This morning I interviewed the Championship Monday lineup of anglers to get their lure details. You’ll see the goods later this week in the ever popular top lures gallery.
Not surprisingly, drop shots dominate the list. In fact, all 12 anglers credited drop shots of various types and sizes for getting them to the finals.
But it’s not just the same old, same old with the plastics and hardware. Some of it is new, or about to be introduced next week at the ICAST trade show. Here are a few tidbits.
It looks like another addition is being made to the already popular lineup of Berkley PowerBait MaxScent soft plastics. Justin Lucas and Josh Bertrand are using a 4-inch Flatworm.
“It stimulates the sense of smell and when the smallmouth eat it they don’t let go,” said Lucas. “And if they do, all you have to do is just drop it back down again and they get it.”