Although they didn’t reveal exactly how they’re catching ‘em, Kevin and Jonathon VanDam have provided some interesting details. It’s an offshore pattern, focused on ditches and depressions in otherwise shallow water. And the wind direction determines where the bass will be.
“The wind definitely helps make some current in places where there wouldn’t be,” Jonathon said Saturday. “It pushes shad into some different areas where those fish will set up.”
As the wind shifts each day, bass are bunched where the wind and current is positioning the shad. It changes day to day, but there is a pattern.
“I know what I’m looking for at least, so I feel good about that,” Kevin said Saturday.
The other key to this, according to KVD, is the LakeMaster mapping card in his Humminbird electronics, saying, “It has helped me immensely. I can see how the points line up and the depressions and the ditches. The wind blowing through those areas kind of creates funnels. That’s how I’ve been able to come up with what I’m doing.”
When they find where the bass are bunched, both VanDams are catching plenty of them, primarily on Strike King KVD 300 Series jerkbaits.
“I’m catching 30 to 50 fish a day,” Jonathon said. “A lot of little ones though. You’ve got to weed through them to get a couple of good bites.”