Elite Championship – Bassmaster/Seigo Saito
be-
ing able to locate
more big spawning bass than the rest of the field is key,” said Murray. “The typical way of doing that is to cover as much water as you can looking into the shallows; but I like to speed things up and use a big swimbait.”
GLIDE HAS DRAWING POWER
Murray said that his favorite bait for searching is
the River2Sea S-Waver 200, a two piece bait that
sashays side to side and really gets the attention of
the fish.
“The S-Waver really grabs the attention of the
fish and pulls them
to itself,” he re-
ported. “Most
of the time,
a big fish will
come to investi-
gate the action
of the lure,
even if they
are not really in a
feeding mood; like
during the spawn.”
Instead of
fixing his eyes
into the shal-
lows, Mur-
ray covers a lot of water
Toledo Bend Day 3 Weigh-In - Bassmaster/Alan McGuckin
making quartered casts
into the shallows and he
scans the area around
and behind the lure.
“This method
helps me not only find
fish all over the lake,
but it also helps me
find the truly big fish
I want in a tourna-
ment,” he added.
“They just don’t
seem to be able to
not come check it
out.”
The approach can save him hours of search time in the spawn and in shallow tournaments throughout the year.
TOLEDO BEND – GUIDE TO THE WIN
During the tournament Murray caught fish on a pair of jerkbaits, a medium-diving crankbait and
his Gene Larew Tattle Tail
worm on a Bubba Shot
rig. Without the S-
Waver
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