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1 . TOYOTA SERIES WESTERN DIVISION Clear Lake September 24-26 , 2020
Tai Au bookended his Strike King Angler of the Year season in the Toyota Series Western Division with wins on both Havasu and Clear Lake – the latter of which required the largest bag of the tournament on Championship Saturday to vault the West Coast hammer from fourth to first .
Au intends to potentially give up the Western Division in 2021 in favor of fishing the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit , which made winning on his home waters all the more special . It also helped that the Glendale , Arizona pro weighed in progressively larger bags each day of the event , thanks in large part to one special area that featured clear water and grass – which he describes as a rounded point inside a pocket adjacent to a long flat . To seal his win , Au relied on a Neko-rigged Yamamoto Senko and a Lucky Craft LV 500 lipless crankbait .
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2 . TOYOTA SERIES EASTERN DIVISION Lake Norman October 1-3 , 2020
Longtime Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and Phoenix Bass Fishing
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League standout Troy Morrow finally got his first win in Toyota Series competition , and he did so on Lake Norman by the skin of his teeth ( winning by just 4 ounces ), doing what Morrow does best .
Targeting spotted bass offshore in as much as 40 feet of water , the Eastanollee , Georgia pro leaned on his electronics to put together limits of 10-6 , 12-6 and 9-7 , respectively , drawing from his experience on Lake Keowee in South Carolina , which he says sets up pretty similarly to how Norman was fishing during the event .
Morrow weeded through about 200 waypoints using his LiveScope to pinpoint and target his fish , which he caught off of humps , shoals and deep docks with a Gambler Giggy Head shaky head tipped with a Zoom Finesse Worm . He also employed an underspin with a Zoom Boot Tail Fluke for some key catches .
3 . TOYOTA SERIES PLAINS DIVISION Lake of the Ozarks October 8-10 , 2020
Corey Cook may not be a household name on the national stage , but locals of Lake of the Ozarks sure know the 20-year-old phenom , who has earned more than his fair share of money in local derbies on the
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famed fishery . It came as no surprise , then , when Cook brought a massive 23-pound , 9-ounce limit to the weigh-in stage on day one and never looked back .
While Cook faltered to the tune of just 11 pounds on day three , it was more than enough to hold off the rest of the top 10 en route to a $ 33,619 payday . He took home the win by just under 3 pounds over Ozarks legend Jeremy Lawyer .
Cook didn ’ t do anything special to catch his fish – just running brush piles he ’ d sunk throughout the year with homemade green pumpkin football jigs tipped with Zoom Super Speed Craw trailers .
4 . PHOENIX BASS FISHING LEAGUE PRESENTED BY T-H MARINE REGIONAL Lake Chickamauga October 8-10 , 2020
You ’ d be hard-pressed to find an angler on a hotter streak than Drew Boggs over the last several months . The Lebanon , Tennessee angler has tallied seven top-10 finishes across Phoenix Bass Fishing League and Toyota Series competition since June , including wins on both Kentucky Lake ( in July ) and Chickamauga in the first of six BFL Regionals of the season .
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During a tricky transitional time with falling water , Boggs opted to stay shallow to catch his fish , wielding an arsenal of swimbaits , buzzbaits and squarebill crankbaits . Over three days , he tallied 40-11 ( including 18-4 on day one ) to earn the victory by 3 pounds , 2 ounces over Blake Tomlin .
For the win , Boggs earned $ 61,000 , which included a brandnew Phoenix 819 Pro boat with a 200-hp Mercury outboard . He also punched his ticket to his third All- American , which will be held on Douglas Lake in 2021 .
5 . PHOENIX BASS FISHING LEAGUE PRESENTED BY T-H MARINE REGIONAL James River October 8-10 , 2020
Three of Chris Daves ’ five FLW wins have come on the James River – his home waters that have paid out more than $ 120,000 to the Spring Grove , Virginia angler over the last several years . Daves was able to lean on his local experience to catch his limit each day of the event , eventually tallying 50-1 total for a 4- pound , 6-ounce margin of victory .
Low tides throughout the tournament pulled fish off the bank and right where Daves says he likes to
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