Kyle Hall's Pattern, Baits & Gear
Hall was the 2020 Rookie of the Year on the FLW Pro Circuit, but he's still a first-year pro and a young one at that, being only 23 years old. So he's bound to make mistakes, and he feels he made one the final day. "I didn't stick with my main area long enough," said Hall. "My trolling motor was dying so fast, but there were a lot of fish down there."
His main area ended up being a 150-yard stretch around the Sister Bay islands. It was basically a shoal in 25 to 32 feet of water that made a "checkmark under the water and looked like a roadbed down there." He milked that area all 4 days, moving with the fish, and on the final day, he found them again and said there were enough down there to make a run at the win. Unfortunately, the conditions forced his hand a bit too soon.
Gear:
Dropshot gear: 7'1" medium-action Odiehammer spinning rod, Shimano Stradic Ci4+ spinning reel, 10-pound Berkley x9 braid to 8-pound Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon leader, No. 2 Owner Mosquito hook, 5/8- or 3/4-ounce weights, Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Flat Worm (gobi) or a Berkley Gulp! Minnow (smelt).
Main factor in his success - "Garmin Panoptix Livescope. I saw almost every fish I caught this week with that and I could see and watch how they were reacting to the bait. If they didn't immediately swim away, I could reel up and pitch something else at them and usually catch them."
FLW TW Pro Circuit Championship Winning Pattern - BassFan 9/2//20 (Sean Ostruszka)
