kvd

[gbassman519]

i like his 1.5 crank baits but thats all, he's a rolling billboard for smallmouth. every time  you see him on anything it's all smallmouth. i get tired of seeing it he's roland and that senko. i  dont dislike him know he's got to promote but can he do MORE lg mouth.!

[DitchPanda]

He won 4 bassmasters classics...3 of them he won catching largemouth.

[Boomstick]

I'm not exactly sure why you think KVD is all smallmouth. Care to elaborate?

[OnthePotomac]

He lives in my home state, Michigan, which is loaded with small mouth lakes he fishes all the time.  Go on U Tube for a variety of his fishing,  Lots of largemouth videos.

[Spankey]

I don’t know him but he seems to be a pretty straight shooter. I’d like to fish with the guy. He seem to be for real. He has been really successful on the MLF tour winning by huge margins. But he has had times where he tanked it up real bad in comparison to others. The guy has done it all. And in his line of work jumping around sponsorship is probably common. When he won out in Pittsburg 3 Rivers I would have loved to been fishing with him on that. 

[Hawkeye21]

Not sure how anyone could dislike KVD or how he fishes.

[Sam]

KVD is a true bass fishing ambassador. He is a wonderful person who will speak with you  if you see him at a show, The Classic, or a Bass University event, and he is glad to have his photo taken with you.

 

If you think KVD hawks his sponsors' products, I suggest you watch Ike on Facebook and see what he markets for his sponsors.

 

And did you know that Ike was the first professional bass fisherman that went out of the industry to get sponsorships? I remember when he got Toyota to sponsor him. Now Ike does promos for all types of products.

[Michigander]

I met him at an expo once and he took the time to talk with me,he seemed pretty cool. I got my Triton at his family's dealership, nice folks.

[scaleface]

I remember his first couple of years in BASS . He cashed a check almost every event . There was little doubt he was going to be one of the great ones .

[gbassman519]

lol hold on people, i didn't say i don't like  kvd. i know all he's done i was just saying everytime i turn tv on he talking smallmouth

[Hawkeye21]

11 minutes ago, gbassman519 said:

lol hold on people, i didn't say i don't like  kvd. i know all he's done i was just saying everytime i turn tv on he talking smallmouth

I’ve never noticed but it makes sense since he lives in Michigan. 

[zell_pop1]

I've met him and his nephew, they are great people that are happy to talk fishing with you or take pics.

Ya he knows smallies, but he is good at catching largemouth too, his classic win with a RES made it an extremely popular lure.

[Bluebasser86]

I think smallmouth suit his high energy style better so maybe he just prefers to fish for them.

 

I met him at the Big Bass Tour on Table Rock and I told him I was "counting rocks", with my football jig in 40' of water. I swear I saw a shiver go up his spine and he laughed and said he could never do that.

[NorthernBasser]

KVD is one of the good guys. Have talked to him a few times. Another is Wheeler. Talked to him once and you could tell right away that he's a genuine guy. JT Kenney is another. 

[Mbirdsley]

It’s because, he’s from Michigan.  Smallmouth are every where and literally falling out of the trees here.  Not saying there are not nice large mouth in the state  but, generally speaking.  chances are better that you are going to catch a MA smallie before  a large mouth.   

[NorthernBasser]

Nobody has asked the question yet but, what's wrong with smallies??! 

[roadwarrior]

24 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

Nobody has asked the question yet but, what's wrong with smallies??! 

They fight too hard.

[J Francho]

If you want to see more largemouth ads, then stop following KVD on the internet.

[NorthernBasser]

15 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

They fight too hard.

Smallies are the one thing that's kept me from moving south my whole life. I love being able to catch both black bass and brown bass. Smallies are so fun and MEAN. Largemouth on steroids. 

[roadwarrior]

8 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

Smallies are the one thing that's kept me from moving south my whole life. . 

Well, we can't catch 50 or 100 per day, but our brown fish tend to be big.

 

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[NorthernBasser]

23 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Well, we can't catch 50 or 100 per day, but our brown fish tend to be big.

 

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Oh for sure. TN is one place I've contemplated moving to in recent years because you DO still have smallies. I was talking more south..

[geo g]

Could be the greatest ever, most definitely in the top three ever.  A class guy.

[DitchPanda]

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

They fight too hard.

Ha...agreed. The past few years I've had my local lake flood several times from the river and a bunch of small mouth have been left behind. Now I haven't caught any giants but have caught several in the 2.5-3lb range...they fight as hard as a 5lb largemouth.

[Big Hands]

2 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Nobody has asked the question yet but, what's wrong with smallies??! 

 

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

They fight too hard.

 

LOL.

 

They're mean too.

 

And they have a small mouth.

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Maybe we've been 'largemouth'd' to death and there's not much fertile ground left to pound compared to smallies. 

[WRB]

KVD doesn’t make many trips out west because it’s not a tour event location. I met KVD at the Anaheim Bass A Thon  a few years back and he is the real deal and very approachable regular bass angler comfortable talking to everyone.

His demonstration and seminar was geared for the audience very very personable, he comes off like your best friend.

During lunch KVD sat next to me as I was setting with some local trophy anglers shooting the ***** telling our stories. KVD is good because he is one of us, curious and personable. 

I asked Kevin if he recalled Dave Nichols his early spinner bait sponsor and his reply was Nichols spinnerbaits stared his carrier.

Tom