I don’t know how many of you guys read Bass Times but there was an interesting article by Dave Precth in the April issue. In that article he was discussing how KVD beat out the other competitors even though they were using the same or very much alike baits. He made the argument that it was the way that the bait was fished rather than the bait itself. He states that this is what makes KVD so dominate. I tend to agree but with one side note; He didn’t mention the fact that if KVD’s lure hung up he would break it off rather than retrieve it. That way he never “ran over” his fish.
If you have unlimited sponsors dollars and an unlimited supply of lures being flown in to you I would think that all of us would do better than we generally do. I don’t think about disturbing my fish when I hang up; I think about getting my lure back! With the cost of baits today I go after my lures.
Your thoughts?

I 100% believe KVD has a whole different fishing technique. Ever watch his videos? The man fishes fast,hard and purely reaction bite.Honestly I don't know how he does it.I'm definitely not a speed fisher like he is.He brings speed in a whole new level.

Never thought of breaking off a lure in order not to spook the fish.Makes sense to me though. I don't think I could personally afford doing that... . It's probably why I don't fish crankbaits or jerkbaits that often.

I'll be reading the issue in the next few days in the surgery waiting room. I have the hardest time reading those in a timely fashion.
     KVD is in a position to "do whatever it takes to catch fish". Most of us aren't. When I am fishing for fun I almost always go after my baits, even jigs. Not so much so in tourneys. Even with that said I do not fish with complete abandon like KVD can and does. He has cranked so much that I'm sure he developed retrieve intricacies that will for the most part go to the grave with him. I know my retrieve method suffers when my bait contacts something. Not so with KVD, he seeks contact. A whole different mindset that is transmitted all the way out to the crankbait.

It's amazing how he makes his baits work for him. He design's the baits but it's how he makes them work. All the guys on the Elite Series are very good sticks and have signiture baits that they diesgned but he's by far the best at getting a bait to do exactly what he wants it to do.