The Virginia duo utilized two main techniques this week on Hartwell starting with an Aaron’s Magic Roboworm rigged on a 3/16-ounce Spot Remover shaky head. In the mornings, a Strike King Sexy Dawg in bone triggered quality strikes.
For the finicky bass, the Arkansas anglers threw a white topwater popper with a white feathered treble on the back hook. They triggered more aggressive strikes with a 1/2-ounce green pumpkin War Eagle buzzbait with a Zoom Z-Craw trailer.
A chrome 4 3/4-inch Lake Fork Flutter Spoon did a lot of the damage in the morning hours this week for the Indiana natives before using a custom made green pumpkin flipping jig paired with a Reaction Innovations Spicy Beaver in the afternoons. They also used a Zoom Trick Worm on a 3/16-ounce PH Custom shaky head and a Berkley Cane Walker.
The Louisiana anglers utilized two moving baits to generate big bites starting with a bone colored River2Sea Whopper Plopper. They also utilized a 1/4-ounce golden shiner Humdinger spinnerbait with a Colorado and willow leaf blade combination.
Fishing solo this week, Sorrow threw a chrome colored Lucky Craft Sammy. He also used a 5-inch Farley Baits jointed swimbait to mimic blueback herring around cane piles.
For topwater action, the duo methodically worked an Evergreen Pencil Popper with a feathered treble hook on the back. They also caught fish on a 3/8-ounce green pumpkin Z-Man Evergreen Jackhammer paired with a Strike King menace. They also painted the blade black to reduce the flash around a finicky bite.
The Tennessee duo generated quality strikes with a Lucky Craft Gunfish as well as a Ima Skimmer in real ghost shad. They completed their rotation with a 1/4-ounce stand up shaky head with a 6-inch morning dawn Roboworm.
The Tennessee anglers used a 1.5 chartreuse/black back Strike King squarebill crankbait to catch bass this week. Their rotation also included a 1/2-ounce chartreuse/white Davis spinnerbait with a curly tailed grub as a trailer.
The Tennessee duo caught bass this week on one main technique. A 3/8-ounce white buzzbait with a Zoom Z-Craw Jr. triggered their quality bites.
Fallon and Dodson applied a finesse approach on Hartwell. The duo rigged a morning dawn Roboworm on a drop-shot rig with a 3/8-ounce weight and a 1/0 Trokar hook. They also threw a weightless wacky rigged Yamamoto Senko paired with a Gamakatsu octopus hook.
A Strike King Baby Z Too Soft Jerkbait on a 3/8-ounce drop shot with a 1/0 lightwire hook did much of their damage this week. They also caught bass using a Zoom Magnum Swamp Crawler on a 1/4-ounce shaky head.
The majority of Keeney and Moder’s bass were caught on a white Brovarney Baits swim jig paired with a Zoom Speed Craw. They would follow that up with a green pumpkin Zoom Speed Craw on a Texas rig. Moder used a 5/16-ounce tungsten sinker and a 4/0 EWG Gamakatsu Superline hook.
