Bradley Hallman –
The Norman, Okla., pro won the first
FLW Tour event of his career last
season at the opener on Lake
Okeechobee. He flipped and punched
tangled reed heads for the win and is
an expert with a heavy rod in hand.
TWO EXPERTS
Peter Thliveros –
A veteran pro, Thliveros calls
Florida home and has decades
of experience punching dense
vegetation in the Sunshine
State and elsewhere.
THE BrEaKDoWn
1. BAIT CHOICES
HALLMAN’S PICKS
Hallman generally
goes with a smaller plas-
tic, such as a Strike King
Rage Bug, craw or
beaver-style bait because
it penetrates thick cover
easier than a bigger crea-
ture such as a full-sized
Zoom Brush Hog.
He thinks bait such as
a Rage Bug or NetBait
Paca Craw, which have
active appendages, work
best when fish are
aggressive. A subtler
Gambler BB Cricket or
Reaction Innovations
Sweet Beaver gets the
nod when fishing pres-
sure or something else
puts the fish in a funk.
Strike King
Rage Bug
NetBait Paca Craw
Reaction Innovations
Sweet Beaver
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Gambler
BB Cricket
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