Wes Logan Wins Bassmaster Elite Lake Tenkiller
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Logan focused on flooded bushes and shallow water cover featuring a variety of laydowns and other cover ideal for flipping. He began each day capitalizing on a shad spawn centered around a marina. For the shad spawn he used this 1/2-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait JackHammer with a Zoom Shimmer Shad for a trailer. The flipping setup consisted of this Ark Fishing Randal Tharp Signature Flipping Jig, with a Zoom Super Chunk for a trailer.
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Bassmaster Elite Lake Tenkiller - Top 10
2nd Place - Andrew Loberg - 62lb - 15oz - $20,000
Loberg initially focused on flooded shoreline cover with a flipping package, until he noticed the bass backing off to follow and feed upon baitfish. Making those key adjustments proved key to his success - and choices of lures. For heavy-cover flipping, he used a Strike King Rage Bug, rigged on a 4/0 hook with a 1/2-ounce tungsten weight. Alternatively, he relied on this 3/8-ounce Beast Coast Fishing Swim Jig, with a white trailer. For covering water in mid-ange strike zones, he used this 1st Gen Mini Copperhead vibrating jig, with a Missile Baits Spunk Shad for a trailer.
3rd Place - Kyle Welcher - 60lb - 5oz - $15,000
Welcher capitalized on an early morning shad spawn around marinas and then switched later in the day to a flipping package. For the shad spawn, he used this 4-inch CrushCity The Mayor, rigged on a 5/0, 1/8-ounce Gamakatsu Extra Wide Gap Weighted Hook. Welcher skipped the bait into boat slips of marina docks. When that bite subsided, Welcher switched to this CrushCity Bronco Bug, rigged on a 4/0 Gamakatsu G-Power Heavy Cover Worm Flip and Punch Hook, with a 1/2-ounce tungsten weight.
4th Place - Brandon Card - 59lb - 0oz - $12,500
Card rotated between a topwater and flipping setup. A top bait was this Zoom Bait Brush Hog rigged on 4/0 straight shank hook, with 3/8- and 1/2-ounce weights. For early topwater action he used this Yo-Zuri 3DB Pencil.
5th Place - Bob Downey - 56lb - 9oz - $11,750
Downey began each day with a swim jig, then gradually shifted to shoreline cover with a flipping package. A top bait was this 3/8-ounce swim jig with a CrushCity Cleanup Craw for a trailer. For heavy cover he used this Calep Kuphall jig with a CrushCity Cleanup Craw for a trailer.
6th Place - Trey McKinney - 56lb - 1oz - $11,000
McKinney fished shallow cover and midrange strike zones with a jig and minnow. A key bait was this 5/16-ounce 6th Sense prototype jig with a 6th Sense Bongo Craw 3.7 for a trailer. Alternatively, he used this 6th Sense prototype minnow on a 3/16-ounce ball head jig.
7th Place - Keith Combs - 55lb - 15oz - $10,500
Combs keyed on flooded shoreline cover and other mid-depth transitional strike zones with a crankbait and flipping setup. Key baits for covering water were a Strike King KVD Squarebill in the 1.5 and 2.5 models. For heavy cover, Combs used this Strike King Rage Bug, rigged on a 3/0 Owner 4X Jungle Flipping Hook, with a 3/8-ounce weight.
8th Place - KJ Queen - 54lb - 7oz - $10,300
Queen fished flooded shoreline cover and other midrange strike zones. His key bait was this 1/2-ounce Queen Tackle Switch Blade Jig with a Zoom Fluke for a trailer.
9th Place - Logan Latuso - 54lb - 7oz - $10,200
Latuso heavied up on his tackle package for fishing heavy cover in flooded shorelines. A key bait was this Missie Baits D Bomb in white, rigged on a 5/0 Hayabusa FPP Straight Hook, with a 1/2-ounce weight. Alternatively, he used this Missile Baits D Bomb in Okeechobee Craw, rigged on a 5/0 Hayabusa Straight Hook, with a 5/16-ounce weight.
10th Place - Jordan Lee - 52lb - 9oz - $10,000
Lee punch flooded shoreline cover and fished mid-depth strike zones with flooded and submerged bushes and trees. A key bait was a 10- or 14-gram jig with a bulky-bodied creature bait. Alternatively, his punch rig was this Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Creature Hawg, fished on a 4/0 hook. Lee rigged it with 3/8- or 1/2-ounce weights, depending on thickness of surface cover.
