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Bradford Beavers<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

November 4, 2017 \u00a0by Jody White<\/span><\/p>\n

On a tough and topsy-turvy Kentucky Lake, Bradford Beavers ground out about 15 pounds per day and came away with his first big win in the Costa FLW Series Championship. Totaling up 15 bass for 45 pounds, 12 ounces, the up-and-coming Ridgeville, S.C., pro earned a $50,000 prize package and qualified for the Forrest Wood Cup for the second year in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Top 10 baits<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Hicks’ winning co-angler pattern<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Bradford<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Beavers started decently and managed to stay consistent every day, basically playing the shallow bar game that Kentucky Lake is known for in the fall. He essentially had two or three spots that produced for him the whole tournament, with one real sweet spot, and he found them all on the last day of practice just north of New Johnsonville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to fish down there because I saw it had more shallow water, and that\u2019s where the grass used to be from what I read,\u201d says Beavers, who needed 35 hours in practice to catch his first keeper. \u201cBut when I saw the forecast I was a little bit scared of the wind. I know it gets rough out here, so I practiced the first three days within reasonable range. It was so bad, I talked to my dad every night and said, \u2018this could be embarrassing.\u2019 It was that bad. So, I said to heck with it, I\u2019m gonna go where I want to go. And I caught three fish and found that spot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beavers\u2019 three spots were nothing too remarkable \u2013 shallow bars (one with some stumps, two without) on the main lake, but not right on the channel. Beavers estimates he caught most of his fish in less than 2 feet of water. Though the places were unremarkable, he did try and avoid pressure somewhat by staying on the back of his bars, where he figured fewer people had gotten to, and he also tried to be super stealthy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had to run my trolling motor on like 25 to keep from spooking them,\u201d says Beavers. \u201cEvery once in a while you\u2019d spook one with the boat and see the puff of sand with him going by. It\u2019s hard to be that stealthy in shallow water, but I tried move low and take advantage of the wind and use the Power-Poles. I covered my best spot yesterday and spent six hours to go 300 yards to get 15 bites.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beavers did the majority of his damage off one bar the first two days. On the final day, he split his efforts between it and his third spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Throwing a bone and chrome-colored\u00a0Heddon Zara Spook<\/a>\u00a0accounted for his fish on days one and two, but he made a key change to a pearl white\u00a0Zoom Magnum Fluke<\/a>\u00a0midway through the final day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday I had 15 bites and only caught six of them. Today I had 12 and caught six of them,\u201d says Beavers. \u201cThey got very smart in that spot. This morning I\u2019d throw the Spook out there and they would blow up behind it; they wouldn\u2019t even hit it. So, I picked up a Fluke, and right away I caught one, and then I had three other bites on it and I lost them all. So, I changed how I rigged it, and it caught two more there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Starting out with his Fluke simply Texas-rigged worked for one fish, but adding a treble hook as a trailer was the change that enabled Beavers to win. After finishing out his best spot, he moved on to spot No. 3 and finished his limit and culled with a 4-pounder.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m speechless. I never thought I\u2019d win one of these,\u201d says Beavers. \u201cI won a BFL this year, and I thought that was unbelievable. I\u2019ve been in the top 10 in four of these, and my fish have always fallen off on the last day. It\u2019s just unbelievable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Top 10 pros<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Bradford Beavers \u2013 Ridgeville, S.C. \u2013 45-12 (15)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Todd Hollowell \u2013 Fishers, Ind. \u2013 37-7 (11)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Larry Stoafer \u2013 Leavenworth, Kan. \u2013 34-13 (11)<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Tim Fox \u2013 Meridan, Miss. \u2013 34-0 (10)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Chad Foster \u2013 Pequot Lakes, Minn. \u2013 33-6 (9)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

6. John Soukup \u2013 Agra, Okla. \u2013 31-5 (11)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Bryan Thrift \u2013 Shelby, N.C. \u2013 31-1 (7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Jason Abram \u2013 Piney Flats, Tenn. \u2013 30-1 (11)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Michael Matthee \u2013 Centurion, South Africa \u2013 28-10 (9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Bill Chapman \u2013 Salt Rock, W.Va. \u2013 26-13 (10)<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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FORREST WOOD CUP QUALIFIERS<\/span><\/h2>\n

FLW awarded 11 spots in the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup to top finishers at the Costa FLW Series Championship. The first six went to the highest finishing pros from the five U.S. divisions and the International Division. The remaining five went to the next five highest finishing pros regardless of division. Bryan Thrift, who already qualified for the 2018 Cup for winning the 2017 FLW Tour Angler of the Year, earned a double qualification, and so FLW extended an additional Cup invitation to the next angler down the standings at the Costa FLW Series Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Divisional winners<\/span><\/p>\n

Southeastern Division \u2013 Bradford Beavers \u2013 first place<\/span><\/p>\n

Central Division \u2013 Todd Hollowell \u2013 second place<\/span><\/p>\n

Southwestern Division \u2013 John Soukup \u2013 sixth place<\/span><\/p>\n

International Division \u2013 Michael Matthee (South Africa) \u2013 ninth place<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division \u2013 Bill Chapman \u2013 10th place<\/span><\/p>\n

Western Division \u2013 Brent Shores \u2013 14th place<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional qualifiers<\/span><\/p>\n

Larry Stoafer \u2013 third place<\/span><\/p>\n

Tim Fox \u2013 fourth place<\/span><\/p>\n

Chad Foster \u2013 fifth place<\/span><\/p>\n

Jason Abram \u2013 eighth place<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheldon Collings \u2013 11th place<\/span><\/p>\n

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