![The fishing was tough at the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on the Red River after the flooding over the last few months in the Shreveport-Bossier City area. Even so, the Top 12 pro and co-anglers found a way to succeed despite the tough conditions.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_8032_1.jpg)
![12. Charlie Hartley <br>
Hartley ran through the lock down to Pool 4 and fished one backwater pond all week with a 3/8 ounce Original Chatterbait with a Reaction Innovations Smallie Beaver as a trailer.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3679_0.jpg)
Hartley ran through the lock down to Pool 4 and fished one backwater pond all week with a 3/8 ounce Original Chatterbait with a Reaction Innovations Smallie Beaver as a trailer.
![He has had a great year on the Opens as he won the James River Northern Open to punch his ticket to the Classic. Another Top 12 at the Red River is stout.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3675_0.jpg)
![11. Tommy Murray <br>
Murray maximized his time and stayed in Pool 5 all week on the Red River.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3667_0.jpg)
Murray maximized his time and stayed in Pool 5 all week on the Red River.
![One of his biggest players was an old Luck-E-Strike Rick Clunn crankbait that is no longer made. This was what he caught the 6-2 Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the tournament on during Day 2.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3669_0.jpg)
![He also flipped a Zoom Baby Brush hog with a 1/4 ounce weight and a Trokar hook.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3672_0.jpg)
![10. Robbie Latuso <br>
Latuso stayed in Pool 5 and fished the same bait, but in two different colors. His bait was a Strike King Rage Craw in both Junebug...](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3588_0.jpg)
Latuso stayed in Pool 5 and fished the same bait, but in two different colors. His bait was a Strike King Rage Craw in both Junebug…
![And his other color was California Craw. Both were rigged on a 1/2 ounce Texas Rig.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3585_0.jpg)
![9. Luke Palmer <br>
Palmer fished all three pools available to anglers this week and caught key fish in all three.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3638_0.jpg)
Palmer fished all three pools available to anglers this week and caught key fish in all three.
![His bait of choice was a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver in Hematoma color.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3635_0.jpg)
![8. Jeffery Lemoine Jr. <br>
Lemoine opted for a 3/8 ounce Pepper Custom Baits jig with a V&M trailer when he was fishing ultra shallow.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3617_0.jpg)
Lemoine opted for a 3/8 ounce Pepper Custom Baits jig with a V&M trailer when he was fishing ultra shallow.
![When it came to the deeper water he switched to a 1/2 ounce.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3614_0.jpg)
![7. Skylar Hamilton <br>
Skylar Hamilton won the first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open when he fished the Arkansas River a few months ago. He backed it up with another Top 12 at the Red River and it was in his aluminum boat once again.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3593_0.jpg)
Skylar Hamilton won the first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open when he fished the Arkansas River a few months ago. He backed it up with another Top 12 at the Red River and it was in his aluminum boat once again.
![He opted for two moving baits to do the majority of his heavy lifting.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3602_0.jpg)
![One option was a 1/4 ounce Buckeye Swim Jig with a Strike King Menace as a trailer.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3596_0.jpg)
![The other was a 3/8 ounce Jackal Break Blade vibrating jig with a Rage Craw for a trailer.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3598_0.jpg)
![6. Luke Estel <br>
The lone Illinois pro stayed in one small backwater pond in Pool 5 all three days and he maximized his area with one lone bait predominantly.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3631_0.jpg)
The lone Illinois pro stayed in one small backwater pond in Pool 5 all three days and he maximized his area with one lone bait predominantly.
![He flipped a black and blue Strike King Rage Bug on a 1/4 ounce weight.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3629_0.jpg)
![When all was said and done he had a graveyard of Rage Bugs from his week on the Red River.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3626_0.jpg)
![5. Darrell Lyons <br>
Darrell Lyons made a big jump on the final day as he went from 12th all the way to the Top 5.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3582_0.jpg)
Darrell Lyons made a big jump on the final day as he went from 12th all the way to the Top 5.
![He did so with the help of a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver in June Bug.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3580_0.jpg)
![4. Billy McCaghren <br>
Billy McCaghren jumped into the Top 5 by way of a two prong approach.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3664_0.jpg)
Billy McCaghren jumped into the Top 5 by way of a two prong approach.
![One was a Talon Lures Billy Mac jig with a Zoom Super Chunk trailer.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3656_0.jpg)
![And the other was an old school Zoom EWC crankbait in black/chartreuse.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3661_0.jpg)
![3. Mike Pedroza <br>
Pedroza also used a two-bait approach to get in the Top 3 of this event.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3611_0.jpg)
Pedroza also used a two-bait approach to get in the Top 3 of this event.
![Both baits were soft plastics with one being a Reaction Innovations Kinky Beaver in Magic Craw and the other was a Zoom Speed Worm in Red Bug.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3607_0.jpg)
![2. Todd Murray <br>
Murray lost to just one angler this week, but his two-bait approach was between a slow moving bait and reaction lure.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3621_0.jpg)
Murray lost to just one angler this week, but his two-bait approach was between a slow moving bait and reaction lure.
![He used a 1/2 ounce handmade jig with a Strike King Rage Craw and the other was a 3/8 ounce War Eagle Spinnerbait.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3620_0.jpg)
![1. Alton Jones Jr. <br>
After falling just short of a Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens win last week, Jones Jr. came to the Red River and took the title.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3652_0.jpg)
After falling just short of a Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens win last week, Jones Jr. came to the Red River and took the title.
![He junk fished on the main river all week after he had a poor practice. He caught one key fish per day on this Chartreuse and Black Balsa crankbait.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3646_0.jpg)
![He caught the majority of his fish on a Missile Baits D Bomb in California Love.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3648_0.jpg)
![And when he fished more of the industrial cover on the river he opted for a Roboworm on a dropshot.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mg_3642_0.jpg)