Cheating in Pro Fishing Events (The Bilge Podcast)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Kevin Vandam joins Chris Zaldain and Trait Zaldain on The Bilge Podcast presented by Battle Born Batteries to discuss his retirement plans the current state of tournament fishing at the highest ranks.
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I think it would be awesome for Kevin to go back on all his wins, revisit that lake, that spot, throw that same bait as old as it might me and just relive the moment and tell the story while making a cast on that spot. That would be awesome to watch
This is a great idea.
This is a great idea! Keep pushing it!
Great idea!
Start a channel and get a bunch of different guys on as guests to do it
Heck Yeah
Man, I wish he would just make one last ride on the Elite Series. ❤
Me too I feel like that was his game I know he whipped some ass when MLF was a tv show only fishing the cups . Like when he was down almost 50 lbs off the lead after the first round and he went on a jerk bait seminar to edge out faircloth. But all the best memories for me were the elites. Was he one of the part owners of BPT? If so I could see how that could effect your focus and performance
He definitely needs to come back to the Elites and then retire that's where he needs to finish his career!!!
He probably will
@@Bosanovadude1 I really hope so that would be awesome if you think about next to Rick Clunn he is bassmaster the 2 greatest ever!!!
His legacy, 98% of it, was with BASS. That is where I thought he would retire from...
Man....I'm just saying...Jacob Wheeler could win 15 AOY, 10 redcrest, jump in the Opens and win one, win the Classic and KVD will always still be the GOAT!! Amazing angler!
Biggest cheater ever. Taking waypoints from everyone. I have first hand knowledge
Wheeler is a clown
@@ScottHynson-if9vnKVD or Wheeler?
Wheeler has been known to do this alot
I've heard several guys say that wheeler has buddies who will fish a place before he gets there an they will give him the waypoints.
As a fellow northern bass fisherman, I feel like KVD is my hero! He went south and dominated! My father asked me back in the 70s if there was a way to turn my passion for bass fishing into a living? My answer at the time was no, not in western NY. KVD proved it could be done...GOAT? No doubt.
Great interview, KVD chose his words carefully and wisely... Some will say he's straddling the fence. Others will say he's a better man for not throwing people, opinions, and organizations under the bus. I believe he's the latter. There's a reason he's the Goat 🐐... 🍺🎣
Those espn days were totally what started my love for the sport. Thank you to the guys who lost all that money. It made a huge impact for so many people.
😂😂
If bass fishing goes woke,it would go broke.
Good show, need to have the guest switch seats with Chris so they don't have to keep looking left and right while talking
Chris & Trait Awesome show enjoyed!! The GOAT is and will all ways be a great ambassador to our sport !
Until next time take care guys and tight lines!
Without a doubt KVD is the greatest tournament angler of all time! 🐐Excited to see what he does next but sad to see him leave the tours. He's been the biggest inspiration to so many anglers and has taught several generations so much about fishing and conservation. Great show guys!
Aaron Martens first 26 years of life are known only by hardcore bass men that got beat annually no matter which lake they competed on.
Aaron’s string of 11 years as the Daiwa Cup champion needs to be explained.
Aaron was simply a top notch angler like the Lindner’s But Aaron had no mentors!!! Jimmie Lindner is amazing but who was his mentor?
So, That’s what makes KVD and Aaron appear to be equally gifted. They sit beside each other. They must have enjoyed any time spent together.
You truly are the best would love to see you come back to Bassmaster and then retire that's where you need to retire!!!
GOAT
I put him up with Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Tom Brady and Dale Earnhardt senior. The king of Bass fishing and a true ambassador for it. I also know he's a Metallica fan. That makes me like him even more.
I gotta agree 💯 🤘
You left out Patrick mahomes for being the goat!!
This is one of the top interviews of Kevin ever put out. You all have found your niche in fishing with this podcast. You all let your guests speak and the flow is awesome. Well done!
Conservation. How about no more tournaments during the spawn 🤙🏼
Help with multiple fish too
That will never happen
Might be one of the best and most informative fishing pods ever. Thank you.
Good interview, but stop cutting off the guests. Let them finish their sentences.
Question, could you increase the lighting on the videos about 10%-20%? Seems low even on high brightness. If KVD would want to come back to BASS, would he qualify for a Legends Exempt?
Growing up in Springfield Missouri with the old school spring fishing classics and KVD are probably the reason I’m still an avid bass fisherman at 42!
Chris - I love the content y’all are putting out! But good gosh, stop finishing peoples sentences and let them talk a little more!
KVD is the Man! I'm a kayak angler usually hitting the water couple days a week, weekday afternoon/evening & a full weekend day too. I always make time get on water even if I have work extra hard get everything else taken care of! I don't fish tournaments, just not my thing. But throwing big swimbaits looking for big bites is my favorite. Its absolutely my get away from everyone & everything! Even a bad day of fishing is a good day on the water in my kayak. Of course catching fish makes it way better... Interested to see what you have in store for your tournament retirement projects.
Here we go! The best podcast ever with the best pro angler ever!
Hide the weights of the fish when weighed on the water and reveal them at weigh-in to create some kind of excitement
@Venandii77
Weigh ins are still better than what mlf is doing
Live wells need water chillers built into them along with o2 systems. You see it on the some of the salt water boats that rely on live bait.
At first cast at Saginaw Bay, (1,100 sq miles), Wheeler and Dakota Ebare were boat to boat……
Tell me again how they don’t get gps coordinates….
What an absolute class act. There will probably never be another like him
The one Angler that made bass fishing a cool sport and lead by example. Integrity Passion and Inspiration. Cheers KVD and Sherry what an amazing legacy you have left us with.
Can anyone imagine having a wife that insists you take meds when your sick and go fishing anyway.
If you rely on Jacob Wheeler for integrity,your screwed .
These last two bilge podcast have opened the light on tournament fishing a whole bunch and we could all learn a lot from the true pros and sportsmen of the fishing industry. Thank you
Kevin is the God of Bass fishing but Rick Clun is my guy he has taught me so much about crankbait fishing
Man, 10 minutes into this, and KVD just dropped the biggest golden nugget to life in the tournament, fishing. You have to have a strong woman running everything in the SHADOWS SHADOWS. Good luck on the next 2, Chris. You can win either or both. You have had a very different year than you normally are used to, so you might as well just win 1 of the next 2.
Some years ago I remember reading that the divorce rate for the average guy on the tournament trails was over 80%. Hard life for a wife unless you're winning.
They don't come any better than KVD. I met him in 1995 at a BASS Pro Am at Lake Seminole when he was a young buck. Very friendly and was easy to talk to.
KVD will always be the GOAT
Wow. I own that Spinnerbait Video. Also, I feel bad for what I did to Scott Rook years ago. I was running spotlight on the 2005 Bassmaster Classic here in Pittsburgh. I was supposed to do a "bump on" when Scott's being introduced, but our audio lead paired our channel with the TV crew. The chatter was too loud and I couldn't hear my mark. So if you watch the Final 10 anglers being introduced and you see Scott Rook in the dark, that's my fault and I'm sorry.
Zaldaingerous interrupts too much! Let the LEGEND speak!
Come on kevin. Go back to BASS and win another classic. Would be epic. Been watching KVD since I was a kid. 42 now. Still my all time favorite. Lights out!
I have your 6 season guide on my phone. Never leave the dock without it. Thank you for everything you’ve done in fishing 😎
Randy Blaukat would disagree strongly with the greatest tournament angler ever on fishing being the best its ever been.
Oh for sure. He also just said "the economy is booming"
Randy Blaukat is a radical lefty who hates Josh Hawley his own great Senator. He wants President Trump in jail.
I won't watch his lame podcasts or buy his overpriced jigs.
He hates forward facing technology but never placed above 50th in any recent tournaments.
Always has condescending remarks about co- anglers
Total loser
Looking at Randy's tournament record this year in the BFL and Toyota Series, it's easy to see why he said that.
@@theregoesone3225 and he wants people to think he is not a liberal.
Thank y'all so much for having him on right after his last tournament. It was such an awesome show to watch and KVD is such a class act. To have the career he has had he is still so very humble. His integrity and love for the bass fishing sport has always shined brightly and will continue to shine. Thank you KVD for having an impact on my life!
One of the best interviews you guys have ever done. Nice work!
Lol Zaldain just called most fisherman’s wives dumb lmao 😂
Welcher would be a good one to talk about his first year he bet on himself and wrapped his boat with his TH-cam channel.
Another fantastic podcast but have to say I’m a little disappointed you didn’t dig into KVD’s side of the split🎣🎣🎣
He asked that the split be off limits and we obliged out of respect. We were happy he opened up about the rest
@@Zaldaingerous yes, it was great to hear how mad he was/still is about t recent events. Zona talked enough for me about the split in last weeks show. Keep up the great guests!!
What is this "split" thing al about?
The split when most anglers left BASS and started MLF.
Awesome interview and really enjoyed listening to the GOAT and his candid commentary. He is so vested in the sport, a wealth of knowledge and can’t wait to see his next endeavors.
I've been a KVD fan since he first came onto the scene way back in '89. We are roughly the same age so I really took notice when this kid from the North showed the bass fishing world his greatness. Kevin is a consummate professional and sets the bar high for what a pro angler should be. Integrity, professionalism, passion for the outdoors and most importantly an advocate for conservation. I believe that catch, weigh and release is the format that should become standard across all of the leagues. I would even love to see this at the club and state level as well. If the leagues and the industry truly cared about the future of our fisheries the time is now to move to a format that truly protects the health of the bass we catch. Thank you Kevin for all the great years and for showing us fans what it means to be a true pro.
He is the goat, but can kvd really claim he never got local help or spots from other Anglers/sponsors? He said that in this pod but pretty Sure bass Pro shops/ Johnny Morris provided plenty of info to kvd in his mid career
Integrity is everything!!! Legendary!! great flow as always💯
Thanks for the many years of competition ! You are the GREATEST OF ALL TIME ! you will be missed !
I think that Kevin's grand dad worked for my father in the 1940s. Dad was watching a show one day and Kevin was on, he said, that guy worked for me. I remember Harry Vandam and the likeness is eerie.
Looking forward to watching all of his future shows and any other activity he is involved with in the future.
I need more examples. You guys skirted the main topic like I knew what you were talking about. 42:31
Kevin is the God of Bass fishing
"Its not your aptitude but your attitude that determines your altitude" one of my favorite quotes.
He is really a great conservationist, he turned a great lake around in Alabama, it’s awesome
I believe they want the old school guys gone. Look at the way of the world now and it's all related. The younger people today who grew up with the lunacy is being slowly and surely run by younger people who were taught that hard work and dedication isn't needed. Wokeness, political correctness, pronouns and everyone being offended by virtually everything is all related in the technology world more so than ever before. There comes a time when you have to say enough is enough but when money is involved integrity goes out the window...Congrats on being the greatest of all time
Another great episode with the GOAT!
Gosh I grew up to KVD. He was honestly one of my biggest influences. I watched Bill Dance outdoors and Roland Martin every chance I got. I was born in 1985. KVD was my idol. I wanted his bait-casting and spinning reel made by Quantum back in the 90’s. But he’s a true GOAT of the sport!
This podcast is always an A plus , for y’all to do it on the road too is awesome !!
😊 God Bless Kevin, his family and his future endeavor.
Thank you for interviewing him.
God Bless, Timothy Mason
Awesome
Trait flat out called out Becker like a savage lmao. Awesome!
What did he do? They never say
Great show with the G.O.A.T.
If you have to cheat there is no reason to play the game.
Congrats to KVD...the last era of true pro bass fisherman...Livescope taking over pretty much ended the need for skills & techniques required to be successful...Anyone can win anytime, any lake when cheating is the #1 technique
A great podcast and a great interview with Kevin. I do think that regardless of how much hatefulness Trey has for the BPT based on the toxic breakup, things said, etc. .( do not deny it, its there in her ) you both need to see past this about catch and release issues with the livewell. Hauling bass from Ticonderoga up to Plattsburgh in the 'dishwasher' wave cycles, from Ontario back into the weighin to Clayton, catching deep fish where guys let them sit belly up in their livewells for hours till fiz'd by tournament committee if still alive, grabbing spawning trophy fish off beds and weighin them in.... it all sucks... all of it. We need to get past the "oh, the weighin with fish shown is so important" to the health of the fish. And i believe that is where KVD's head is at as we heard in your interview. Please get past the hate and don't deny it please.
Wow kvd has been a pro as long as I’ve been alive, and still comes in 2nd. Definitely the goat. And a jerkbait guy as well
If it means trading blows on the water… It’s time for anglers to police up other anglers. That’s the only way the bullshit will end before it gets worse.
If the NFL, MLB, etc can master instant replay, BASS/MLF can use similar tech to "relive" the pin, land, and release at the weigh in. Conserving the fish is the foundation of the sport. 1:17:50
Thank you, to the guys that always throw your catches back. They were delicious!
LIVE SCOPE IS CHEATING...CHEATING YOURSELF AND THE POOR FISH!
LOL, is that you Randy, lol.
That was KVDs tournament with out live scope. It’s like kvd won it old school and Becker won it new school
Kevin is awesome in the TV realm at really breaking down seasonal patterns and making them make sense. I literally learned how to nuke to Smallies in the fall burning spinnerbaits by watching his video on my home lake. Guy is the best ever and its not even close
Enjoy your retirement. You are the goat
Turn the lights on
Interesting dialogue about AMart. When KVD respects someone like that it means something. He complimented AMart, then it was the comment about right next to the ramp, to which KVD quickly countered. Respect.
MLF had like 4 in the top 10 at cayuga cheating on live tv, with guys failing polygraph tests, and nothing was done
How were they cheating?
I’m with him on the catch weigh release being the way. I’m sure it’ll get there at bass and it still has some bugs to work out first (Cayuga). Guys only hold the 2 biggest fish up anyway, unless you got a mega bag ya know. I’d actually love to do it locally but I can’t see that happening any time soon.
KVD will be missed! I grew up my entire life watching him fish. He taught me and the world so much! Can't wait to see what his next chapter holds!
KVD talking about right and wrong and hard work. Imagine that. So old fashioned.!
The interview with Kevin VanDam was my first watching your show. You two asked thoughtful questions that were both about bass fishing and about life. His answers were spot on from his thoughts on integrity to having a positive attitude. Good luck to Kevin, good luck to you two and I will definitely. subscribe and continue watching the show. Thanks.
Another awesome podcast! I could have watched two or three more hours.. KVD is the undisputed 🐐..
I think you should work on getting Kevin and Zona together on a podcast.
The GOAT kvd sweet
+1-stop exposure next time ;)
KVD “It’s very obvious, you can tell”. Perfectly said.
KVD is always a gentleman. Much respect brother. Never throws ANYONE under the Bus.
Bass needs a legends only tournament. KVD, Rick Clunn, Davy Hite, Denny Brauer, Larry Nixon, Bill Dance, Roland Martin, No foward facing sonar. People would love it.
A lot of the no help rules he talked about with getting spots and help were because of Roland. King of hiring guides
electrical lake map contours and even GPS points were a big advantage to fishing capabilities compared to how fishing use to be.
Definitely a fan of CWR - Be it phone/photos/scales/rulers or apps like FishDonkey, there has to be a good way to do it that ensures integrity. For the stage; the format at Fork of bringing one in and taking care of those fish is a good compromise.
fact
if they cheat while on camera what they do without camera
wow
Hats off to the his channel , you have setup a great show , great name great folks and very nice mustache haha , love to watch you fish a this KVD is the master an legend an has fished his way to a great life an has brought so much to fisherman’s lives around the globe , keep this channel going great show.
Awesome show with the greatest to ever do it! The last 2 shows have been great, keep it up!
Van Damme I got news for you fishing was a lot better back in the day before tournaments got so popular keeping keeping fish back in the day made it to where there's more fish it's not the people keeping fish it's all
the damn tournaments
Great interview! You keep them coming…awesome. Nice to hear from the best!
Yes we have more fishermen and with that alot more cheating
KVD has been great for fishing. I'm going to miss him.
KVD is a true professional and leader. He will always be the goat, he is the sport of bass fishing.
36:27 I’m with Kevin I feel like I’ve been naive with the cheating in fishing
To many companies have been burned over the years
What a great ambassador for the sport! Thanks for being the real deal to us!
Still think Ricky Clunn is first but Kevin close second....