ON TOUR
COSTA FLW SERIES
detaIls
LAKE TEXOMA
sept. 21-23, 2017
presented by Frabill
hosted by denison area chamber of commerce
costa Flw series division: southwestern
POTTSBORO, TEXAS
By David A. Brown
Winning angler
Jeff reynolds, calera, okla.
Winning Weight: 51-09 (15 fish)
stat line: this is Reynolds’ third Flw win but his first at the costa Flw series level.
Winning baits
64
Reynolds started every morning by peppering his shallow
smallmouth spots with a Heddon Super Spook in a custom-
painted clear/blueback pattern. The pattern might not have
been a perfect match to Texoma’s threadfin shad, with their
greenish backs, but Reynolds says he has developed confidence
in that bait by successfully fishing it throughout the South.
He also used a green pumpkin Zoom Trick Worm Texas-
rigged on a 3/0 hook with 1/2-ounce weight to fish for large-
mouths. He fished the rig slowly later in the day, especially
when bright sunshine positioned fish on brush piles.
target areas
Reynolds weighed in a mixed bag of largemouths and
smallmouths each day, and he had a strategy for each species.
“I had some places where I knew smallmouths lived, and every
now and then a largemouth would show up,” he says. “But I most-
ly targeted smallmouths early and largemouths later in the day.”
When targeting largemouths, Reynolds fished brush piles
in about 25 feet. He says the key spots for smallies were shal-
low sand or clay flats with about a foot of water over them.
The broader the flat, the better, as such spots held the most
bait and attracted more and bigger smallmouths.
flWfIshIng.com I november-december 2017