Seth Feider's Pattern, Baits and Gear
Feider's attention was also trained on grass, although in his case hydrilla was the common variable to his areas. "There was eelgrass everywhere on the bars, but the areas I keyed on were hydrilla," he said. "It didn't look good, but it was twice as tall as the eelgrass." And that offered more cover for bass looking for stopping points on their pre-spawn migration. Most of his bites came in five to six feet of water and he tried to keep the bait above the grass. He never got a bite after getting the bait hung and then ripping it free. He noticed a quick handle turn of the reel coupled with a pop of the rod triggered several bites.
"Every place I caught them in the tournament was a place I'd gotten bites in practice," he added. "I had three key stretches in practice, but the first two days of competition two of them were too muddy so I had to beat up one stretch on those days. On day 3, I got to fish all three and got more bites." He's convinced that had the event been a four-day tournament, Monday would've produced some bigger weights. "That's where the winning fish were," he said. "I wasn't worried about points so even if I blanked I'd go back there and do it again."
Gear:
Vibrating jig gear: 7'4" medium-heavy Daiwa Tatula Elite AGS crankbait/vibrating jig casting rod, Daiwa Tatula SV TW103 casting reel (7.1:1 ratio), 17-pound Sufix Advanced fluorocarbon line, 1/2-oz. Z-Man/Evergreen Jackhammer ChatterBait (clearwater shad), 3.25" BioSpawn Exo Swim trailer (Feider shad).
Bassmaster Classic Lake Guntersville 2-5 Pattern - BassFan 3/11/20 (Todd Ceisner)
