Casey Scanlon Wins Bassmaster Open at Norfork Lake

A 6th Sense Strobe Minnow paired with a 6th Sense jighead was a major player for Chapin. Chapin also fished a 1/2-ounce 6th Sense Divine Spinnerbait for covering water.

Kentucky angler Bailey Gay notched his first Top 10 in Opens competition and heavily relied on a spinnerbait, a 3/4-ounce Accent Lures Spinnerbait paired with a Zoom Split Tail Trailer. For targeting suspended fish, Gay relied on a Deps Sakamata Shad paired on a 1/8-ounce jighead.

Schroeder targeted shallow water areas to catch his bass early during the tournament. Schoeder modified a 3/8-ounce spinnerbait by cutting the skirt collar to make it run like a finesse jig for a smaller profile to match the shad. His spinnerbait featured double willow blades with a split-tailed trailer. He also used a RAID Japan Osakana Slide 170 Swimbait. Another top lure was a 3/8 homemade jig, alternating trailers between a Missile Baits Chunky D and 6th Sense Congo Craw 3.8.

Browning covered water with a bladed jig, using a crawl retrieve across rocky shorelines featuring colored water. A Z-Man ChatterBait JackHammer with a Z-Man DieZel MinnowZ for a trailer was his favored setup.

A Crush City Freeloader paired with a 3/16-ounce VMC Hybrid swimmer head was Keith's choice for the "easy fish". Tuma chose a Spro RkCrawler for covering water when things slowed a bit offshore. He turned to a 13 Fishing Whipper Snapper for enticing reaction bites. A Supreme Lure Co. Slugg, was his workhourse bait. He used the worm for the fishing in and around cover.

Nielson used the strolling technique to catch his bass over bass suspended in brushpiles. His top bait was a CrushCity Mooch Minnow, rigged on a Dirty Jigs Guppy Swimbait Jig.

Texas pro Jace Lindsay notched his first Top 10 in Opens competition at Norfork using a finesse approach. A Rapala Crush City Freeloader paired with a jighead was his main bait of choice.

The North Carolina pro had a 'speed up and slow down' approach at Norfork. Corbishley rotated through two different spinnerbaits - a 1/2-ounce Nichols Lures Pulsator Spinnerbait and a 1/2-ounce Dirty Jigs Compact Spinnerbait. When targeting fish with his forward-facing sonar, Corbishley switched up to a 4-inch minnow style bait paired with a 3/16-ounce Dirty Jigs HD Tungsten Guppy head.

Carey fished over suspended bass and baitfish in a water column spanning 5 to 15 feet of water. His chosen lure was a 1/8-ounce Dirty Jigs Guppy Head with a Strike King 3X ElazTech Baby Z Too soft jerkbait.