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CRAPPIE USA 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP
King Sausage Heads with lime and
Roger Milby and Rodger Brown claimed chartreuse skirts. We did not catch a lot
the second spot in the Amateur Division. of fish, probably 11 keepers on Friday and
maybe 12 on Saturday.
Amateur Division – The Winning Strategy Second place in the Amateur Division
T.J. Todd and Brian Hatch snatched was the Alabama team of Roger Milby and
the gold ring in the Amateur Division with Rodger Brown with a total weight of 16.82
17.88 pounds. They fished Kentucky pounds.
Lake, south of the Leatherwood Resort, “We fished the north end of Barkley,
in 5 to 6 feet of water. reported Milby. “We were targeting our
“We were in open water,” reported fish on flats off of creek ledges and the
Todd. “We were spider rigging stake mats ledges themselves. Before the front we
that we had built over the years.” were catching fish on Jenko Mermaid
The team speculated that the bigger Midnight jigs tipped with Berkley Nibbles.
fish were chasing shad in the shallower When it turned cooler we got more bites on
water. straight minnows, but the jig still worked
“It was too windy on Friday, but on for the bigger fish.”
Saturday we could actually see the shad “We fished in 5 to 8 feet of water,
flipping,” said Todd. “We had not seen just off bottom,” added Brown. “We used
any shad for a while.” double jig/minnow rigs on half the rods
“Most of our fish came on straight and plain minnows on other half.”
minnows, but we did catch fish on Strike “I think a big factor in our game plan
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