Andrew Nordbye Wins MLF TW Invitational Stop 3

Dakota Ebare did most of his work with a Strike King Baby Z-Too on a drop-shot, wielding it with Lew's rods and reels. The Texas pro also mixed in a Ned rig. Notably, Ebare fished around the mouths of bays on the east side of the lake a decent amount as well as working south past Kenlake State Park on the final day.

Catching 20 pounds three days in a row, Colby Miller used a buffet of baits to do it. He used a Strike King Z-Too in morning dawn and a pearl color, rigged both on a jighead and on a drop-shot with a 3/8-ounce Epic Baits weight. He also used a Neko rig with an Epic Baits Nail Weight. He used Edge rods, Shimano reels and braid with a 12-pound Shimano Mastiff FC leader.

Alec Morrison relied on two of his strengths - sonar and smallmouth - to secure a 4th place finish. To pluck spawning smallmouth, he used a 4-inch Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ on a 1/8-ounce head, a 1/4-ounce Beast Coast O.W. Sniper with a Reins Ring Craw and a drop-shot with a Hayabusa DSR132 hook, a 3/16-ounce Reins weight and an OSP Dice Rubber (non salt).

Brody Campbell did his best work with a Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Hit Worm on a 1/4-ounce shaky head. Targeting fish in 9 to 12 feet of water.

Fishing isolated cover for smallmouth, Jacob Walker fished between Kenlake and Blood River for the most part, staying out of the crowd at the north end. His key baits were a Megabass Vision 110+2 and a 5-inch Deps Sakamata Shad on an Owner Range Roller jighead. He fished the minnow on a G. Loomis GLX 823 with a 7-pound leader and 11-pound braid.

Always in the mix with LiveScope, Kyle Hall started his tournament fishing for largemouth and somehow ended up with brown fish. Fishing alongside many of the other top finishers, Hall used a Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Flatnose Minnow on a 1/8-ounce head as well as a Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Hit Worm on a Neko. He used an Abu Garcia Revo Rocket reel, Full Send rods, Berkley X9 braid and Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon.

Kevin Meunier ran farther south than anyone else in the Top 10 every day, battling big water to get away from the crowd. Down around Paris, he caught most of his fish on an old-school 3/4-ounce Revenge head and a Gambler Big EZ in Tennessee shad. The Indiana pro also caught a few on a Gambler Sweebo Worm on a shaky head. He used a Halo rod and 14-pound Vicious Pro Elite 100% Fluorocarbon for the swimbait.

Jaden Parrish sacked 21 pounds and change on Day 3 to move into the Top 10. Utilizing a 6th Sense Provoke 106 Sinking Jerkbait, a drop-shot with a 6th Sense Glitch (smallie smoke) and a jighead with a 3-inch 6th Sense Whale (pearl white), Parrish used Pride Rods for all his presentations.

Drew Gill, the leader in Fishing Clash Angler of the Year points on the Invitationals, fished his way south. This time around, a Neko with a Big Bite Baits Finesse Worm and a drop-shot with a Big Bite Baits Shaking Squirrel Worm did his damage.