John Cox Wins FLW Hartwell
John "What's a Depth Finder" Cox of Florida won the second event of the 2016 FLW Tour held on Lake Hartwell over the weekend. Cox, who famously fished the 2015 season without electronic graphs on his boat, utilized another backwater - as he did when he won on the Red River - to capture the win with a final day weight of 16lbs 2oz that pushed his total weight to 67lbs 6oz and edge 2nd place angler Clark Wendlandt by just 7oz. Running his aluminum boat as he has for much of his time on the FLW Tour, Cox was able to access the pond by floating over a very shallow sandbar that blocks the pond from the main river.
Cox's Arsenal:
For the first three days, Cox utilized wacky-rigged, green pumpkin and watermelon colored worms including
5" Yamamoto Senkos and
Zoom Trick Worms that he skipped under docks where fish were most likely spawning. He employed a 2 power spinning rod with 10lb braid tied to a 10lb fluorocarbon leader.
On the final day, Cox transitioned to a black/blue
Z-Man Chatterbait and a
Strike King Rage Menace to catch all of the fish inside his little backwater area.
FLW Hartwell Top-10 Baits
You're going to see a lot of that. That, pictured above, being a wacky rigged Senko or, more generally speaking, a stickbait. Most of the top-10 used some form of a wacky rigged soft plastic stickbait to haul in their catch this week. In fact the top 7 anglers all used it as some piece of their gameplan, but obviously the baits they chose to employ varied. Let's take a look at some of the anglers' choices:
2nd Place - Clark Wendlandt
Clark Wendlandt elected to fish a few soft plastic baits during the event including a Strike King Flipping Tube for bedding bass. When he wasn't directly looking at the fish, he opted for a wacky rigged Strike King Ocho or
Strike King Shim-E-Stick.
3rd Place - Jamie Horton
Former BASS Elite Series angler Jamie Horton utilized the relatively new
Reaction Innovations Pocket Rocket rigged with the same wacky style used by a majority of the anglers.
4th Place - Jeff Gustafson
Canadian Jeff Gustafson primarily fished a wacky-rigged
Yamamoto Senko, but also mixed in a
Jackall Dowzvido 90SP jerkbait in a matte pearl white color.
10th Place - Powell Kemp
One of the few pros in the top-10 not throwing a wacky-rig, Powell Kemp of North Carolina, fished a
Zoom Lizard,
Zoom UV Speed Craw and ball head jig with a
Netbait Paca Chunk trailer in a matching color.
Check out the full rundown of baits on
FLWFishing.com
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