saM rayburN — june 13-15
pIckwIck lake — june 19-21
35 lbs, 12 oz
wilson went wire-to-wire on rayburn and cruised
to a 13-pound, 15-ounce winning margin by target-
ing bass still in transition. he keyed in on hard-bot-
tom spots near the mouths of large creeks where
fish were on their way out to the main lake. his
biggest fish were situated next to bream beds and
stumps in 12 to 15 feet of water, where he targeted
them with a carolina-rigged red bug creature bait
and a texas-rigged red bug ribbon-tail worm.
sam acosta & christopher capdeboscq,
Northlake christian school
patterN
Kris Wilson, Montgomery, texas
72 lbs, 8 oz
everyone knows that summer ledges get crowded
on pickwick and other tennessee river lakes, so
acosta and capdeboscq keyed on ledges and creek
intersections that were receiving less pressure. the
winning bass fell for a one-two combo of a 6th
sense cloud 9 c20 crankbait in sexified shad and a
3/4-ounce strike king jointed structure head with a
Zoom Magnum trick worm. the latter was key on a
calm, sunny final day.
lake chaMplaIN — june 27-30
lake chaMplaIN — july 18-20
Fall 2019 I FlWFIshInG.com
Bryan thrift, shelby, N.c.
scanlon had a milk run of shallow points and
grassy areas near ticonderoga, but within his rota-
tion he junk-fished to catch winning stringers of
largemouths. the Missouri pro fished rock and mil-
foil with a 3/8-ounce chartreuse/white Z-Man
chatterbait and a green copper shad luck-e-strike
series 3 square-bill crankbait. when he needed to
slow down, he texas-rigged a luck-e-strike pow stik
or flipped a black and blue bass pros shops tube.
casey scanlon, lake ozark, Mo.
57 lbs
76 lbs, 2 oz
thrift got his 11th flw win just weeks removed from
finishing third in the tour’s 2019 finale on the same
fishery. targeting mostly offshore grass flats in
Missisquoi bay and the Inland sea, the shelby, N.c.,
pro used 4- and 5.5-inch damiki stingers on Neko rigs
and texas rigs to do most of his damage. thrift also
mixed in a topwater bait and a small swimbait
throughout the event en route to weighing in 10 large-
mouths and five smallmouths for the tournament.
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