Davy Hite on KVD
Kevin VanDam and Davy Hite are best friends on the Elite Series. They travel together and room together all over the country.
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Kevin VanDam and Davy Hite are best friends on the Elite Series. They travel together and room together all over the country.
Although Edwin Evers hasn't captured a Classic title, yet. He's pretty certain he knows how to win it.
Edwin Evers is one of those anglers that you expect to win every event. And at some point, you just know that he will be a Classic champion or an Angler of the Year.
A traffic light needs to be erected at the entrance to one particular Red River backwater.
Kevin VanDam has joined the party in this Red River backwater area, which shall remain nameless. That brings the total to 14 of the 49-angler field that James Overstreet and I have seen here since 8:30 this morning. We decided long ago there was no sense in leaving to look for other angers when, sooner or later, they are going to come to us. There is, however, one drawback to staying in this stump-filled, wind-blown swamp: Overstreet and I have taken to singing our version of the REO Speedwagon hit "Riding the Storm Out." Our refrain is "riding the stumps out," as we pinball to the left when a stump rides down the right side of the boat hull, then lean to the right as a stump slides down the left side of the hull. And it's only Wednesday. This is going to be a long week.
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Davy Hite has seen a resurgence in the last year. He won at Pickwick, his first win in five years. It was the longest dry spell of his career.
There is no denying that Kevin VanDam has figured out how to make the Classic his event.
Brandon Palaniuk thinks it will take an open mind to win the Bassmaster Classic, after seeing the Red River in today's practice. "The river is changing quickly, and I think the fish are changing just as quickly," Palaniuk said. "I think it's going to be that way all week. Every day there's going to be some kind of change you have to make." Palaniuk found some shallow backwater that was seven degrees warmer than it was on Sunday. "You can feel the heat from the sun," he said. "I was amazed how fast it has warmed some of this shallow water. And the wind today has muddied up a few of these areas."
Marty Robinson used Wednesday as proof that he found a better place to fish last weekend. He was hoping to add another hot spot Wednesday, one that was a little closer to the Red River South Marina launch site, but that didn't happen. "There's not much to report today," Robinson said. "I've caught one, about two pounds. "The water temperature is up a little today. A lot of the backwater areas have muddied up. The few where you've got decent water, there's a lot of pressure on the fish."
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