In our last Elite Series event on Lake Douglas we saw the tone of the tournament set with a technique – strolling or long-lining. It's not necessarily new, at least for these anglers. But it was introduced to a lot of anglers/fans who had never heard of it before.
This event may not produce any of those revelations. Instead this seems more of a locale type of event. Who is on what school and where they are finding them, either in brushpiles or drops.
While there are different techniques from cranking, jigging, spooning, Carolina rigging and Texas rigging, they all seem to be producing fairly well. Someone might have a secret weapon but it's not shown itself to us yet. The secrets will likely be timing and location and whatever an angler can put in front of the fish that are ahead of him.