The Top 10 teams rose to the top of the 248-boat field at the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Central Tour presented by Bass Pro Shops on Toledo Bend. Their tactics ranged across numerous depths and structures.
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They relied on a 1/2 ounce Booyah Lipless Crankbait in a color called Royalty.
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They used two bottom dwelling baits. One was a Carolina Rig with a Zoom Super Fluke in Junebug.
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The other was a 3/4-ounce Strike King Football Jig in black and blue with a Zoom chunk trailer.
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They used a Carolina Rig with a Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw in Cinnamon Purple.
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The other two approaches were a 3/8-ounce Texas Rig with a Zoom Trick Work in Junebug Red and a 5/8-ounce 4x4 Green Pumpkin jig with a Green Pumpkin Candy Zoom Super Speed Craw as a trailer.
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Their slow approach was a 3/4-ounce Bryant's Custom football jig with a Strike King Rage Craw trailer.
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And their moving approach was a 3/8-ounce Green Pumpkin JackHammer chatterbait with a Gary Yamamoto Zako trailer.
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They exclusively fished a jerkbait all week. They said it didn't matter what brand.
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It also didn't matter what color either as they used it for the presentation over hydrilla.
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And another moving bait was a 3/4-ounce Picasso Shockblade in a red/crawfish pattern with a Strike King Menace trailer.
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They fished a football jig exclusively and one was a 3/4-ounce hand-tied football jig with a Strike King Rage Craw trailer.
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The other was also 3/4-ounce, but it was a Jewel Jig with a Strike King Rage Craw.
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First place: Hunter DeSplinter and Conner Choate of Wisconsin-Platteville
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