Elite

Winning bait predictions at the Mississippi River

What lure will coax enough bites to win this week’s Pro-Guide Bassmaster Elite at the Mississippi River? We asked some of the pros, and here are their drawings of what they think will be the winning bait.

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Carl Jocumsen thinks forward facing sonar might still play in the Elite Series finale.
No surprise here: Bill Lowen picked his go-to jig.
Texas’ Lee Livesay went with another river system workhorse: a spinnerbait.
The Mississippi River features tons of backwaters loaded with water hyacinths and duckseed, and David Mullins said that’s prime frogging territory.
In what became a pattern, Jason Christie agreed that a hollow-body frog should play.
Canada’s Chris Johnston, who is seeking to close the deal on his second Progressive Angler of the Year title in as many years, also chose a hollow-body frog.
Yep, David Gaston put another vote for a frog bite being a key player.
Jake Whitaker went with something a little more destructive.
Drew Cook went old school, choosing a Carolina rig as the winning lure.
Clif Pace didn’t hesitate — and chose a hook. No word on his choice bait to go on that hook, however.
The Ned Rig got the nod from John Garrett.
Andrew Loberg is one of the Elite Series’ rookes who went with a hollow-body frog.
Emil Wagner agreed.
Paul Marks disagreed, choosing a good old flipping craw as the likely winner.
Tukcer Smith closed out the predictions with another vote for frogging being key to the Mississippi River win.

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