
All captions: Craig Lamb


Bradley Dortch used a 5/8-ounce Jenko Fishing Trapline Rip-Knocker for fishing in the grass, and a 4-inch Berkley PowerBait Chigger Craw, on 4/0 straight shank hook, with 1-ounce weight.

Kyle Welcher skipped docks surrounded by algae blooms using a Spro Dean Rojas Bronzeye Frog 60. Alternatively, he flipped isolated wood in backwater areas with a 4.20 Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver, on 5/0 Eagle Claw TK130 Trokar Flippin Hook, with 1/2-ounce weight.

Bryan Schmitt used a 4-inch Missile Baits D Bomb on 5/0 Hayabusa FTP Straight Worm Hook, with 3/8-ounce tungsten weight.


A 2.25-inch Berkley Bullet Pop 70 was the lure of choice for Kameron Harbin.

Andy Hribar used a 1/2-ounce Z-Man Evergreen Chatterbait Jack Hammer, with 3.3 Keitech Swing Impact FAT Swimbait.

Stan Sypeck Jr. used a Big Bite Baits Dean Rojas Fighting Frog on 3/0 hook, with 1- or 1.5-ounce weights. Using the same hook and weight, he used a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver.


Alex Wetherell rotated through these lures. A River2Sea Whopper Plopper 90 and Lunker City Grubster on 1/4-ounce Lunker City Pro Lite Jig Head were top choices.


Ben Nielsen rotated through these three lures. A 4-inch Poor Boyâs Erie Darter, on 1/0 Gamakatsu G-Finesse Drop Shot Hook, with 1/4-ounce drop shot weight was a top choice. So was a 3.3 Keitech Swing Impact FAT Swimbait, on 1/4-ounce Bite Me Jig Head.


Jamey Caldwell rotated through these lures by Strike King. A 6-inch Cut-R Worm on 4/0 VMC Ike Approved Heavy Duty Flippin Hook, with 1/4-ounce Tour Grade Tungsten Weight was a top choice. So was a KVD Sexy Dawg with VMC Barbarian Hooks.


Jamie Hartman used 3/8- and 1/2-ounce Lilâ Creeper Jigs, and a 4-inch Riot Baits Fuzzy Beaver on 2/0 Owner Rigân Hook, with 1-ounce weight for a Carolina rig.


Dean Silvester alternated between an Evergreen Oneâs Bug and 3/8-ounce Z-Man Evergreen Chatterbait Jack Hammer, with Z-Man Razor Shadz Swimbait for a trailer.

Grae Buck used a 2.75-inch Z-Man Finesse TRD (The Real Deal), on 1/10-ounce Hayabusa Brush Easy featuring a 1/0 hook to make a Ned rig. A 3-inch Cornerstone Baits Shimmy Shot, rigged on Hayabusa DSR132 Drop Shot Hook, with 1/4- or 1/2-ounce tungsten weights was another choice.