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Koike tossed a 1/2-ounce Z-Man JackHammer with a Yamamoto Zako trailer. He also got key bites with a Zoom Magnum Speed Worm rigged on a 3/8-ounce weight and a 5/0 hook.
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Monroe’s top producing baits included a River2Sea Phat Mat Daddy Frog, a Missile Baits D Bomb in bruiser flash rigged on a River2Sea 5/0 New Jack Flippin’ Hook with a 3/8-ounce weight and a Z-Man Evergreen JackHammer paired with a Missile Baits Spunk Shad.
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McKinney used a gold-bladed 3/8-ounce Z-Man Evergreen JackHammer paired with a Strike King Rage Menace and a Rapala Maverick jerkbait in ghost minnow.
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Prough flipped a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beavers in hematoma, pairing it with a 1-ounce weight in heavier cover. Offshore, he slowly dragged a 1/4-ounce Texas rig with a Reaction Innovations Magnum Flirt Worm.
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Gore primarily used two baits to notch a Top 10. For shallow fishing, Gore used a Spro Bronzeye Frog 65 in midnight walker. When he moved out deep, he generated reaction bites with a Rapala DT-10 in citrus shad.
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Soukup’s best bait was a white 1/2-ounce Z-Man Evergreen JackHammer.
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Mayo tossed a 1/2-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait paired with a Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw. He also pitched a 6-inch Yamamoto Senko rigged with a 1/4-ounce weight in the tail and a 5/0 hook. A junebug colored Zoom Magnum Ultravibe Speed Worm rigged on a 1/4-ounce weight with a 5/0 hook was also key.
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Hargrove had a one-two punch of a Zoom Ultravibe Speed Worm Texas rigged with a 1/4-ounce weight and 3/0 Trokar Flipping Hook, and a 1/2-ounce Z-Man JackHammer ChatterBait paired with a Zoom Super Salty Fluke as a trailer.
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The Louisiana angler fished to his strengths with a combination of a 3/8-ounce Delta Lures Thunder Jig paired with a Missile Baits D Bomb, and a Texas rigged Missile Baits D Bomb with a 1 1/4-ounce Southern Punch Tungsten and a 5/0 Hayabusa FPP HD hook.
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