Six Lucky Craft pros competed for the win on Dardanelle, but after a long fog delay on day one and a cancellation on day three (Saturday), Lucky Craft’s Skeet Reese was the only angler able to make it into the top 12 to fish on Sunday.
“It was a very good tournament, and I was pleasantly surprised,” Reese said of his sixth-place finish. “I didn’t expect that, because I honestly didn’t know if I was even going to be able to catch a bass going into the first day.”
Reese was fishing upriver in an area he found during practice that yielded only a few small bites. However, on day one, after the first hour of fishing, he caught a limit and was quite surprised.
“I was throwing the Lucky Craft RC 2.5 in Chartreuse Perch, flipping a black and blue jig and throwing a green pumpkin Crazy Lake Chigger Craw,” Reese said. “I would throw the RC on rock jetties and riprap upriver and was fishing it on 20-pound fluorocarbon with my glass rod.”
To read the full article on how all the pros finished at Dardanelle, please visit Lucky Craft’s Web site.
Lucky Craft angler standings:
Skeet Reese - 6th
- Main baits were the Lucky Craft RC 2.5 in Chartreuse Perch, a black and blue jig and a green pumpkin Crazy Lake Chigger Craw
- Fished backwater creeks and ponds upriver, focusing mainly on areas with riprap
- Fished the RC2.5 on rock jetties on 20-pound fluorocarbon with his glass rod
Casey Ashley - 20th
Gerald Swindle - 39th
- Switched between the RC 1.5 and the BDS 2 in practice
- During the tournament, Swindle used an 8-inch lizard most of the time, fishing it around stumps
- The key was to keep the bait moving, and Swindle fished in about 10 inches of water
Kelly Jordon - 45th
- Caught fish on a soft plastic jerkbait
- Fished a spawning flat, backwater area on day one
- Fish moved out of his area on day two, so Jordon moved around and brought in three fish on Friday
Marty Stone - 71st
- Fished the Lucky Craft Marty 1.2 and a jig around lay downs, logs and rocks
- Fished the crankbait around anything with smooth edges, burning it down the sides
- Switched to the jig around anything that had a lot of brush
Takahiro Omori - 78th
- Caught most of his fish on the Lucky Craft RC 1.5 in a custom color
- Fished around rocky, channel swing banks looking for pre-spawn fish on day one
- Changed it up on day two and fished spawning pockets
Photos courtesy of James Overstreet
by APRIL WHEDBEE for: TheDailyCrank.com
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