Make sure you sign up to vote in the BASS All Star Week competition. You could be the lucky fan who wins a Skeeter boat package. Also consider voting of JVD, and Britt Myers, Ike, and Gerald.
I don't see an option to write in your own choice... I mean don't you always vote for yourself in these things? ;D
Vote for Jonathon VanDam (http://www.jonathonvandam.com/2012/08/vote-jonathon-vandam-all-star-fan-favorite-2012/)
Bassmaster.com/vote (http://bassmaster.com/vote)
You can vote once per day through September 10, 2012 for your 4 Toyota All-Star Fan Favorites (http://www.bassmaster.com/news/send-your-favorites-all-star-week) and each vote is an entry (http://www.bassmaster.com/news/cast-your-all-star-vote) to be one of the 12 virtual co-anglers during All-Star week. If you are picked and your pro wins the All-Star Championship you win REAL new Skeeter ZX190 bass boat powered by a Yamaha VZ 150 TL outboard!
Easy to register with a working email address (https://promotion.bassmaster.com/toyota/register). If you have already registered this year just go to Bassmaster.com/vote (http://bassmaster.com/vote).
Besides our own Michigan Elite Angler Jonathon VanDam, I'm voting for the very friendly, Great Lakes region Elite Angler Bill Lowen, federation champion Brandon Palaniuk and Russ Lane (friend of a good friend and another nice guy).
Kimmel reminded me of Paliniuk, so I'm going to have to drop Ike or Gerald. I could alternate voting for them every other day. Paliniuk is a great kid and a super angler. Let's get JVD and Paliniuk in there as the young guns against the old guys. Old guys rule though. Have to say that, I just applied for social security. Officially an old guy.
Palaniuk won't be filing for Social Security for a while yet. JVD either. Me... won't be super long... Regardless, don't forget to vote (http://bassmaster.com/vote) (especially you 'old' people - I know how bad your memory is!?! Mine too!! ;D).
I like the choices above. I would add Tim Horton to the list. He drove 20 hours to participate in the KVD/Detroit Lions charity tournament. Plus, he is dedicated to other charities that help kids. And he is a nice guy.
That's a very good point. He seems to be a really great role model.
JVD, Palaniuk, Martens, and Walker have been getting my vote everyday since the voting started. After reading what I did about Horton, he might be takens Martens vote from here on out.
Walker gets my vote because he is real nice guy. Talked with him a bit at the Northern Open, and he was friendly to everyone he spoke with.
I got to ride a day with Walker on Pickwick last year. He is a class guy. He's a real family man with two little girls. When he lifted his main center storage compartment it had all pictures his daughters had drawn for him. Had a good day on the water with him.
I think David Walker is originally from Michigan...? Or at least lived here for some time and fished in a Pontiac area bass club.