T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE (continued)
Okie – Arkansas River – May 5, 2018
Boater: Eric Faucett, Norman, Okla. – 15-07
Fishing stumps, grass and laydowns on shallow flats with a 3/8-ounce War Eagle spinnerbait
(chartreuse and white) with a gold willow-leaf blade and a red Colorado kicker blade, a BOOY-
AH Poppin’ Pad Crasher (black) and a Stanley Top Toad (black)
Co-angler: Aaron Hemphill, Tulsa, Okla. – 11-08
Okie – Lake Eufaula – May 19, 2018
Boater: Mark Johnson, Weleetka, Okla. – 18-06
Targeting postspawn fish on rock piles in 15 to 20 feet in the lower end with a football jig (green
pumpkin) with a Zoom Brush Hog trailer and a Carolina-rigged Brush Hog (green pumpkin)
Co-angler: Patrick Weir, Broken Arrow, Okla. – 15-05
Ozark – Lake of the Ozarks – April 28, 2018
Boater: Zach Bechtel, Cuba, Mo. – 21-07
Targeting staging fish on wind-blown points with a 3/4-ounce War Eagle spinnerbait (silver and
red) with a Keitech Swing Impact FAT (smoke shad) trailer
Co-angler: Tom Lloyd, Springfield, Mo. – 16-00
Savannah River – Lake Hartwell – May 12, 2018
Boater: Kerry Partain, Elberton, Ga. – 14-14
Fishing a weightless Zoom Super Fluke for postspawn fish on main-lake shoals and points in the morn-
ing, targeting bedding fish near docks with a Texas-rigged Zoom Fluke Stick (watermelon magic) midday
and fishing for postspawn fish on points in the afternoon with a Zoom Finesse Worm (watermelon
candy) on a drop-shot and a Zoom Magnum Swamp Crawler (green pumpkin) on a shaky head
Co-angler: Keith Lewis, Franklin, N.C. – 10-10
Shenandoah – Potomac River – April 28, 2018
Boater: Jesepth Hughes, King George, Va. – 21-13
Targeting spawning fish in the mouth of Aquia Creek by blind-casting a Zoom worm (black and
blue), and targeting prespawn fish on a shell bed hump and stumps on a flat with a Z-Man
Original ChatterBait with a Strike King Rage Craw (green pumpkin) trailer
Co-angler: Lew Jenkins, Waldorf, Md. – 18-00
Shenandoah – Smith Mountain – May 19, 2018
Boater: Rick Tilley, Moneta, Va. – 18-05
Fishing a Lucky Craft Sammy (blue and silver) topwater bait in less than 2 feet of water up the
Roanoke River where bass were feeding on spawning shad on the bank
Co-angler: David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va. – 16-14
South Carolina – Santee Cooper – April 14, 2018
Boater: Mark Hutson, Moncks Corner, S.C. – 30-14
Bed-fishing the upper end of Lake Marion with various craw imitations Texas-rigged with 3/16-
ounce weights
Co-angler: James Simmons, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. – 19-13
South Carolina – Clarks Hill – May 19, 2018
Boater: Adam Wood, Spingfield, Ga. – 21-03
Fishing a point with a hard bottom and scattered grass on the north end with a 3/4-ounce Strike
King Red Eye Shad (chartreuse sexy shad) and a Jackall Squad Minnow jerkbait
Co-angler: Michael Miller, Greenville, S.C. – 14-11
Volunteer – Cherokee Lake – April 28, 2018
Boaters: Bill Humbard, New Market, Tenn.; Corey Neece, Bristol, Tenn. – 15-12
Rotating humps and points near the dam for smallmouths, with Humbard using a Keitech Swing
Impact FAT 2.8 (blue and chartreuse) on a 1/4-ounce head and a Zoom Finesse Worm (water-
melon red) on a 1/8-ounce Buckeye Lures Spot Remover, and Neece using a Carolina-rigged 5-
inch Zoo