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Jonathon VanDam rallied late to win on Lake Michigan. (James Overstreet photo)
By Ken Duke, Bassmaster.com
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Four days on Lake Michigan produced four different tournament leaders at the Bassmaster Elite Series Green Bay Challenge, but it was the leader at the end of today's final competition round who takes home the trophy, $100,000 in first-place prize money and an automatic berth in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic.
That distinction belongs to Jonathon VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., who bested 97 of the best bass anglers in the world with a four-day catch of smallmouth bass weighing 79 pounds, 2 ounces. He saved his best performance for the last round, boating a limit of five smallmouth that weighed 23-4 to edged...