
All captions: Craig Lamb


To finish 12th, Brock Mosley used a topwater frog, soft plastics and a spinnerbait.



Steve Kennedy used Texas-rigged soft plastics to finish 11th. He began the tournament using a 5-inch Yamamoto Senko, rigged to 3/0 straight shank worm hook and 3/16-ounce weight. Using the same weight and hook size he also used the 3.5-inch Reaction Innovations Smallie Beaver 3.50, and 4.2-inch Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver 4.20.

To finish 10th, Justin Lucas used a Berkley PowerBait MaxScent The General, rigged to 4/0 Berkley Fusion19 Offset Hook.

To finish ninth, Shin Fukae used a Texas rigged worm and topwater frog. A Spro Dean Rojas Bronzeye Poppinâ Frog 60 was the choice. For missed strikes and a follow up bait he chose a 5-inch Yamamoto Swimming Senko. A 3/0 Gamakatsu G-Finesse Hybrid Worm Hook and 3/16-ounce weight completed the rig.

A spinnerbait, topwater and flipping rig were lures of choice for eighth finisher Skeet Reese. A 4-inch Berkley Havoc Skeetâs Pit Boss, rigged to 5/16-ounce Trokar Pro-V Head Jig was a key lure.

âIt was a junk fishing pattern from start to finish,â said seventh place finisher Brandon Palaniuk.




âIt was a little weird finesse fishing with a drop shot in the river but it worked,â said sixth place finisher John Crews Jr.



âFishing hard structure in the backs of the river worked best for me,â said fifth place finisher Jake Whitaker. A 6th Sense Crush 50X Squarebill Crankbait produced around deeper laydowns. For shallower water he used a 3/8-ounce TrueSouth Lures V-Twin Buzz featuring double blades. A Spro Dean Rojas Bronzeye Poppin Frog was another choice.

Bradley Roy finished fourth using an unnamed soft plastic fluke, rigged weightless to a 4/0 hook. To cover shallow water he used an unnamed square bill crankbait.

To finish third Keith Poche won success using this Storm Chug Bug. He also used a wacky rig using an unnamed straight worm, 1/0 drop shot hook and a nail weight.

Gerald Swindle used a finesse approach to finish second. He made a drop shot using a 6-inch Zoom Trick Worm. A 1/0 VMC Sureset Drop Shot Hook and 3/16-ounce weight competed the rig. He used the same worm with a 3/16-ounce VMC Stand Up Shakey Head.


A topwater frog and buzzbait were key lures used by the winner. A Strike King Hack Attack Select ToadBuzz was top choice. âThe frog made it more buoyant and I could fish it slower, barely turning the reel handle to keep the bait on top,â he explained. For short strikers he added a trailer hook.
