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then , that the frog-slinging Oakdale , California pro cruised to his fifth FLW win ( and fourth on the Delta ) in dominant fashion , besting second-place finisher Beau Joudrey by more than 16 pounds .
Monroe did what he does best to secure the win : Punching a Missile Baits D Bomb and tossing around a River2Sea Ish Monroe Phat Mat Daddy frog , which he utilized in areas that had milfoil with some hyacinth mixed in .
7 . TOYOTA SERIES SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION Neely Henry Sept . 2-4 , 2020
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Mark McCaig , like his good friend Jordan Lee , is learning to trust his instincts on the water . He now has his third FLW win to show for it , thanks to some improvisation and the confidence to just go fishing when the conditions are tough .
McCaig tallied 33-12 over three days by running and gunning docks and shade lines in the morning with a SPRO Bronzeye Poppin ’ Frog and a Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog , and then targeting rocky points and shallow offshore structure in the current later in the day with various baits , including a squarebill crankbait .
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8 . TOYOTA SERIES SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION Ft . Gibson Sept . 2-4 , 2020 |
It ’ s one thing to best a professional angler like Zack Birge for a $ 27,000 payday . It ’ s another to do it with a 14-plus-pound margin of victory on your home waters .
Cameron Foster grew up fishing on Fort Gibson with his grandfather , and he used that experience to claim his first FLW win , though he did it in an area he ’ d never fished before – a bend in the Grand River that had brush piles and pea gravel on it .
To catch his 56-11 worth of winning fish , Foster employed a Bass X football jig with a Strike King Rage Craw trailer and a Z- Man ChatterBait with a Keitech Swing Impact FAT trailer .
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9 . TOYOTA SERIES EASTERN DIVISION Potomac River Sept . 10-12 , 2020
Timing is often everything on tidal fisheries , but James Maupin didn ’ t worry too much about incoming and outgoing tides in earning his win on the Potomac . Instead , he found a pair of 200-yard-long
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stretches near Greenway Flats and Mason Neck that produced regardless of tidal fluctuations .
For Maupin , it was more about cloud cover . When the clouds rolled in , he was able to get bit on a Terminator spinnerbait with two gold willow blades along grass lines , and he turned to a V & M swim jig with Zoom Fat Albert Twin Tail Grub trailer when the sun was shining .
10 . TOYOTA SERIES NORTHERN DIVISION Detroit River
Sept . 17-19 , 2020
It ’ s never really a surprise to see Scott Dobson ’ s name atop the leaderboard when FLW visits Northern smallmouth fisheries . One of the best smallmouth anglers on the planet , Dobson added to his impressive career resume with yet another Toyota Series victory ( his second ) and his eighth win and 57th top 10 in FLW competition .
With the field restricted to the Detroit River on days one and two due to high winds , Dobson focused on catching his fish in current on the faces of points and breaks using everything from an umbrella rig to a spinnerbait to several models of jerkbaits .
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On day three , Dobson started in the mouth of the river and then ran up to St . Clair for a bit , but the school he found in that area wasn ’ t producing exactly the way he wanted it to . With four keepers in the box , Dobson ran back down the river to land his winning fish , a 4- pounder he caught with five minutes left to fish .
11 . TOYOTA SERIES PLAINS DIVISION PRESENTED BY FISH-INTEL Dardanelle Sept . 17-19 , 2020
Jason Lieblong spent almost all his time at the southern end of Dardanelle to earn his second Toyota Series victory on the fishery , though he did make a long run north on day two , only to catch zero keepers in a few hours of fishing and run all the way back south to finish off a 13-pound limit to make the top 10 .
The south end was more stable and less pressured , and Lieblong used those factors to his advantage in employing a Z-Man / Evergreen ChatterBait Jack Hammer , a Paycheck Baits topwater and a Zoom Brush Hog to catch his 40-9 for the event and his tournament-best 15-15 on day three to seal the deal .
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