The Kentucky Lake Trio: KVD, Jordon, Evers

As the tours continue to visit many of the same venues year after year, there's typically a handful or pros who become the names to watch at individual stops.

On the FLW Tour, a lake like Beaver immediately brings to mind a Clark Wendlandt or Andy Morgan. BASS has its usual suspects, like Terry Scroggins in Florida, Rick Morris at any tidal venue, and so on.

BASS fishes Kentucky Lake in Tennessee once again this week and it'd be easy to think names like Gary Klein or John Murray – accomplished offshore fishermen – would immediately

pop out. And because Kentucky's such a storied venue, surely there are several names who've had repeated success there.

Not So.

A Look Back

Although BASS has staged several top-level events at Kentucky Lake, dating back all the way to the '70s, its tour hasn't visited the lake very much at all. And until recently, it hadn't visited during the post-spawn.

However, when BASS launched its Elite Series and stretched its schedule over summer, offshore fishing came back into vogue and BASS stopped at Kentucky twice.

The first Elite Series stop at Kentucky Lake came in mid-June 2006. Morizo Shimizu won that one when he mixed shallow and deep water and threw a worm and jig.

The other Kentucky Lake Elite stop was last year. Kevin VanDam won it out deep with a crank, jig and spoon.

For reference, here's a look at the final Top 20 from those two events.

2006 Kentucky Lake Elite Series (June 15–18)
1. Morizo Shimizu -- Osaka, Japan -- 66-09
2. Kevin Wirth -- Crestwood, Kentucky -- 64-14
3. Kevin VanDam -- Kalamazoo, Michigan -- 63-08
4. Skeet Reese -- Auburn, California -- 61-11
5. John Crews, Jr. -- Salem, Virginia -- 61-01
6. Jeff Kriet -- Ardmore, Oklahoma -- 60-08
7. Lee Bailey, Jr. -- Amston, Connecticut -- 60-07
8. Edwin Evers -- Talala, Oklahoma -- 56-07
9. Mike Wurm -- Hot Springs, Arkansas -- 55-15
10. Tommy Biffle -- Wagoner, Oklahoma -- 52-11
11. Kelly Jordon -- Mineola, Texas -- 52-00
12. Jimmy D. Mize -- Ben Lomond, Arkansas -- 46-09
13. Scott Rook -- Little Rock, Arkansas -- 42-08
14. Brent Chapman -- Lake Quivira, Kansas -- 41-10
14. Jeff Reynolds -- Platter, Oklahoma -- 41-10
16. Jeff Connella -- Bentley, Louisiana -- 41-05
17. Jason Quinn -- Clover, South Carolina -- 41-01
18. Randy Howell -- Springville, Alabama -- 40-13
19. Denny Brauer -- Camdenton, Missouri -- 40-00
20. Bill Lowen -- Cincinnati, Ohio -- 39-15

2008 Kentucky Lake Elite Series (June 12–15)

1. Kevin VanDam -- Kalamazoo, Michigan -- 84-13
2. Tim Horton -- Muscle Shoals, Alabama -- 83-12
3. Terry Butcher -- Talala, Oklahoma -- 78-03
4. Mike McClelland -- Bella Vista, Arkansas -- 77-01
5. Paul Elias -- Pachuta, Mississippi -- 75-14
6. Terry Scroggins -- San Mateo, Florida -- 73-00
7. Wade Grooms -- Bonneau, South Carolina -- 72-12
7. Kenyon Hill -- Norman, Oklahoma -- 72-12
9. Rick Clunn -- Ava, Missouri -- 72-04
10. Bradley Hallman -- Norman, Oklahoma -- 70-11
11. Jami Fralick -- Martin, South Dakota -- 69-08
12. Edwin Evers -- Talala, Oklahoma -- 68-05
13. Alton Jones -- Waco, Texas -- 52-00
14. Aaron Martens -- Leeds, Alabama -- 51-11
15. Kelly Jordon -- Mineola, Texas -- 51-06
16. Brian Snowden -- Reeds Springs, Missouri -- 50-03
17. Matt Reed -- Madisonville, Texas -- 50-01
18. Todd Faircloth -- Jasper, Texas -- 49-07
18. Britt Myers -- Mt. Holly, North Carolina -- 49-07
18. Byron Velvick -- Del Rio, Texas -- 49-07

The Repeaters

Note that only three anglers finished inside the Top 20 at both events. They are: