from fourth place and almost two pounds behind leader Terry Butcher
of Talala, Okla., on Sunday with a catch of 25 pounds, 5 ounces,
to finish with 66-3 on Lake Guntersville for his first victory
in a Bassmaster Elite Series event. VanDam,s catch was the second-heaviest
bag of the tournament, which was shortened a day due to weather.
ESPN2 will air coverage of VanDam,s comeback victory
at the Southern Challenge presented by Purolator on Saturday,
May 5 at 9 a.m. ET.
Tucker was second with 59-1 and Butcher finished
third with 58-4. Terry Scroggins of Palatka, Fla., was fourth
with 58-0 and Jason Quinn of Lake Wylie, S.C., rounded out the
top five with 57-2.
The win was VanDam,s 11th career BASS victory and
67th career top 10, several of them coming on Guntersville Lake
where the 39-year-old competed in the third tournament of his
illustrious BASS career. It also put the three-time Toyota Tundra
Bassmaster Angler of the Year winner closer to the lead in the
points chase roughly halfway through the current Elite Series
season. VanDam now has 1,263 points, just 25 behind leader Skeet
Reese of California.
After missing the top 50 cut the week before at
an Elite event on Clarks Hill Lake in Evans, Ga., VanDam, who
is in first place on the Bassmaster Elite Series Power Index,
tightened the screws on Guntersville. He hovered near the lead
all three days, concentrating on spawning shad along grass lines
with a -ounce Strike King KVD Pro-Model spinnerbait in blue shad
and either a Strike King Series 5 or Series 6 crankbait, depending
on the depth of the milfoil.
"Shad is spawning all over the lake on the
ledges or grass, the 39-year-old said. "You can throw a
spinnerbait in the grass and hardly get it back because of the
shad bumping the bait.
"Bass are up there capitalizing on that and
if you can find a pack of them, you can catch two or three. I
really had to slow down and work the spinnerbait deliberately
through those areas and when a bass in that grass saw it come
over their heads, they,d come up and get it.
VanDam made milk runs to specific spots in the
midlake area, keying on areas near spawning flats where bass
would be moving to key on the shad spawn.
Tucker and Butcher also were keying on spawning
shad, mixing up a variety of spinnerbaits, crankbaits and soft
plastics around grasslines, docks and wood cover.
"You had to stay around the shad whether they
were shallow or deep, said Tucker, who worked a -ounce Picasso
spinnerbait, -ounce Chatterbait and Zoom crankbait. "If
there weren,t any shad following my bait, I,d throw the crankbait
and they usually would follow it, so I knew they still were there
but were just deeper. After 10 a.m., they,re harder to find.
Butcher, a 35-year-old ex bull-rider, led the first
two days of the tournament but couldn,t close the deal Sunday.
He plucked bass from different areas, never getting the consistent
big bites he needed.
"I spent most of the day flipping docks and
wood with a Yum Wooly Hawg, he said. "They had to be specific
docks near spawning areas. I just didn,t have enough to get the
victory.
After being on the road since Feb. 9 for the Bassmaster
Classic and Elite Series season, VanDam wrapped up his tournament
with a vow to be in Michigan with his family Monday. The tour
has a two-week break before the Bassmaster American presented
by Advance Auto Parts on High Rock Lake in Greensboro, N.C.
He,ll do it with the Elite Series trophy comfortably
secured in his truck on the long drive.
"Anytime you can win on this series with these
guys, it,s special, he said. "This is awesome.
Fishing fans can visit www.espnoutdoors.com <http://www.espnoutdoors.com/>
for live weigh-in footage, a real-time leaderboard, photo galleries
and analysis of the Bassmaster American, the first Bassmaster
Major of the season.
Day 3 Purolator Big Bass
Pro: Kevin VanDam; Kalamazoo, Mich.; 7-5
2007 Elite Series - Southern Challenge PRO 04/26-04/29
Lake Guntersville, Guntersville Ala.
(PRO Division) Standings Day 3
Angler
Hometown
No./lbs-oz Pts Total $$$
1. Kevin VanDam
Kalamazoo, Mich. 15
66-03 305 $102,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-04
Day 2: 5 19-10 Day 3: 5
25-05
2. Mark Tucker
Saint Louis, Mo. 15
59-01 295 $30,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-12
Day 2: 5 18-00 Day 3: 5
21-05
3. Terry Butcher
Talala, Okla.
15 58-04 300 $34,000.00
Day 1: 5 26-03
Day 2: 5 16-06 Day 3: 5
15-11
4. Terry Scroggins
San Mateo, Fla. 15
58-00 285 $18,000.00
Day 1: 5 21-02
Day 2: 5 20-01 Day 3: 5
16-13
5. Jason Quinn
Lake Wylie, S.C. 15
57-02 280 $17,000.00
Day 1: 5 22-10
Day 2: 5 19-04 Day 3: 5
15-04
6. Kelly Jordon
Mineola, Texas 15
55-03 276 $15,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-01
Day 2: 5 21-15 Day 3: 5
18-03
7. Yusuke Miyazaki
Mineola, Texas
15 51-09 272 $15,000.00
Day 1: 5 18-06
Day 2: 5 20-12 Day 3: 5
12-07
8. Alton Jones
Waco, Texas
15 48-00 268 $14,500.00
Day 1: 5 16-05
Day 2: 5 18-01 Day 3: 5
13-10
9. Kotaro Kiriyama
Moody, Ala.
14 46-11 264 $14,000.00
Day 1: 5 19-08
Day 2: 5 16-01 Day 3: 4
11-02
10. Shaw E Grigsby, Jr
Gainesville, Fla. 13 44-13
260 $13,500.00
Day 1: 5 18-00
Day 2: 5 17-12 Day 3: 3
9-01
11. Ben Matsubu
Hemphill, Texas 13
43-03 257 $12,500.00
Day 1: 5 15-11
Day 2: 5 19-06 Day 3: 3
8-02
12. Timmy Horton
Muscle Shoals, Ala. 13 43-01 254
$12,300.00
Day 1: 5 16-05
Day 2: 5 18-06 Day 3: 3
8-06
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Big Bass
Day
1 Boyd Duckett
Demopolis, Ala.
0-00 $1,000.00
2 Rick Ash
Pottstown, Pa.
7-09 $1,000.00
3 Kevin VanDam
Kalamazoo, Mich.
7-05 $1,000.00
Big Bag
Day
1 Terry Butcher
Talala, Okla.
$1,000.00
2 Mike Wurm
Hot Springs, Ark.
22-05 $1,000.00
3 Kevin VanDam
Kalamazoo, Mich.
25-05 $1,000.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish
Weight
1 81
470 1392-04
2 71
454 1366-15
3
8 53
175-05
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160
977 2934-08
2007 Southern Challenge - Southern Challenge Pro
Points After Lake Guntersville, Guntersville, Ala. Ending
04-29-2007, Day 3
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Place Name
St
Pts
-------------------------------------------
1 Skeet Reese
Calif. 1288
2 Kevin VanDam
Mich. 1263
3 Jared Lintner
Calif. 1234
4 Ishama Monroe
Calif. 1169
5 Derek Remitz
Texas 1129
6 Jeff Kriet
Okla. 1128
7 Fred Roumbanis Calif.
1119
8 Aaron Martens
Ala. 1115
9 Steve Kennedy
Ala. 1102
10 Scott Rook
Ark. 1067
11 Mike McClelland
Ark. 1059
12 Gerald Swindle
Ala. 1033
13 Terry Scroggins
Fla. 1032
14 Kelly Jordon
Texas 1027
15 Chris Lane
Fla. 1025
16 Tommy Biffle
Okla. 1024
17 Alton Jones
Texas 1021
18 Brent Chapman
Kan. 998
19 Todd Faircloth
Texas 997
20 Stephen Browning
Ark. 994
21 Bryan Hudgins
Fla. 989
22 Casey Ashley
S.C. 982
23 Pete Ponds
Miss. 981
24 Mark Menendez
Ky.
977
25 Timmy Horton
Ala. 974
26 Cliff Pace
Miss. 973
27 Paul Elias
Miss. 972
27 Dean Rojas
Texas 972
29 Gary Klein
Texas 970
30 John Crews
Va. 969
31 John Murray
Ariz. 958
32 Kevin Wirth
Ky.
956
33 Jeff Reynolds
Okla. 949
34 Greg Gutierrez
Calif. 942
35 Jason Quinn
S.C. 940
36 Mark Tyler
Okla. 932
36 Brian Snowden
Mo.
932
38 Peter Thliveros
Fla. 921
39 Michael Iaconelli
N.J. 918
39 Ray Sedgwick
S.C. 918
41 Ken Brodeur
Conn. 917
41 Scott Campbell
Mo.
917
43 Kevin Short
Ark. 907
44 Rick Morris
Va.
905
45 Edwin Evers
Okla. 873
46 Randy Howell
Ala. 872
47 Greg Hackney
La.
866
48 Jimmy Mize
Ark. 865
49 Takahiro Omori
Texas 859
50 Mark Tucker
Mo.
847
51 Russ Lane
Ala. 846
52 Shaw Grigsby, Jr
Fla. 843
53 Morizo Shimizu
Calif. 841
54 Ben Matsubu
Texas 840
55 Davy Hite
S.C. 833
56 Jason Williamson
S.C. 832
57 Dave Wolak
N.C. 829
58 Yusuke Miyazaki
Texas 822
59 Boyd Duckett
Ala. 798
59 Ken Cook
Okla. 798
61 Denny Brauer
Mo.
797
62 Bernie Schultz
Fla. 791
63 Britt Myers
S.C. 786
64 Matt Reed
Texas 779
65 Zell Rowland
Texas 778
66 Bill Lowen
Ohio 777
66 Lee Bailey
Ala. 777
68 Matthew Sphar
N.Y. 776
68 Kotaro Kiriyama
Ala. 776
70 Bradley Hallman
Okla. 771
71 James Charlesworth Fla.
764
72 Jim Murray
Ga.
762
73 Mike Wurm
Ark. 761
74 Charlie Hartley
Ohio 757
75 Jami Fralick
S.D. 754
76 Marty Robinson
S.C. 753
77 Jeff Connella
La.
752
77 Paul Hirosky
Pa.
752
79 Mark Rogers
Fla. 751
80 Rick Clunn
Mo.
736
81 James Niggemeyer
Texas 724
81 Bill Smith
Ky.
724
83 Kevin Langill
N.C. 723
84 Matt Amedeo
Ohio 722
85 Guy Eaker
N.C. 712
86 Kenyon Hill
Okla. 711
87 Grant Goldbeck
Md.
710
88 Kurt Dove
Va.
702
89 Glenn Delong
Ohio 684
90 James Kennedy
La.
677
91 Marty Stone
N.C. 675
92 Preston Clark
Fla. 660
93 Steve Daniel
Fla. 651
94 Keith Phillips
Ala. 639
95 Eric Nethery
Ga.
620
96 Jeremy Starks
W.Va. 614
97 Jon Bondy
Canada 596
98 Terry Butcher
Okla. 595
99 Darrin Schwenkbeck Md.
586
100 Rick Ash
Pa.
570
101 Dave Smith
Okla. 562
102 Jimmy Mason
Ala. 558
103 Doc Merkin
Ill. 527
104 Charlie Youngers
Fla. 494
105 Byron Velvick
Texas 491
106 Frank Scalish
Ohio 483
107 Bradley Stringer
Texas 447
108 Elton Luce Jr
Texas 426
2007 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
After Lake Guntersville, Guntersville, AL ending
04-29-2007, Day 3
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Place Name
St
Pts
-------------------------------------------
1 Derek Remitz
Texas 1129
2 Bryan Hudgins
Fla. 989
3 Casey Ashley
S.C. 982
4 Scott Campbell
Mo. 917
5 Jason Williamson
S.C. 832
6 Matthew Sphar
N.Y. 776
7 James Charlesworth Fla.
764
8 Marty Robinson
S.C. 753
9 James Niggemeyer
Texas 724
10 Matt Amedeo
Ohio 722
11 Glenn Delong
Ohio 684
12 James Kennedy
La.
677
2007 Toyota Moving Forward Award
After Guntersville, AL ending 04-29-2007, Day 3
---------------------------------------------------------
Place Name 2006
Finish 2007 Standings
---------------------------------------------------------
1 Fred Roumbanis
69
7
2 Pete Ponds
83
23
3 Ken Brodeur
98
41
4 Chris Lane 61
15
5 Mark Menendez
68
24
6 Scott Rook
47
10
6 Rick Morris
81
44
8 Ishama Monroe
37
4
9 Mark Tyler
64 36
10 Jeff Kriet
33
6
11 Stephen Browning
45
20
12 Kevin Short
67
43
13 Brent Chapman
41
18
14 Paul Elias
49
27
15 Mark Rogers
99
79
16 Brian Snowden
54
36
16 Terry Scroggins
31
13
18 Ray Sedgwick
56
39
19 Jared Lintner
18
3
20 Ken D Cook
73
59
21 Britt Myers
76
63
22 Greg Gutierrez
46
34
23 Mike McClelland
22
11
23 Jimmy Mize
59
48
25 Charlie Hartley
83
74
26 Gary Klein
36
29
27 Skeet Reese
7
1
28 Timmy Horton
30
25
29 Todd Faircloth
23
19
30 Grant Goldbeck
88
87
30 Kevin VanDam
3
2
30 Gerald Swindle
13
12
BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES POWER INDEX
Prior To Guntersville, AL ending 04-29-2007, Day
3
Rank Name
Total Weight
Average Weight
Power Index (Avg. Weight)
1 VanDam,
Kevin
619 lbs 8 ozs
51 lbs 10 ozs
100.00 %
2 Reese, Skeet
604 lbs 15 ozs
50 lbs 7 ozs
97.70 %
3 Lintner,
Jared
539 lbs 1 ozs 44
lbs 15 ozs
87.05 %
4 Kennedy,
Stephen
523 lbs 5 ozs
43 lbs 10 ozs
84.50 %
5 Biffle,
Tommy
501 lbs 14 ozs
41 lbs 13 ozs
80.99 %
6 Martens,
Aaron 481
lbs 12 ozs
40 lbs 2 ozs
77.72 %
7 Faircloth,
Todd
475 lbs 7 ozs
39 lbs 10 ozs
76.76 %
8 Swindle,
Gerald
470 lbs 3 ozs
39 lbs 3 ozs
75.91 %
9 Chapman,
Brent
451 lbs 13 ozs
37 lbs 10 ozs
72.88 %
10 Gutierrez, Greg
449 lbs 1 ozs
37 lbs 7 ozs
72.52 %
11 Monroe, Ishama
440 lbs 11 ozs
36 lbs 12 ozs
71.19 %
12 McClelland, Mike
438 lbs 2 ozs
36 lbs 8 ozs
70.70 %
13 Lane, Russell
436 lbs 7 ozs
36 lbs 6 ozs
70.46 %
14 Jordon, Kelly
436 lbs 4 ozs
36 lbs 6 ozs
70.46 %
15 Rook, Scott
430 lbs 5 ozs
35 lbs 14 ozs
69.49 %
16 Iaconelli, Michael
430 lbs 1 ozs
35 lbs 13 ozs
69.37 %
17 Roumbanis, Fred
424 lbs 13 ozs
35 lbs 6 ozs
68.52 %
18 Snowden, Brian
420 lbs 5 ozs
35 lbs 0 ozs
67.80 %
19 Kriet, Jeff
419 lbs 1 ozs
34 lbs 15 ozs
67.68 %
20 Murray, John
418 lbs 12 ozs
34 lbs 14 ozs
67.55 %
21 Lane, Chris
415 lbs 5 ozs
34 lbs 10 ozs
67.07 %
22 Jones, Alton
414 lbs 6 ozs
34 lbs 9 ozs
66.95 %
23 Klein, Gary
410 lbs 11 ozs
34 lbs 4 ozs
66.34 %
24 Short, Kevin
409 lbs 13 ozs
34 lbs 2 ozs
66.10 %
25 Browning, Stephen
408 lbs 8 ozs
34 lbs 1 ozs
65.98 %
26 Scroggins, Terry
406 lbs 6 ozs
33 lbs 14 ozs
65.62 %
27 Quinn, Jason
402 lbs 8 ozs
33 lbs 9 ozs 65.01
%
28 Hackney, Greg
398 lbs 9 ozs
33 lbs 3 ozs
64.29 %
29 Howell, Randy
390 lbs 10 ozs
32 lbs 9 ozs
63.08 %
30 Rojas, Dean
390 lbs 9 ozs
32 lbs 9 ozs
63.08 %
31 Wolak, David
389 lbs 0 ozs
32 lbs 7 ozs
62.83 %
32 Evers, Edwin
387 lbs 7 ozs
32 lbs 5 ozs
62.59 %
33 Elias, Paul
384 lbs 15 ozs
32 lbs 1 ozs
62.11 %
34 Connella, Jeff
384 lbs 5 ozs
32 lbs 0 ozs
61.99 %
35 Lowen, Bill
383 lbs 4 ozs
31 lbs 15 ozs
61.86 %
36 Horton, Timmy
380 lbs 12 ozs
31 lbs 12 ozs
61.50 %
37 Wirth, Kevin
379 lbs 9 ozs
31 lbs 10 ozs
61.26 %
38 Hite, Davy
377 lbs 14 ozs 31
lbs 8 ozs
61.02 %
39 Fralick, Jami
375 lbs 14 ozs
31 lbs 5 ozs
60.65 %
40 Ponds, Pete
373 lbs 14 ozs
31 lbs 3 ozs
60.41 %
41 Thliveros, Peter
370 lbs
5 ozs
30 lbs 14 ozs
59.81 %
42 Brauer, Denny
366 lbs 5 ozs
30 lbs 8 ozs
59.08 %
43 Sedgwick, Ray
364 lbs 1 ozs
30 lbs 5 ozs
58.72 %
44 Morris, Rick
362 lbs 10 ozs
30 lbs 4 ozs
58.60 %
45 Brodeur, Ken
358 lbs 12 ozs
29 lbs 14 ozs
57.87 %
46 Cook, Ken
357 lbs 12 ozs
29 lbs 13 ozs
57.75 %
47 Menendez, Mark
355 lbs 1 ozs
29 lbs 9 ozs
57.26 %
48 Grigsby, Jr,
Shaw 354 lbs
2 ozs
29 lbs 8 ozs
57.14 %
49 Bailey, Lee
353 lbs 11 ozs
29 lbs 8 ozs
57.14 %
50 Reynolds, Jeff
351 lbs 6 ozs
29 lbs 5 ozs
56.78 %
51 Tyler, Mark
348 lbs 3 ozs
29 lbs 0 ozs
56.17 %
52 Shimizu, Morizo
347 lbs 4 ozs
28 lbs 15 ozs
56.05 %
53 Hallman, Bradley
345 lbs 8 ozs
28 lbs 13 ozs
55.81 %
54 Rowland, Zell
345 lbs 6 ozs
28 lbs 13 ozs
55.81 %
55 Crews, John
341 lbs 13 ozs
28 lbs 8 ozs
55.21 %
56 Smith, William
336 lbs 8 ozs
28 lbs 1 ozs
54.36 %
57 Langill, Kevin
333 lbs 9 ozs
27 lbs 13 ozs
53.87 %
58 Reed, Matt
330 lbs 0 ozs
27 lbs 8 ozs
53.27 %
59 Myers, Britt
329 lbs 13 ozs
27 lbs 8 ozs
53.27 %
60 Kiriyama, Kotaro
328 lbs 2 ozs
27 lbs 6 ozs
53.03 %
61 Omori, Takahiro
325 lbs 3 ozs
27 lbs 2 ozs
52.54 %
62 Schultz, Bernie
324 lbs 11 ozs
27 lbs 1 ozs 52.42
%
63 Bondy, Jon
323 lbs 5 ozs
26 lbs 15 ozs
52.18 %
64 Daniel, Stephen
321 lbs 11 ozs
26 lbs 13 ozs
51.94 %
65 Tucker, Mark
320 lbs 13 ozs 26
lbs 12 ozs
51.82 %
66 Miyazaki, Yusuke
319 lbs 8 ozs
26 lbs 10 ozs
51.57 %
67 Wurm, Mike
318 lbs 10 ozs
26 lbs 9 ozs
51.45 %
68 Mize, Jimmy
316
lbs 5 ozs
26 lbs 6 ozs
51.09 %
69 Phillips, Keith
315 lbs 0 ozs
26 lbs 4 ozs
50.85 %
70 Stone, Marty
314 lbs 5 ozs
26 lbs 3 ozs
50.73 %
71 Dove, Kurt
313 lbs 6 ozs
26 lbs 2 ozs
50.61 %
72 Butcher, Terry
312 lbs 11 ozs
26 lbs 1 ozs
50.48 %
73 Starks, Jeremy
310 lbs 14 ozs
25 lbs 15 ozs
50.24 %
74 Luce Jr, Elton
304 lbs 6 ozs
25 lbs 6 ozs
49.15 %
75 Hirosky, Paul
303 lbs 5 ozs
25 lbs 4 ozs
48.91 %
76 Pace, Cliff
302 lbs 12 ozs
25 lbs 4 ozs
48.91 %
77 Eaker, Guy
301 lbs 11 ozs
25 lbs 2 ozs
48.67 %
78 Clunn, Rick
301 lbs 10 ozs
25 lbs 2 ozs
48.67 %
79 Scalish, Frank
301 lbs 8 ozs
25 lbs 2 ozs
48.67 %
80 Goldbeck, Grant
299 lbs 13 ozs
25 lbs 0 ozs
48.43 %
81 Schwenkbeck,
Darrin 292 lbs
6 ozs
24 lbs 6 ozs
47.22 %
82 Youngers, Charlie
290 lbs 7 ozs
24 lbs 3 ozs
46.85 %
83 Matsubu, Ben
287 lbs 1 ozs
23 lbs 15 ozs
46.37 %
84 Hartley, Charlie
278 lbs 14 ozs
23 lbs 4 ozs
45.04 %
85 Rogers, Mark
274 lbs 7 ozs
22 lbs 14 ozs
44.31 %
86 Hill, Kenyon
266 lbs 0 ozs
22 lbs 3 ozs
42.98 %
87 Velvick, Byron
263 lbs 4 ozs
21 lbs 15 ozs
42.49 %
88 Merkin, Doc
262 lbs 10 ozs
21 lbs 14 ozs
42.37 %
89 Smith, Dave
260 lbs 5 ozs
21 lbs 11 ozs
42.01 %
90 Ash, Rick
247 lbs 3 ozs
20 lbs 10 ozs
39.95 %
91 Clark, Preston
243 lbs 6 ozs
20 lbs 5 ozs
39.35 %
92 Stringer, Bradley
235 lbs 12 ozs
19 lbs 10 ozs
38.01 %
93 Nethery, Eric
225 lbs 8 ozs
18 lbs 13 ozs
36.44 %
94 Mason, Jimmy
179 lbs 1 ozs
14 lbs 15 ozs
28.93 %
*** Remitz, Derek
*** Ashley, Casey
*** Duckett, Boyd
*** Hudgins, Bryan
*** Niggemeyer, James
*** Charlesworth, James
*** Campbell, Scott
*** Williamson, Jason
*** Kennedy, James
*** Sphar, Matthew
*** Delong, Glenn
*** Robinson, Marty
*** Amedeo, Matt
*** Murray, Jim
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