TOUR LIFE
WINNING TECHNIQUES
cosTa FLW sErIEs | lake aMIstad – Jan. 3-5, 2019
Winning pattern
38 lbs
ray Hanselman, del Rio, texas
with day one cancelled due to bad
weather, Ray hanselman stepped on
the gas on day two en route to
weighing in 25-15 – the same
amount as runner-up tyson patrick’s
two-day total. hanselman blew away
the field on his home lake by camp-
ing on a grass-lined ditch in the
mouth of a prominent spawning
area. on day two, he cast a strike
king 5Xd to high spots in the grass,
but during the post-frontal condi-
tions of day three hanselman had to
pluck them off the bottom. he used
the crankbait, a suspending jerkbait
fished with 10-second pauses and a
drop-shot with a strike king kVd
dream shot. his 38-pound total was
more than 12 pounds better than
second place.
FLW Tour | saM RaybuRN ReseRVoIR – Jan. 10-13, 2019
Winning pattern
91 lbs, 3 oz
Terry Bolton, benton, ky.
bolstered by a 33-pound, 9-ounce
effort on day two, terry bolton
earned his first flw tour win prima-
rily by fishing a trio of Rapala dt
series crankbaits, but he also tossed
a 3/4-ounce white accent spinnerbait
and a Carolina-rigged 5-inch green
pumpkin Zoom lizard. bolton keyed
on bare spots along the inside grass
line in the mornings, then slid out to
the outside edge on the end of
drains where prespawn bass were
grouped up 15 to 18 feet deep.
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