Aoy = kvd

[SaltERedneck]

Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., amassed enough points Saturday to close the deal he said he’s been focused on since his first cast this season: the 2011 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award, his seventh best-angler title and fourth consecutive.

When he won the 2011 Classic, he tied with Rick Clunn for most Classic victories, four. VanDam has qualified for 22 consecutive Classics (counting Classic 2012). He has posted top-10 finishes 94 times. He has stacked up a record 20 Bassmaster event wins, including the four Classics.

[Purple Back]

Dude is beast....

I have been watching his nephew JVD closely but he seems to lack what KVD has.

[SaltERedneck]

top 10 finishes 94 times = BIG MONEY

[BIGJ]

He is the best ever by far.

[longcast]

Dude is a beast when it comes time to find the big fish

[YellowMouth7]

cant be stopped

[SaltERedneck]

On another note, David Walker won his first major bass victory... winning the Dixie Duel trophy at Wheeler Lake. KVD was 1 lb 13 ounces behind. VanDam’s Dixie Duel total was 61-13. Walkers was 63lb 10 ounces.

[huntin fool]

Here lately KVD hasn't really been producing.. Swindle, Walker, Rojas are all starting to show what they are really made of.

My boy Ott Defoe pulled Rookie of the year. Been following him since day 1, and dude is truely a beast

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Yeah, but kvd already earned a spot in the classic with his win last year so he really had nothing to prove. Just watch on the classic what he's capable of doing. The man is the best crankbait fisherman to ever step foot in a boat.

[SaltERedneck]

Originally Posted by DUCKGOGETTER

Yeah, but kvd already earned a spot in the classic with his win last year so he really had nothing to prove. Just watch on the classic what he's capable of doing. The man is the best crankbait fisherman to ever step foot in a boat.

x 1000!

[BossHog]

Originally Posted by huntin fool

Here lately KVD hasn't really been producing.. Swindle, Walker, Rojas are all starting to show what they are really made of.

My boy Ott Defoe pulled Rookie of the year. Been following him since day 1, and dude is truely a beast

Hasn't been producing? He's leading in points for the year, I would say he's still producing better than anyone else.

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by BossHog

Hasn't been producing? He's leading in points for the year, I would say he's still producing better than anyone else.

Tournaments after Battle of the Bayou, he hasn't shown his true ability. Regardless if he already has a spot in the classic or not you don't just stop being at your 100%. All im saying is he won't be on top for long.

[SaltERedneck]

39 — That's the percentage of times KVD finishes in the top 10 of tournaments.
22 — That's how many Bassmaster Classics he qualified to fish ... in a row! Only Clunn, with 28 in a row, has done more.
20 — That's how many BASS tournaments he's won. For a few months, he was tied with Roland Martin at 19, and some may point out that Martin had to defeat more individual opponents in his era. But most would agree VanDam has faced more skilled competition.
6 — That's how many Angler of the Year titles he won, but the number could easily be higher. He was ineligible to fish the Top 100 series (a precursor to the Elite Series) when he started out, so all he did was dominate the Invitational series on his way to qualifying for the Top 100s. A disqualification in an Elite Series tournament in 2006 cost him that AOY title. It's certainly not inconceivable that KVD could be fishing for his record-tying ninth AOY in 2011.
5 — That's where he ranked in ESPN's Greatest Angler Debate in 2005. If the same balloting were conducted today, he would almost certainly defeat Rick Clunn, Roland Martin, Bill Dance, Denny Brauer and everyone else who's ever fished for bass. In fact, the fifth-place finish seemed to inspire VanDam. As soon as his ranking was announced, he went on a tear, winning three tournaments in a row, including the Bassmaster Classic.
4 — That's how many Bassmaster Classics VanDam has won. Only Rick Clunn has won as many.
3 — That's how many B.A.S.S. events he won in a row back in 2005. It's also how many AOY titles he's claimed in a row.
2 — As in back-to-back Classic victories in 2010 and 2011. Only Rick Clunn has ever done that.
1 — That's where Kevin VanDam would rank if the Greatest Angler Debate were held today. Any votes for any other angler would have no credibility at all.

[huntin fool]

And once again, I never said he wasn't a good angler. The dude can fish. Do I care for him? NO WAY.

[SaltERedneck]

not saying you were calling him a bad angler... just posting facts about the guy. Actually didnt even see your post til after i posted. He's not my fav either, but i respect what he has done.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Well first of all the men who fish the elite series tournaments are there for a reason. Just like denny brauer said in little rock if you have a bad day against these guys your done. Not taking anything away from the other anglers, but kvd in last years classic when everyone else had given up on lake catouachee in the delta he stayed there showed his true ability and layed the smackdown on everyone else. He is by far one of the best tournament fisherman to ever fish in the bass series.