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The result was terrific . Gagliardi put 20-15 on SCORETRACKER ® in the Knockout Round and then blasted 26-13 on the final day to finish with a two-day total of 47-12 , more than 4 pounds better than Ott DeFoe in second place . Gagliardi ’ s primary bait was a simple morning dawn finesse worm fished on a drop-shot , a bait that helped push his career winnings on Murray to over $ 800,000 .
5 . TOYOTA SERIES PRESENTED BY PHOENIX BOATS SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
Lake Dardanelle
April 4 – 6
Zach King proved that patience and persistence pay off as he finally got a win on his home lake of Lake Dardanelle after countless Top-10 finishes without a champion ’ s trophy . Three straight days of 18-pluspound bags earned King a comfortable 4-13 win over Todd Castledine .
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King used his local knowledge to maneuver his way back into the Spadra Creek region of the lake , an area that most other anglers found difficult to navigate into . While there , King found shallow shoots and drains that had multiple bedding fish , which he capitalized on all three days of competition .
The “ King of Dardanelle ” utilized a Texas-rigged YUM Dinger for sightfishing along with a War Eagle spinnerbait and a Booyah swim jig when he took a break from bedding fish .
6 . TACKLE WAREHOUSE INVITATIONALS EPIC BAITS STOP 3 PRESENTED BY B & W TRAILER HITCHES Lake Eufaula
April 14 – 16
A giant bag of 22-9 – the biggest of the tournament – vaulted Kelly Jordon from fourth place to first on the final day to win Stop 3 on Lake
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Eufaula . Dead trolling motor batteries couldn ’ t keep Jordon from the top of the podium as he made two finalhour culls to bring his three-day total to 57-3 .
Finding a limit all three days , Jordon relied on extensive pre-event research on Eufaula to scout areas he would end up utilizing throughout the tournament . His win is all the more impressive in light of a truncated practice time due to a family emergency . Jordon fished secondary rocky points with a Lucky Craft Fat CB BDS 2 as well as a ½-ounce vibrating jig with a Lake Fork Live Magic Shad . This was Jordon ’ s first Tackle Warehouse Invitationals win and he earns an automatic bid into REDCREST 2024 .
FOR ALL THE MOST RECENT TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS , ACTION AND RESULTS , VISIT MAJORLEAGUEFISHING . COM .
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7 . TOYOTA SERIES PRESENTED BY PHOENIX BOATS WESTERN DIVISION PRESENTED BY TACKLE WAREHOUSE California Delta Presented by Psycho Tuna April 19 – 21
It was two wins in one week for Conrad Demecs – a win on the Cal Delta and the birth of his son , Kopeland . Demecs had three straight days of 19-pound limits for a total of 57-6 , and he needed all of them to hold off Christian Ostrander by 2-6 .
The Arizona angler burned 30 gallons of fuel a day running across the middle / southern sections of the Delta , which offered warmer water and better grass . The bulk of Demecs bites came from 3 / 8- and a 1 / 2-ounce vibrating jigs . Demecs works as a roofing superintendent , but will take some hard-earned time off in November to travel to Table Rock Lake for the Toyota Series Championship .
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