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VanDam Slams Door On 24th Career Win

Sunday, July 23, 2017

By BassFan Staff

As has been the case for much of his career, Kevin VanDam found a way today to be better than the competition when the stakes were at their highest. Not just slightly better.

In-a-different-universe better.

When more

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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By Jonathan LePera Special to BassFan (Editor's note: This is part 1 of an occasional 5-part series about pro anglers and their favorite topwater more
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By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor The 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series season is six events old, but with three full-field events plus the 50-man Angler more
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By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Chris McCall notched his first FLW Tour top-10 finish way back in 2004, when he was the runner-up in that season's more
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By Jonathan LePera Special to BassFan (Editor's Note: This is part 3 of a three-part series highlighting how some pro bass anglers employ spoons and more
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By Jonathan LePera Special to BassFan (Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a 3-part series highlighting how some pro bass anglers employ spoons and vertical more
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By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor Not much gets Ott DeFoe off his game these days. The current points leader in the Bassmaster Elite Series Angler more
Nelson Kept An Open Mind While Looking
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor Don’t let Ron Nelson’s Michigan address fool you. He’s pretty adept at catching bass all over the map. Earlier this more
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By Jonathan LePera Special to BassFan (Editor's note: This is part 1 in an occasional series on various pros' tactics when fishing a mega-sized more