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Get this: Hunter said the first time he had ever been to the lake was the day before the tournament ???????? so I had to hit him up to snag a few details on how he pulled that off:
Hunter: I knew it was weedy, some rockpiles around, and that it didn’t get very deep...12-14’ in some parts. Didn’t know what to expect...but there were weeds EVERYWHERE.
I went and hit a half dozen rockpiles right away just because they were different than all the weeds. Had a lot of fish on them that weren’t walleyes (sunfish, crappies, bass – lots of bass). I knew that’s not where I was going to find walleyes...they weren’t going to be hanging out with those fish, they were going to be in their own separate areas.
Started looking for points...working ALL of the points. But the weeds were really high and shallow. Anything from 1’ to 8’ of water was basically weeded-out. There were still fish in there, but they were hard to see on electronics...which pushed me out off of the points....
Going out in front of the points...in the middle of the lake and not right on ‘em...where the weeds weren’t as tall. They were about 9’ tall and I had 3-4’ of open water above them, where I found the fish hanging out above the weeds.
Still basically pre-fishing during the tournament...but once you figure out a piece to the puzzle, expand and grind it out.
They caught ‘em on a 1-2 punch of slip-bobbers and swimbaits.
His bobber setup was a 1/32-oz jighead with a leech set just 3’ down or so. Said they were set so shallow that he could have used one of those clip-on Rocket Bobbers instead of a slip-bobber and laughed.
His swimbait setup was primarily an 1/8-oz VMC Neon Moon Eye Jig paired with a 3” Rapala CrushCity The Mayor swimbait in the "sexy shad" color:
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