
All captions: Craig Lamb


David Mullins came on strong with a late surge that focused on staging prespawn largemouth.


To nab a spot in the top 12, Tennessee pro Skylar Hamilton used a bait that was custom made to his specifications.


Jason Williamson relied on a duo of lures. A 3/8-ounce Z-Man Evergreen Chatterbait Jack Hammer with Zoom Super Fluke was a top choice. So was a 1/2-ounce Buckeye Lures Mop Jig.


A pair of 1/2-ounce Z-Man Evergreen Chatterbait Jack Hammers were the lures of choice for Matt Herren. He also used a 1/2-ounce XCalibur Xr50 Rattle Bait (not pictured).

Brandon Card focused on reaction baits and jigs for his finish.


A 1/2-ounce Finch Nasty Bait Co. Lunker Thumper, with 3.25-inch Netbait Little Spanky trailer was the key rig of choice for Lee Livesay.

Brandon Lester now has two consecutive Top 10 finishes at the Classic.


John Crews made a run at the Classic title by fishing shallow prespawn staging areas on Lake Guntersville.



Micah Frazier used a new lure that was ideal for the chilly prespawn conditions on Lake Guntersville.


A 1/2-ounce Z-Man Evergreen Chatterbait Jack Hammer was a key bait for Seth Feider on Championship Sunday.

Stetson Blaylock found success targeting largemouth migrating toward the spawning areas on Lake Guntersville.


Todd Auten targeted areas where largemouth were coming into shallow water spawning areas.


âWhen I caught that biggest bass on a jerkbait, I felt some redemption,â said Hank Cherry. Redemption came on Sunday when Cherry overcame losing a key largemouth earlier in the week.
