“It might feel good
It might sound a lil something…”
Dateline: Victory…lanes
In every sporting event, there comes a moment.
Electric.
Time, s t r e t c h e s…
Slows.
It is when the bat comes off the shoulder of The Babe, and his eyes bore into the pitcher.
It is when the back foot plants, the front foot hits earth and Montana raises the football.
It is when the tongue comes out and both feet leave the paint as the light comes on a moment after the basketball leaves Jordan’s hand.
It is when the crowd goes silent.
It is when the air is sucked out of the arena.
It is when all you can do as a fan is put your hands on top of your head…and watch.
Watch…the win.
Or.
Watch…wide right.
In every sporting event, there is a moment.
A moment that a few rise to.
A moment that many shrink from.
It is the moment that halls of champions are built for.
It is the moment, that is bronzed.
It is the moment, that becomes timeless.
It is Woodstock.
It is the Moon Landing.
Timeless.
It is…
…GAME.
“…but damn the game
If it don’t mean nuttin…”
There is only one pitch I would throw to Babe Ruth.
Heat.
Straight, waist high, right down the middle of the plate.
I wouldn’t hear the crowd, I wouldn’t hear my teammates, I wouldn’t see my catcher, there would only be me.
And the Babe.
George Herman Ruth.
Does he walk off the field as George.
Or does he cross the chalk lines as…The Babe.
Game.
When the win is on the line, who steps up.
The man with the bat.
Or the man with the ball.
It is that moment that most interests me about sports, about life. To understand that moment, and what controls it, or who it controls…defines success…
…or failure.
What inside made George Herman Ruth…The Babe.
What inside made Walter Payton…Sweetness.
What inside made Richard Petty…The King.
What is it exactly, what is it inside that makes a tall skinny guy named Kevin Van Dam…KVD.
I can’t pitch to The Babe
I can’t tackle Sweetness.
I can’t race The King.
But…
“…what is game,
who got game…”
He has the manor of an insurance agent. Got the look as well, that mid-fashion look, not on the edge of anything, squarely, middle.
He is very disarming, nice even, smiles a lot, winks a lot, well spoken, firm handshake, not stinky, accommodating.
If he showed up on your door asking for your daughter’s hand, you’d say yes, and then alone that night in the bathroom you’d be jumping all up and down so happy that your baby didn’t marry the guy down the street who has a third eye tat on his forehead and wears a cape around town.
But trust me…I don’t buy a moment of it.
I don’t because I know this…KVD, he got game.
He is the sheep that ate the wolf.
All smiley like.
All good smelling like.
All winking like.
Till it’s game time.
I can’t judge KVD as an angler and, personally, I buy none of this stuff of best of all time of KVD, or any athlete in any sport. Apples. Oranges. Best of this or that sporting event, certainly, best of his exact moment in time, maybe, best of all time, impossible to judge.
Take the top 10 all-time lists and put them under the parakeet in the cage, ’bout the only thing they are good for.
Just saying.
So when it comes to KVD’s fishing ability, I have NO OPINION. Couldn’t possibly, since I don’t do it, and truthfully, honestly, don’t care about it, but understand this, I respect him immensely.
If there is a Got Game Hall Of Fame, his bust better be right inside the door.
Right there, next to mine.
Maybe, just a notch behind…mine.
Me, who stuffed the wolf, and sautéed the sheep.
Heat, chest high…show me what you got Mr. The Babe. I’m going to throw so hard and inside on you that I will trim your chest hair.
Mr. The King…I will start taking off your paint in turn one, lap one, and by turn 4 lap 499 you going be nothing but primer.
And Michael, at the buzzer, you’ll be on the bench.
As my friend ex-Pittsburgh Steelers QB Mark Malone once said, “The thing with Barone is that his brain thinks it’s attached to a 6-foot, 4-inch, 250-pound Middle Linebacker…”
Yep it do.
But it ain’t.
My GAME is attached to a short, bald, fat, smelly, arthritic old guy.
My GAME, unfortunately is attached to…me.
In truth I got…GONE.
My mind has got GAME, my body has got…GRIEF.
My mind takes me to lots of places my body would rather not be at. The Middle Linebacker within…the towel dude outside.
So me as the Middle Linebacker goes up to KVD and says exactly this, “I can beat you.”
KVD looks down at the towel boy me and smiles, winks, gets even skinnier and less smelly and says exactly this, “bring it db, bring it.”
And I will…both of me.
“…where’s the game…”
Now, if I was KVD…tall…not smelly…skinny…sort of still young…perfect hair and teeth…I certainly wouldn’t be much concerned about this affront to my manhood…what with looking down at the dude GAMING me…I would probably just forget about the whole thing and buy the dude another much-needed Margarita.
But (now I’m back to being me and not KVD) KVD has no idea of my Middle Linebacker within and that I’m standing there looking at him, up at him, as just another Running Back about to fumble. About to be going to the sidelines looking out his ear hole.
Except…ah…we are in a bowling alley.
And he is standing there in bowling shoes with FLAMES on them.
And he is standing there with not ONE but TWO of his own bowling balls.
But, I have a bowling shirt on…and embroidered over my high cholesterol clogged heart is exactly this “KINGPIN.”
Even though I’m not sure what KINGPIN is and I haven’t bowled this…CENTURY.
This is event one of db vs KVD…my first pitch to Babe Ruth.
“So db, how we doing this.”
I’m trying to bend over and get the bowling shoes on, “Huh.”
“You ready.”
I somehow got the shoes on and I’m now looking for a bowling ball…I can’t lift the all black ones…two of my fat fingers get stuck in the pink ball…and some kid is glaring at me for beating him to a kids bowling ball…
…I go with an orange one that says “House Ball.”
KVD’s bowling balls go by, “Road Hawg,” and some sort of “Doom…” thing.
Me as the Middle Linebacker could care less.
Me as the towel boy…is considering throwing it in.
“How about this db…two games, first one practice, second game it’s on.”
My Middle Linebacker within sneers at him. Looking for a place to spit. Looking to be taped up.
“Uh-huh,” says the towel guy.
Somehow I get the bright orange “House Ball,” down the lane without ripping out my shoulder…my elbow…the rings on my bowling hand and I jump to A LEAD on KVD.
And keep it…first game, the practice game…KVD: 112…db:122.
Then it happens…the real game…and about the 4th or 5th frame…KVD jumps out to a big lead, and I can’t catch him.
He smokes me 175 to 128.
The Middle Linebacker within is in the locker room banging the helmet against the lockers.
The Towel guy is looking for a Margarita.
But both of me, are smiling.
I got a glimpse of the KVD usually reserved for the Elite anglers.
And both of me am thinking this.
I can take him.
“…In life
behind the game…”
“db…winning practice means nothing.”
KVD is absolutely right…practice is practice. There are no Practice Hall Of Fames.
I stink at practice anything, I don’t show up, I’m mainly a Game Day player, I never did my homework, just showed up for the final exam. Explains why I had to take English 10 three times in high school, huh.
During our first game, I really felt nothing from KVD. There was a lot of winking by him at me, a lot of fist pumping, a lot of words of encouragement to me and self-deprecation of himself.
Spider and fly stuff.
Then the “real game” began and I jumped to an early lead. 46 to 35. And the Middle Linebacker within stood waiting, stood waiting for what I knew was coming…student body right.
And come it did.
By the 4th or 5th frame in the “real game” KVD jumped out to a lead and after he put up back to back strikes, I couldn’t catch him.
But the moment he made that first strike…GAME came.
It was beautiful to watch. His face got tighter, his movements quicken, he still smiled and winked at me, but in rare glimpses as we made eye contact, I saw the hawk looking at the mouse.
I loved it.
I’m beginning to understand him…learning how to pitch to The Babe.
Practice.
I want to understand from the best.
I want to learn from the best.
And then I want to crush the best.
KVD has an innate ability to sense the moment of change, and to seize it. I have always believed that you only have to win one lap, the last one, be in place to do that, to seize that, and you will raise a lot of trophies.
Frame 5 through 8ish, a magic moment for me. Do I think KVD held back in the “practice game” or the “real game,” nope.
He stunk in both of them when trying to hit just one or two pins that were left standing. His first shot, the power shot, the speed of the ball going down the lane was always his best shot.
I could match him going after 1 or 2 pins at a time…I could not match him in power.
Sitting there talking after the game, of which he failed to inform me beforehand that he took a course in bowling in college, was special, because he was once again, Nice Guy KVD…whom I like.
But it is the sheep who ate the wolf that I love.
Frame 5 through 8 KVD.
And that’s what the Middle Linebacker within, will key on.
During our next one-on-one…DARTS.
Taking place at either Elite event #5 at Toledo Bend, or Event #6…the Mississippi River Rumble in La Crosse, Wis.
The towel guy isn’t throwing anything in.
The Middle Linebacker within now knows when to expect the handoff. When it starts to go his way, stay in the game until then, but this time plug the hole in the line.
Make him come right at me…or bounce right or left looking for daylight.
I want to take the time right here to give a public shout out to Kevin VanDam…for going along with all this…only the best amongst us, only the classiest amongst us, does stuff like this…so kudos to KVD…and Thank You.
But know this…don’t hold back on me for a minute…because I’m picking up on your “keys” and I’m coming for you…as you will be coming for me.
Continuing in our series with Flw Pro Kevin Hawk Wayne had the chance to ask him some great questions about the wrap up at Beaver Lake..Kevin Finished 74th at this event but what he took away from the event will last for ever. Take a listen to the tips that Kevin gives that mite even help you the next time you are on the lake..
David Dudley celebrates after learning he won the FLW Tour event on Beaver Lake. (Photo by Brett Carlson)
Virginia angler claims fourth tour win on Beaver Lake
29.Apr.2012 by Brett Carlson
ROGERS, Ark. – As a rule of thumb, it is never wise to count David Dudley out of any professional bass fishing tournament. At noon Sunday, Dudley only had three average Beaver Lake bass in his livewell. Reports of big stringers from Andy Morgan, Luke Clausen and Scott Canterbury made Dudley’s fortunes look bleak. Just when he was about to retreat to one of his spotted bass schools, it clicked. And then it was vintage fourth-quarter Dudley.The first fish of the flurry was a 3 1/2-pound largemouth caught on a homemade umbrella rig. Most importantly, it kept Dudley from leaving his largemouth areas. An hour later he made another adjustment, this time putting down the umbrella rig and picking up a wacky rig. After moving to a steep, wind-blown bank, Dudley caught a 3-pounder, and then shortly after a 4-pounder and another 4-pounder and it was on. When it was over, Dudley finished with a final-day weight of 16 pounds, 9 ounces. And with that, the Castrol pro put to bed any notion of the Walmart FLW Tour Major being won up the river.“The key decision was to stay on the largemouths, because I had like 10 or 12 schools of spotted bass located. It was tempting, but I knew in the back of my mind they (the spotted bass) wouldn’t play. What I did today was like hitting two grand slams in the last inning of a baseball game. It was one of the best runs I have ever been on in my life. Every choice I made was a good one.”While the umbrella rig with willow blades and swimbaits was Dudley’s main presentation, the wacky rig proved critical. Immediately after he picked it up Sunday everything changed.
“That really jump started me. From there, everywhere I stopped was big one, big one, big one.”
In total, 13 of Dudley’s 20 fish came from the umbrella rig and seven came from the wacky rig. While many others described their umbrella-rig patterns as focused on shad, Dudley said his was random and just about every bite was a surprise. He decided to focus on the main-lake portion around Deer and Bear islands simply because he believes that’s where the greatest concentration of largemouths lives.
For those that aren’t familiar with the Lynchburg, Va., angler, his motto is “never be satisfied.” He hates to finish anything but first and frequently cites second place as the first loser. Dudley dedicated this week to his 95-year-old grandmother who is fighting for her life. Before he left for the Ozarks, his grandmother told him she’d pray for big fish. With that power of prayer, her grandson delivered.
“You can go now granny,” Dudley said via FLW Live. “This is all for you.”
While much of the attention this week once again centered on the reemergence of umbrella rigs, Dudley credited his latest victory to decision making.
“The Alabama rig works, but it’s just one tool, not a cure-all tool. Fishing is not just about skill. It’s about the mental game, the decisions. Decisions are what separate anglers in this sport.”
Dudley’s four-day cumulative weight was 54 pounds, 7 ounces and he never weighed anything but a largemouth, something that he’s never done in over a decade fishing the White River impoundment. He earned another $125,000, bringing his all-time FLW record up to $2.88 million. Counting the Ranger M1, this was Dudley’s fifth major title and fourth tour title.
Morgan surges to second
Andy Morgan was steady during the first three days of competition and then made a serious run – catching 17-8 the final day to finish in second place with 53 pounds, 15 ounces. Morgan, a noted shallow-water flipper, said he has learned his lesson about heading south of the Highway 12 Bridge and fishing up the river. Instead, he stuck relatively close to the launch and fished an umbrella rig, much like Dudley. Morgan oftentimes was seen away from the pack as far east as Ford’s Creek, and thus his areas didn’t receive as much pressure.
Morgan’s umbrella rig was a smaller version made by Power Tackle called the Get ‘em Going Rig and he used Zoom Swimmin Super Fluke Jr.’s in albino color. The Dayton, Tenn., pro said structure wasn’t as important as the presence of bait and wind. He threw it shallow on the bank as well as in 7 to 8 feet of water.
“I winded it on bluff walls in the wind and on flat areas with shad,” he said. “I also threw it some on mudlines. I would say most of my fish came in the back third of the creeks. Paying attention to the wind was important, unless the shad were there, then that was the most important factor.”
Morgan’s lone FLW Tour win came at Beaver back in 2007. At that tournament, he had to scrounge up a small limit on a finesse worm. After weighing 17-8 the final day, he’s impressed with the Beaver.
“This is a new Beaver Lake. It’s back; there’s no doubt about it.”
Humble as always, Morgan took the news of his record 50th FLW top-10 finish in stride.
“That’s great, but that just means I’ve been at this a long time.”
For finishing in second place, he earned $35,000.
Clausen falls to third
In a normal Beaver Lake event, catching limits of 14-5 and 12-0 the final two days would be considered a success. But Luke Clausen did that this year and fell from first to third. He finished the tournament with a total weight of 53 pounds, 9 ounces, earning $30,000.
“I let it slip through my hands because I didn’t make the right decisions,” said the former Forrest Wood Cup and Bassmaster Classic champion. “I probably had too much confidence in my areas today and should have ran some other water. I just couldn’t generate much for bites.”
Like Dudley and Morgan, Clausen was on the umbrella-rig main-lake program. He used a compact umbrella rig, 3-inch swimbaits and 3/16-ounce jigheads.
“In the morning I would start on steeper rock bluffs in 8 to 12 feet of water. As the day wore on I would gravitate to more flat, shallow stuff like pea gravel bank.”
Clausen said he got on the umbrella-rig pattern late during his prefish and essentially practiced all week.
“The more I learned the deeper I fished, especially in the morning. But that didn’t hold up today.”
Clausen’s next challenge will be to defend his Potomac River title from 2011.
Canterbury falls to fourth
Just as he did on day three, Scott Canterbury caught the fire out of the bass today. The only difference was that he didn’t get the big kicker bites. He still managed a limit weighing 10 pounds, 8 ounces, pushing his total weight to 52 pounds, 13 ounces. The Straight Talk pro earned $25,000 for fourth.
“I probably caught 30 fish again today, just not the right ones,” said the Springville, Ala., pro.
Earlier in the week he sampled Prairie Creek, but Canterbury immediately ran south to War Eagle Creek this morning. While he caught several keepers right away, he noticed the presence of shad was largely gone.
His bread and butter was the smaller version of the Swim N’ Frenzy, the same umbrella rig Spencer Shuffield took second with on Table Rock Lake, but with Berkley Hollow Belly swimbaits. During his big-fish flurry on day three, Canterbury caught a 4-pounder on a Jackall Bowstick and a 4-pounder flipping a jig with a Sasuteki craw. The day-three leader would cover water with the umbrella until he encountered certain lay-downs he wanted to flip.
Canterbury said after weigh-in that he fished his hardest and has no regrets. He did lose a 2 1/2-pounder late in the day that would have moved him up, but wouldn’t have overcome Dudley.
“You want to win when you get in position, and believe me I want it bad. Coming into this week I just wanted to make a top 50 because I’ve never done that here before. Now I’m actually looking forward to coming back.”
Browne fifth
Glenn Browne proved it’s possible to fish dirty water up the river successfully for four days on Beaver Lake. But even after catching 51 pounds, 14 ounces, the Dr. Pepper TEN pro still finished fifth and claimed a moral victory.
“I started back in War Eagle Creek like I had been doing the past three days but it wasn’t working,” said Browne. “At noon, I didn’t have a keeper so I scrambled and went up further up the White River.”
Browne instinctively surveyed the area with a Super Spook Jr. topwater bait and never had to put it down.
“After that, I just whacked them. I probably caught 25 fish in the afternoon. I wish I would’ve gone there earlier.”
Most of the week Browne threw a 1/2-ounce Screamin Eagle spinnerbait made by War Eagle. He’d cover water until he came up on an appealing lay-down, then he’d flip with his signature black and neon Gambler tube. The specific area Browne targeted is known as the 50-cent hole.
“Today I only caught one flipping and the rest came on the topwater.”
Rest of the best
Rounding out the top 10 pros at the FLW Tour event on Beaver Lake:
6th: Jay Yelas of Corvallis, Ore., 50-5, $17,000
7th: Charlie Evans of Gilbertsville, Ky., 46-10, $16,000
8th: Jacob Powroznik of Prince George, Va., 45-14, $15,000
9th: Kelley Jaye of Dadeville, Ala., 40-2, $14,000
10th: Brad Rightnour of Mingoville, Pa., 38-12, $13,000
The next FLW Tour event is slated for the Potomac River in National Harbor, Md., May 17-20, the fourth of six Majors.
Jim Hemby of Lake Anna Striper Guide Service provided the following Fishing Report for May 2012. Visit Jim at www.jimhemby.com or call 540-967-3313.
STRIPERS: Striper fishing has been excellent this year and certainly will only get better in the month of May. My clients have been catching nice limits of fish topped off with Craig Rasmusson’s 21 pound Citation Striper which he caught on a Gizzard Shad. Fresh live bait has been the key to success with most artificial fisherman catching primarily smaller fish. May is a transition month for the Stripers, the fish will be converting from feeding in the upper water column early in the month and in low light conditions of the day to feeding over deeper 25 to 30 foot flats later in the month as the water temperature rises into the 70‘s. Fish are still scattered all over the lake and we have been having our best success fishing where there is little fishing pressure away from boat traffic. We are pulling planner boards rigged with the largest Gizzard shad we can find over flats, points and humps in water less than 20 feet. When a big Stripers blows a 12 inch Gizzard out of the water you better be ready to wrestle a hog to the boat. As the water warms to above 75* the fish will convert to smaller baits and also retreat to deeper flats where they will school in large numbers. We will use down-lines and put them in the exact depth we see the schools on our Lowrance to catch up to 40 fish a day. May is a good month to catch fish on top water on lures like Pencil Poppers, Redfins , Spooks and chuggars. Hit main lake points early and late in the day for explosive strikes. Trollers will start to catch more fish as the water warms later in the month. Swim baits will also catch Stripers this month when fished nearby schools of bait. To view our catches check out my journal at www.JimHemby.com .
BASS: Bass fishing has also been off the charts this year with some of the largest stringers of Bass being weighed in at tournaments [Almost 28 pounds for 5 fish!]. The warmer than normal winter has been responsible for the excellent fishing this year and consequently early spawns. Spawn and post spawn patterns will work early in the month before the Bass retreat to deeper waters later in the month. Better fishing will be early in May and slow down as the month progresses. It is hard to beat top water action this month using your favorite top water lures. Early in the month sight fishing will still be very good in the clear water. Grass beds at the Splits and up lake in the North Anna have been producing some great catches.
CRAPPIE: Crappie have spawned and are headed for deeper waters [10 to 20 feet]. Rock ledges, brush piles and bridge pilings will hold catchable fish. Crappie may not be as easy to catch when they were shallow but once you locate them they will be schooled in larger numbers. Traditional small jigs tipped with small tubes and grubs long with small and medium minnows work well. The back of Christopher Run is holding some nice slabs.
CATFISH: Catfish have feeding all over the lake as well and are being caught at depths ranging from 8 to 20 feet deep, primarily on live bait. A couple fish in excess of 30 pounds have already been caught on Shad. The third Dike area is a great place to catch a HUGE Kitty this month.
CARP: The Carp are rolling in all the grass beds now and bow hunters are enjoying keeping their skills sharp shooting the big fish. Up lake in both arms of the lake and basically any larger grass beds are productive. If we get some good rains and the lake rises fishing will just get better. Vlly good throughout the year. In the summer months, bass congregate at predictable locations near structure. These areas may be fished slowly and methodically. Deep diving crankbaits and Carolina and Texas rigged plastics work well. During the spring and fall, it is important to cover more water. The lake is heavily developed. Flipping and skipping soft plastics around boat docks is always a good bet – especially for newcomers to the lake – and the water willow beds in the mid-lake region and North Anna arms are worth a try with spinnerbaits and weightless plastics. Uplake (above the “Splits” area where the North Anna and Pamunkey arms come together) typically has stained water while the water becomes increasingly clear moving downlake. The uplake region has the highest density of bass and crappie.
Striped Bass: Several hundred thousand fingerling striped bass are stocked each year. The striper fishing continues to improve and attract more anglers. In the spring and fall, the stripers move uplake where they may be targeted by casting swim baits (Sassy Shad, Shad Assassin, Storm Lures). In the summer months, the fish are most commonly targeted in the mid-lake region using live bait and trolling deep-diving crankbaits (Cordell Redfins and Norman DD-22s). Live bait may be caught using a cast net. An easier choice is purchasing jumbo minnows sold by the major marinas on the lake. Throughout the year, low light conditions (dawn, dusk, overcast days) are the best times to fish.
SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE FISHING REPORT May 2012 DALE WILSON’S SML GUIDE SERVICE PHONE NO: 540-297-5650 / 540-874-4950 www.captaindalewilson.com
Picture is of Viv Balatinez with a large smallmouth bass she caught 4/25/12 while fishing with her husband Ben & Captain Dale. The couple was visisting the states for the first time. The couple lives in Lower Portland, Austraila.
OVERVIEW: Fishing will be good this month. After fish spawn they will gradually start to move into a more consistent feeding pattern. Water temperature will be 60s to the lower 70s.
Largemouth Bass-Fishing will be good. Best lures will be top water lures, Carolina rigs, shaky heads, Texas rigged plastic worms and crank baits. Most largemouth bass will be caught in rocky areas, around stumps and shallow docks. Some largemouth bass will continue to spawn this month. Best depths will be from the 2 to 10 feet deep. Night fishing will improve as the water temperature rises.
Smallmouth Bass- Fishing should be fair. Best areas will be around stumps, rocks, humps and flats. Best lures will be tubes, top water lures, hair jigs and shaky heads. Best areas will be in the mid to the lower sections of the lake. Most smallmouth bass will spawn in May. Cloudy days and night time is the best times to try your luck.
Striped Bass- Fishing will be good. Stripers will be caught in mostly in the mid to lower areas of the lake.. Best lures will be top water lures, swim baits, buck tails, and Zoom flukes fished with 1/4 to 3/8 oz. lead heads. Live bait will also be productive. The best depths will be from 2 to 25 feet deep. Stripers will start to feed at night as the water temperature rises. Some stripers will surface. Try to find areas with the largest concentrations of baitfish.
Crappie-Fishing for crappie will be good. They will be found 2 to 10 feet deep this month. Best areas will be in the main creeks around deep docks, fallen trees, stumps and brush piles in the mid to upper parts of the lake. Small live minnows and 1 ½ inch tubes fished on 1/16 to 1/8 oz. lead heads will work best to catch crappie this month. Crappie should continue to spawn this month.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Night fishing, while using a black light to help see your line and the shoreline, will be the best time to catch bass and stripers. The baitfish will be spawning at night for the next several weeks. Fish close to the shore with shallow diving lures. The best time is usually between 10 pm. to 2 am. Wear your life jacket and always keep your running lights on.
Winners of stop #3 on the Anglers Choice Tournament trail were Jeff Thomas & Dennis Ready with at total weight of 19.42Lbs. Congratulations to them on this great victory. Their were 166 teams that fished this event with the Average team weight of 7.57 Lbs with the average team fish weight of 3.58lbs. A tough day on the water for a lot of anglers.. We look forward to seeing everyone on Smith Mountain Lake in May..
Winners of stop #3 on the Anglers Choice Tournament trail were Jeff Thomas & Dennis Ready with at total weight of 19.42Lbs. Congratulations to them on this great victory. Their were 166 teams that fished this event with the Average team weight of 7.57 Lbs with the average team fish weight of 3.58lbs. A tough day on the water for a lot of anglers.. We look forward to seeing everyone on Smith Mountain Lake in May..
Wayne Smelser cought up with Kevin in our on going series with FLW Pro Kevin Hawk before the Beaver Lake event. Take a listen to what he thought it would take to win the event and how his practice was going..
