{"id":634,"date":"2017-11-22T19:19:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradfordbeavers.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2017-11-22T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:19:12","slug":"top-10-baits-kentucky-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradfordbeavers.com\/2017\/11\/22\/top-10-baits-kentucky-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP 10 BAITS FROM KENTUCKY LAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November 5, 2017 \u00a0by Curtis Niedermier and Matt Pace<\/span><\/p>\n

Kentucky Lake was unusually stingy for the anglers who fished the Costa FLW Series Championship, but the techniques used by the top 10 pros were certainly typical of the time of year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Topwater baits thrown on main-lake bars, flats and points, and umbrella rigs thrown in deeper areas, primarily on the main lake, were the go-tos. A few anglers also targeted shallow flats in the backs of creeks, and they mostly kept topwater in their hands when they did it. Otherwise, a few single swimbaits and vibrating jigs saw some work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are more details on the baits you should have at hand if you\u2019re on the Tennessee River in fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beavers’ winning pattern<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Top 10 patterns\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Complete results\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Bradford Beavers played the topwater game for three days, using a\u00a0Heddon Zara Spook<\/a>,\u00a0Heddon Rattlin\u2019 Spook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0River2Sea Whopper Plopper<\/a>\u00a0in colors ranging from bone to silver. He says the walking baits were most productive. On the last day, he struggled early but salvaged his day by switching to a\u00a0Zoom Magnum Super Fluke<\/a>. Then, once the wind started blowing later in the day, he was able to catch three more on topwater.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Targeting a combination of deep and shallow nearly won it for Todd Hollowell. Up shallow, he rotated through four topwater baits, but a\u00a0River2Sea Whopper Plopper<\/a>\u00a0was his main choice for covering water. Out deep, he used an umbrella rig, a single swimbait and a Carolina rig.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Larry Stoafer\u2019s primary bait en route to his first Costa FLW Series top 10 was a bone-colored\u00a0Reaction Innovations Vixen<\/a>. He also caught three quality fish on a\u00a0Keitech 3.8 Swing Impact Fat<\/a>\u00a0swimbait in sexy shad rigged on a 1\/4-ounce\u00a0Buckeye Lures J-Will<\/a>jighead.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. Tim Fox started out each day throwing the\u00a0Evergreen Shower Blows 125<\/a>\u00a0in bone color. He also used a 1\/2-ounce\u00a0Z-Man\/Evergreen Jack Hammer<\/a>\u00a0vibrating jig \u2013 white with a white\u00a0Lake Fork Boot Tail Live Magic Shad<\/a>\u00a0trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. In practice, Chad Foster struggled to get bites on topwater, so he located most of his fish with a\u00a0YUM YUMBrella Flash Mob<\/a>\u00a0with the blades removed. He rigged it with Bass Pro Shops Speed Shad swimbaits and\u00a0Outkast Tackle Goldeneye Swimbait Jigheads<\/a>. In the tournament, he primarily used walking topwaters baits, the main player being a bone-colored Heddon Saltwater Super Spook.<\/span><\/p>\n

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6. It was a trio of baits that got it done for John Soukup. First was an umbrella rig fitted with white 4-inch\u00a0Strike King Swim\u2019n Caffeine Shads<\/a>. Second was a\u00a0Strike King Pure Poison Swim Jig<\/a>\u00a0with a Caffeine Shad trailer. Third was a\u00a0Strike King Sexy Dawg<\/a>\u00a0in bone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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7. Though he threw several topwater baits, Bryan Thrift credits most of his success to a\u00a0Damiki Rambler 120<\/a>\u00a0topwater walking bait in a new color called baby rainbow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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8. Fishing a milk run of spots with vertical structure was the key to Jason Abram\u2019s success all week. He walked a barely legal-sized\u00a0Reaction Innovations Vixen<\/a>\u00a0(chartreuse and white) and flipped a 3\/8-ounce homemade jig with a rootbeer and brown flat rubber skirt and a green pumpkin\u00a0Zoom UV Speed Craw<\/a>\u00a0trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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9. South African angler Michael Matthee had a stellar U.S. debut, earning a top-10 finish and Forrest Wood Cup qualification by throwing an umbrella rig fitted with 3-inch white and chartreuse swimbaits and a bone-colored\u00a0Heddon Super Spook Jr<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10. Veteran pro Bill Chapman threw a 1\/2-ounce\u00a0War Eagle spinnerbait<\/a>\u00a0in the blue herring pattern with willow-leaf blades. He also used two green pumpkin-orange jigs \u2013 a\u00a0War Eagle Heavy Finesse Jig<\/a>\u00a0and an Eakins jig \u2013 with\u00a0Zoom Super Chunk Jr.<\/a>\u00a0trailers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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