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Van Dam - just the best dude

Posted By: LakeForkGroupie

Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:05 PM

I feel like KVD has just made it big, so my theory is, he just wants to be the best role model there is. That's his goal now, not win every thing, just show up and be the best dude in the world.

I mean this guy, leaves Bret Ehler all alone so he can win the TTBC, just to go fish another spot where Ike snags a 5 lber on his power poles. And now, he leaves the tournament waters an hour early on Kentucky Lake just so he can tow Davy Hite's boat out of the water so Davy can catch a flight to see his son graduate HS.

I mean KVD has been having some solid days on Kentucky, but would he like an extra hour to try and catch a 7 lber, sure, but he went in early to help out a guy.
http://www.bassmaster.com/blogs/2015-elite-series-bassfest-live-blog/early-weigh-vandam-and-hite

Best role model in all of the sports world right now, class act. Very impressed.
Posted By: catslayer

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:08 PM

may have a point... Though i do think he has a SOLID chance to keep winning lol
Posted By: musiclife_7

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:09 PM

Role Model?? not close. Nice guy, yes to the right people. Would you say Ish is a role model?? He's just helped Lucas win. KVD is pompous to many a fisherman. Just like Ike, you either love him or you love to hate him....
Posted By: fouzman

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:11 PM

And another great guy, Boyd Duckett, is providing his jet and pilot to Davy for the trip.
Posted By: jseago

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:13 PM

good dude, better than most
Posted By: LakeForkGroupie

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:18 PM

Originally Posted By: fouzman
And another great guy, Boyd Duckett, is providing his jet and pilot to Davy for the trip.


That's pretty cool.
Posted By: catslayer

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:21 PM

Originally Posted By: musiclife_7
Role Model?? not close. Nice guy, yes to the right people. Would you say Ish is a role model?? He's just helped Lucas win. KVD is pompous to many a fisherman. Just like Ike, you either love him or you love to hate him....


go watch all the exstended cast of ish on MLF... you wont like him any more

crybaby packed up and went home on ray roberts, said, "I hate fishing little fish lakes" on ray roberts and goes home.

They dont advertise it but he doesn't weigh in and you never see him again int he footage

I don't know how you get KVD as pompus? Confident yeah, but he is just ALWAYS SO POSITIVE about everything, and you never see him get down on anybody...
Posted By: eagle 2

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 08:25 PM

I will never judge critically a bass pro angler, that is a tough life
Posted By: Jarrett Latta

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 09:12 PM

Originally Posted By: eagle 2
I will never judge critically a bass pro angler, that is a tough life
Posted By: TanHner36

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 09:35 PM

I'm not a huge KVD fan, but he seems to keep it pretty cool in a lot of situations. You take in to consideration the huge amounts of money these guys are fishing for it takes a big man to do some of the stuff these guys do. People think "oh being a professional fisherman how nice is that!" but these guys don't see their families a lot, it's constant stress of competition, unless you're a big name pro it's a huge financial risk. I would be so on the verge of blowing a gasket every tournament.
Posted By: CLedbetter

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 10:05 PM

Originally Posted By: musiclife_7
Role Model?? not close. Nice guy, yes to the right people. Would you say Ish is a role model?? He's just helped Lucas win. KVD is pompous to many a fisherman. Just like Ike, you either love him or you love to hate him....


You wouldn't happen to be Aaron Martens would you? You sound just like him anyways.
Posted By: Okhissa2

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 10:50 PM

KVD wasn't even on the Water the day Ehler won the TTBC he got put out on 2 nd day
Originally Posted By: LakeForkGroupie


I mean this guy, leaves Bret Ehler all alone so he can win the TTBC, just to go fish another spot where Ike snags a 5 lber on his power poles.
Posted By: ShamrockSmith

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 10:58 PM

Originally Posted By: Bassmaster.com
....where Boyd Duckett has loaned his private plane to Hite for the special occasion.

OMG A Gulfstream G650 probably.
Posted By: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 11:04 PM

Originally Posted By: LakeForkGroupie
Originally Posted By: fouzman
And another great guy, Boyd Duckett, is providing his jet and pilot to Davy for the trip.


That's pretty cool.

Boyd has a jet? No wonder he can afford to fish
Posted By: fouzman

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 11:08 PM

Okhissa, KVD pulled up on Ehrler and ceded water on Day 2, not day 3.
Posted By: 90 5.0

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 11:19 PM

Originally Posted By: catslayer
Originally Posted By: musiclife_7
Role Model?? not close. Nice guy, yes to the right people. Would you say Ish is a role model?? He's just helped Lucas win. KVD is pompous to many a fisherman. Just like Ike, you either love him or you love to hate him....


go watch all the exstended cast of ish on MLF... you wont like him any more

crybaby packed up and went home on ray roberts, said, "I hate fishing little fish lakes" on ray roberts and goes home.

They dont advertise it but he doesn't weigh in and you never see him again int he footage

I don't know how you get KVD as pompus? Confident yeah, but he is just ALWAYS SO POSITIVE about everything, and you never see him get down on anybody...


Watching MLF showed KVD's true colors a few times early on, it seems they've either started editing out his unethical stuff, or he stopped doing it because he realized it was being aired.

He was bent poling people bad there for a while.

Watch the eisode where alton has to drive around and fake leaving areas so he would stop hole jumping him and fishing altons fish.

That episode was pretty telling.

He has tons of talent, but there have been times where i did not agree with what he was doing on the water.

Like pulling up right in front of Alton when he was in first and van damm was struggling...

And also lying on camera about never being on caddo before MLF, there's pictures of Him fishing caddo on a guides page that were up before they fished caddo....
Posted By: Tony_Wornick

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 11:19 PM

Originally Posted By: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
Originally Posted By: LakeForkGroupie
Originally Posted By: fouzman
And another great guy, Boyd Duckett, is providing his jet and pilot to Davy for the trip.


That's pretty cool.

Boyd has a jet? No wonder he can afford to fish


Boyd was a millionaire before he fished the Elites.
Posted By: Okhissa2

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 11:26 PM

Originally Posted By: 90 5.0
Originally Posted By: catslayer
Originally Posted By: musiclife_7
Role Model?? not close. Nice guy, yes to the right people. Would you say Ish is a role model?? He's just helped Lucas win. KVD is pompous to many a fisherman. Just like Ike, you either love him or you love to hate him....


go watch all the exstended cast of ish on MLF... you wont like him any more

crybaby packed up and went home on ray roberts, said, "I hate fishing little fish lakes" on ray roberts and goes home.

They dont advertise it but he doesn't weigh in and you never see him again int he footage

I don't know how you get KVD as pompus? Confident yeah, but he is just ALWAYS SO POSITIVE about everything, and you never see him get down on anybody...


Watching MLF showed KVD's true colors a few times early on, it seems they've either started editing out his unethical stuff, or he stopped doing it because he realized it was being aired.

He was bent poling people bad there for a while.

Watch the eisode where alton has to drive around and fake leaving areas so he would stop hole jumping him and fishing altons fish.

That episode was pretty telling.

He has tons of talent, but there have been times where i did not agree with what he was doing on the water.

Like pulling up right in front of Alton when he was in first and van damm was struggling...

And also lying on camera about never being on caddo before MLF, there's pictures of Him fishing caddo on a guides page that were up before they fished caddo....



You must mean he was doing stuff like this!!! Read sub title under first picture..
Posted By: fouzman

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 11:51 PM

Okhissa2, were we talking about KVD/Ehrler or KVD/PIRCH?

You changed lakes, tournaments and anglers on me. Not to worry.

Pirch pulled up while Kevin was doing damage y'day. Kevin let him in. Pirch was there first this AM. KVD joined him about 15 mins later. Pirch got the better of the school and VanDam left for another spot. Where he proceeded to catch 24 lbs culling everything from stop #1.
Posted By: fouzman

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/04/15 11:59 PM

90 5.0, you're gonna use instances of a few guys jumping AJ's holes? That's laughable. Alton would be the first to exclaim biblical references about sewing and reaping. Karma's a bidtch isn't it?
Posted By: 90 5.0

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 12:34 AM

There was more stuff like that in the early MLF episodes.

But that was the worst instance I can remember.
Posted By: Tony_Wornick

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 01:14 AM

I thought it was no holes barred in the MLF?

Wasn't it Alton that followed Rojas around the first time the Elites were at the Sabine?
Posted By: CDubSmith2

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 01:24 AM

There are around 5,656,426 reasons why he's badass.
Posted By: CubbyObrien

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 02:56 AM

great guy and always takes time for the kids!
Posted By: musiclife_7

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 12:51 PM

LOL like the "community hole" instance....Ike was there first actually and Kevin pushed in and pushed Ike out.

Kevin is a jerk to a ton of people and his arrogance is ridiculous. Meet him in person? I have a few times and he's "head and shoulders" above everyone...or at least he thinks so. He's the Jordan of fishing, nothing wrong with that. He should chill out and enjoy the ride.

My comment about Ish was just that, a comment. Ish is regarded as a royal douche but just because he did something great doesn't change the fact that he's an A-hole.
Posted By: Tony_Wornick

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 01:16 PM

Originally Posted By: musiclife_7
LOL like the "community hole" instance....Ike was there first actually and Kevin pushed in and pushed Ike out.

Kevin is a jerk to a ton of people and his arrogance is ridiculous. Meet him in person? I have a few times and he's "head and shoulders" above everyone...or at least he thinks so. He's the Jordan of fishing, nothing wrong with that. He should chill out and enjoy the ride.

My comment about Ish was just that, a comment. Ish is regarded as a royal douche but just because he did something great doesn't change the fact that he's an A-hole.


Sounds like you should chill and enjoy the ride.
Posted By: Lil' Louie

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 01:26 PM

KVD waved at me once going across the lake. What a butthead! Couldn't he see I was fishing....
Posted By: musiclife_7

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 01:42 PM

Originally Posted By: Tony_Wornick
Originally Posted By: musiclife_7
LOL like the "community hole" instance....Ike was there first actually and Kevin pushed in and pushed Ike out.

Kevin is a jerk to a ton of people and his arrogance is ridiculous. Meet him in person? I have a few times and he's "head and shoulders" above everyone...or at least he thinks so. He's the Jordan of fishing, nothing wrong with that. He should chill out and enjoy the ride.

My comment about Ish was just that, a comment. Ish is regarded as a royal douche but just because he did something great doesn't change the fact that he's an A-hole.


Sounds like you should chill and enjoy the ride.


That's why I fish, to enjoy it and enjoy what comes. Posts like this make me cringe. Again, 1 right doesn't make everything else you do disappear.
Posted By: LakeForkGroupie

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 01:49 PM

Any ways... I like the good stories that hit the webs. Something to point out to the HS kids on their tournaments, and feel free to leave out the crappy stories.
Posted By: musiclife_7

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/05/15 02:12 PM

I completely agree with you there. It's nice to hear the good stories.
Posted By: Mark Perry

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/06/15 02:36 AM

Ya'll take all this stuff pretty seriously.
Posted By: senko9S

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/06/15 03:03 AM

bff's...
Posted By: JerryC

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/06/15 03:04 AM

Yep Mark, just like the post you read of "I saw Ike getting gas and he didn't talk to me" or
" Keith Combs rode by me on the lake" and so on. These guys are just fisherman like the rest of us.
Better than most of us at fishing, but still just fisherman.
Posted By: SpiderJig

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/06/15 12:17 PM

A lot of guys are jealous that they have the same equipment and can't come close to being the fisherman KVD is, so they hate
Posted By: SteezMacQueen

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/06/15 12:38 PM

Originally Posted By: SpiderJig
A lot of guys are jealous that they have the same equipment and can't come close to being the fisherman KVD is, so they hate


I don't use that Quatum [censored]! Speak for yourself! roflmao

But, yeh, he'd out fish me with a Spider-Man fishing kit.
Posted By: TheSinistral

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/12/15 09:27 PM

Originally Posted By: SteezMacQueen
[quote=SpiderJig]

But, yeh, he'd out fish me with a Spider-Man fishing kit.


Good idea! Same for me but I would like to see that. How about seeing them all fish a day with Barbie rods and beetle spins....
Posted By: HEAVY SACK (aka Crankinstein)

Re: Van Dam - just the best dude - 06/12/15 10:24 PM

He's a great guy.

He's the epitome of the word professional and probably one of the most competitive individuals you will ever meet.
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