All captions: Craig Lamb
Fishing around isolated stumps along the river channel and creeks produced for David May. A 1/4-ounce shaky head with 6.5-inch Zoom Trick Worm was a top choice. So was a 7-inch Zoom Magnum UV Speedworm on 5/0 Trapper Tackle Hook with 3/16-ounce pegged weight.
Jeff Dyer used a 1/4-ounce custom made jig with a Mister Twister Curly Tail Grub.
Kay Choosakul used a wacky rigged worm and bladed jig. That choice was a 3/8-ounce NuTech Lures Crazy Jig. He also used a 5-inch Deep Creek Lures Sink ân Catch Worm rigged wacky style with 2/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Circle Hook and split shot weight.
Austin Felix used a jig in the morning before power generation, then a crankbait in the afternoon when current stimulated the bite. A top choice was a 3/4-ounce All Terrain Tackle Jim Moynaghâs Football Jig, Moynaghâs Magic, with a 3-inch Strike King Rage Craw trailer, green pumpkin. His quality bite came on a Strike King 6XD Crankbait, Sexy Blue Back Herring.
Scott Hamrick rotated between two jigs, both fished around boat docks. The choices were 1/2- and 3/8-ounce Shooter Lures Shooter Jigs, White Trash and Green Pumpkin. For both he used a 3.75-inch Reaction Innovations Spicy Beaver trailer.
Sam George skipped a jig around boat docks, used a swimbait during the shad spawn, and a topwater and square bill crankbait fished over grass. He used a 3/8-ounce Greenfish Tackle Brandon Cobb All Purpose Jig with 4-inch Strike King Rage Bug trailer. Salmo Performance Fishing Lures rounded out the arsenal. A new prototype swimbait was a top choice.
Brandon Lesterâs lure choices included a crankbait and drop shot rig. That choice was a 6-inch X Zone Lures Deception Worm with No. 4 Mustad TitanX Wacky/Neko Rig Hook, and 1/4- or 3/8-ounce drop shot weights. He also used a Strike King 5XD retrofitted with No. 2 Mustad KVD Elite Triple Grip Hooks.
Chad Pipkens used deep diving crankbaits and a Damiki DC Series 300 crankbait for active fish. Alternatively, he used soft plastics on 1/4- and 3/8-ounce drop shot jigheads.
Tyler Berger used a 10-inch Zoom Olâ Monster Worm on 5/0 Berkley Fusion19 Hook and 3/8-ounce tungsten weight. A 1/4-ounce drop shot jighead with 6-inch Roboworm was another choice.
Buddy Gross rotated through a selection of crankbaits, blade baits and swimbaits. Those choices featured a Scottsboro Tackle Co. 5-inch STC Swimbait with 3/8-ounce Owner Flashy Swimmer. A 5-inch Zoom Swimmer with 3/4- or 1-ounce inserted weights were other swimbait choices.
Chris Peters alternated between a crankbait, jig and drop shot rig. That choice was a Trixster Custom Baits Centiminner Worm on No. 2 Owner Cover Shot Worm Hook and 3/8-ounce cylinder weight. A 3/4-ounce custom jig with Trixster Rowdy Crawz was another choice.
John Cox went sight fishing with a weightless and wacky rigged 6-inch Berkley PowerBait MaxScent The General, rigged on 1/0 Berkley Fusion19 Finesse Wide Gap Hook. A 7/16-ounce Dirty Jigs Luke Clausen Casting Jig with 3-inch Berkley Havoc Pit Boss Jr. trailer was another choice.