
All captions: Craig Lamb


Cliff Prince used two soft plastic rigs at Cayuga Lake. Those included a 3/16-ounce Owner Shaky Ultrahead, with 4.5-inch Bass Assassin Litâl Tapper. He also used a Texas-rigged 5.25-inch Bass Assassin Fat Job on 3/0 Owner 4X Jungle Flipping Hook, and 1/4-ounce Fitzgerald Fishing Tungsten Worm Weight.

Drew Cookâs top bait all week was this Spro Fat Papa 70 Crankbait.

Stetson Blaylock used these two soft plastic setups. A 5-inch Yum Dinger on 3/0 Gamakatsu G-Finesse Hybrid Worm Hook, with 5/16-ounce tungsten weight was a top choice. So was a 5-inch Yum Thumpinâ Dinger on 2/0 Gamakatsu G-Finesse Hybrid Worm Hook, with 1/4-ounce tungsten weight. Both baits were Texas rigged.

Cory Johnston chose these soft-plastic rigs. A wacky-rigged 5-inch Yamamoto Senko on Gamakatsu Aaron Martens TGW Drop Shot Hook 2. On the same hook and a 3/8-ounce tungsten sinker he rigged a 6-inch Roboworm Straight Tail Worm.


Brandon Lester alternated between a drop shot and bladed jig. That choice was an 1/2-ounce Z-Man Evergreen Jack Hammer, with 3.5-inch X Zone Lures Pro Series Muscle Back Craw for a trailer. He made the drop shot rig with an X Zone Lures 4-inch Slim Slammer on No. 4 Mustad TitanX Finesse Wacky/Neko Hook, with 3/8-ounce drop shot weight.

By Championship Sunday, Seth Feider narrowed his choices to one primary bait. That choice was a 5/8-ounce Outkast Tackle Stealth Feider Jig, with unnamed trailer.

David Mullins alternated between a crankbait and Texas rigged plastic worm. That choice was a prototype Doomsday Tackle 7-inch Roku Worm on 3/0 Owner 4X Jungle Flipping Hook, with 5/16-ounce Scottsboro Tackle STC Tungsten Weight.


Chris Zaldain used this lure lineup to coax offshore fish into his livewell. A top choice was a 5-inch black stickbait on Trokar Neko Hook 2, wacky rig O-ring, and 1/16-ounce Eagle Claw Tungsten Pagoda Nail Weight.


Jeff Gustafson used a 3/4-ounce homemade football head jig with 4-inch Z-Man Turbo CrawZ trailer. Another choice was a homemade ball-head jig with a Z-Man 4-inch Hula StickZ trailer.

Jamie Hartman alternated between a drop shot and vibrating jig. That choice featured a 3.75-inch Riot Baits T3 Tattletail Swimbait for a trailer. He also used a 4.75-inch Riot Baits The Synth finesse worm, green pumpkin neon, with chartreuse dye added to the tip of the worm. Depending on wind speed, he completed the rig with 3/8 or 1/2-ounce weights, and 2/0 Owner All Purpose Worm Hook.