Geico Bassmaster Classic

[AQUA VELVA]

Article in the paper today about KVD . Says he casts about 300 times an hour when he is competing in a tournament. Unfortunately, our guy didn't qualify for the final day.

[flyfisher]

I don't believe that is possible....that is one cast every 12 seconds on average.

I think he is done...he has fallen off the past few years and hasn't made the comeback everyone was talking about. 

[AnglingNvirginia]

11 minutes ago, flyfisher said:

I don't believe that is possible....that is one cast every 12 seconds on average.

I think he is done...he has fallen off the past few years and hasn't made the comeback everyone was talking about. 

I don't feel he is done, just not putting his time into how he use to fish

[flyfisher]

I always viewed him as a one trick pony, albeit a very good one trick.  Maybe that trick has gone sour....

[bowhunter63]

Double E tore it up today,What a finish

[RyanFishing]

29-3 for one day is probably the best way to win the Classic. Well deserved for Evers!!

[wisconsin heat]

The pecan man got his win! You knew it was only a matter of time for Evers. Dude has been fishing so well for a long time and exceptionally well it seems like that past 3-4 years. Congrats to him, well deserved!

[Gundog]

Shocked me when I saw he pulled in 29 pounds. Nobody was near that. Did he say what he was using, where he was fishing?

[RyanFishing]

Here's an article saying a little of what he did and where he went http://www.scout.com/outdoors/wired2fish/story/1649125-evers-wins-2016-bassmaster-classic

[Airman4754]

1 hour ago, flyfisher said:

I don't believe that is possible....that is one cast every 12 seconds on average.

I think he is done...he has fallen off the past few years and hasn't made the comeback everyone was talking about. 

His style of fishing doesn't win consistently anymore outside of pre-spawn when a spinnerbait can rake in bass of all weights. If he is catching 50+ fish per day during that time of year he can cull up to some huge weights. 

As the year rolls on reaction baits still catch a ton of fish but the size goes down. That's why guys like A-Mart that can fish multiple techniques extremely well are so good now. If guys are weighing 17lb bags in the middle of summer you aren't catching that very often with reaction stuff. 

KVD is still the same fisherman but his dominance changed fishing around him, much like Tiger Woods with golf. He will have some good days like any pro but people expecting him to be the KVD of old are going to be waiting awhile. 

[hoosierbass07]

The new BassMaster website is sucky.  

[Turkey sandwich]

8 minutes ago, hoosierbass07 said:

The new BassMaster website is sucky.  

Agreed.

14 minutes ago, Mosster47 said:

His style of fishing doesn't win consistently anymore outside of pre-spawn when a spinnerbait can rake in bass of all weights. If he is catching 50+ fish per day during that time of year he can cull up to some huge weights. 

As the year rolls on reaction baits still catch a ton of fish but the size goes down. That's why guys like A-Mart that can fish multiple techniques extremely well are so good now. If guys are weighing 17lb bags in the middle of summer you aren't catching that very often with reaction stuff. 

KVD is still the same fisherman but his dominance changed fishing around him, much like Tiger Woods with golf. He will have some good days like any pro but people expecting him to be the KVD of old are going to be waiting awhile. 

This is valid.  I also think that his style is rough with chocolate milk water and very sluggish fish.  Granted, mine is a statement more about this weekend than his general decline, but I also think that with the variety of lakes and conditions on the schedule now, it's a bit different than it was 15 years ago. 

[Airman4754]

7 minutes ago, Turkey sandwich said:

Agreed.

This is valid.  I also think that his style is rough with chocolate milk water and very sluggish fish.  Granted, mine is a statement more about this weekend than his general decline, but I also think that with the variety of lakes and conditions on the schedule now, it's a bit different than it was 15 years ago. 

I fully believe KVD will win at least one more Classic. His style sets up far too well for a pre-spawn tournament. 

I also fully believe he will never touch another win past May on the Elite Series and will never win another AOY. 

[IowaHusker28]

44 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Shocked me when I saw he pulled in 29 pounds. Nobody was near that. Did he say what he was using, where he was fishing?

Today he was using an Andy custom bass lures Green Pumpkin jig with zoom critter craw with orange dyed claws. Also he was way up north in the Elk River. 

[Jrob78]

10 minutes ago, Mosster47 said:

I also fully believe he will never touch another win past May on the Elite Series and will never win another AOY. 

Lol, really?  You might want to think about that.

[bonzai22]

What Edwin brought in was impressive no one was even close definitely well deserved.

[tbone1993]

2nd place at BassFest fishing ledges this past summer. I wouldn't say he'll never win another tournament past may

  

[hoosierbass07]

Edwin Evers from Oklahoma = won the BassMaster Classic in Oklahoma. 

Casey Ashley from South Carolina = one the BassMaster Classic in South Carolina. 

Randy Howell from Alabama = won the BassMaster Classic in Alabama. 

What's the deal?  

Also, why isn't this thing on TV live?  Instead we have to wait a month or more to see it on ESPN.  Surely one of the outdoor hunting/fishing networks would be willing to show it live over the weekend.  BassMaster needs to ditch ESPN. 

[Jrob78]

15 minutes ago, hoosierbass07 said:

Edwin Evers from Oklahoma = won the BassMaster Classic in Oklahoma. 

Casey Ashley from South Carolina = one the BassMaster Classic in South Carolina. 

Randy Howell from Alabama = won the BassMaster Classic in Alabama. 

What's the deal?  

Also, why isn't this thing on TV live?  Instead we have to wait a month or more to see it on ESPN.  Surely one of the outdoor hunting/fishing networks would be willing to show it live over the weekend.  BassMaster needs to ditch ESPN. 

It was live online all weekend long and the coverage was spotty at best.   They have to go through hours and hours of footage to make a decent tv show.

[Turkey sandwich]

I think that KVD still has the potential to win. A lot.  I just think that he needs to have conditions line up and/or learn to fish slowly as well as he fishes quickly.  But as is, so long as conditions allow him to throw spinner baits and Crankbaits and reel like hell, he's going to have a shot at the big check.  

[gardnerjigman]

This tournament didn't set up for kvd. He fishes fast and there was nothing much for a crankbait or jerkbait bite. Obviously he can fish a spinner bait, but when you have the tm set at 80% and you are waking a spinner bait in the conditions we had on grand you are gonna crap out. 

[Turkey sandwich]

1 hour ago, IowaHusker28 said:

Today he was using an Andy custom bass lures Green Pumpkin jig with zoom critter craw with orange dyed claws. Also he was way up north in the Elk River. 

The water was much more clear up there, no?

[gulfcaptain]

I think A LOT of pros crapped out.  It wasn't just KVD.  There were some really good fisherman that struggled in this tournament.  Evers struggled day one, but yes he killed it today with a hail mary go big or go home move.  I give him credit for that.  Maybe with everyone thinking KVD's done it will give him less of a crowd to fish around which my benefit his style.  But I don't see him being done although I do see upcoming pro's and others that have resurfaced putting the pressure on the old guards of the Elite series.  

[blckshirt98]

KVD will win another event, but it will be when the fish are biting on his manic turn-and-burn style.  He fishes like that in EVERY tournament.  When the Elites were at the CA Delta last year, KVD said something about he could never fish slow like throwing a senko.  That right there told me a lot where he's locked into his one style and not willing to slow it down or try other techniques that may work.  Aaron Martens is one of the most consistent guys on the tour and he does a lot of dropshotting which is the polar opposite of turn-and-burn.  If KVD doesn't recognize that his style isn't the one-all be-all, he'll never sniff another AOY title again.

[NorcalBassin]

A bit surprised with some of the KVD "hate" in this thread... the guy is a living legend and still remains competitive despite having more outside commitments (e.g., tv shows, appearances, representing his sponsors, lure development, etc) than pretty much any other tournament angler in history. His Elite and FLW peers on Major League Fishing sure have a ton of respect for him and never discount him as being a one trick pony, and I don't think you'll ever hear any of them say he can't win past May or compete for an AOY title.