THE LEAGUE 2024
Bait-WrX Top Performers
Check out the top performers of the week with the Official Tackle Provider of the NPFL – Bait-WrX.
2024 SEASON
STOP #1 - LOGAN MARTIN LAKE | FEBRUARY 1-3
WILL HARKINS - 1ST
Harkins employed a one-two punch at Logan Martin Lake but caught the majority of his bass on one main bait – a Strike King KVD 1.5 Silent Crankbait in a red color. He fished is on a 7’2” medium action Ark Invoker Crankbait rod paired with a Gravity 8, 6.4:1 casting reel and 15-pound Berkley Big Game Monofilament line which he respooled each night.
His other setup, a Legacy Tackle Company Custom 3/8 ounce Finesse Jig, was responsible for a couple key catches when he needed to slow down his approach around brush piles. He fished it on a 7’ medium-heavy action Ark Invoker rod with an Ark Gravity 8.1:1 casting reel.
BROCK BILA - 2ND
Bilas primary bait for Logan Martin was a Megabass Vision 110+1 Wakin Reaction Jerkbait. He fished it on a F5 6’9” medium-fast action casting rod paired with a Shimano Aldebaran MGL casting reel with 12-pound Seaguar Invizx fluorocarbon line. His other approach, a Damiki Rig, was a Buckeye Lures Scope Head and Scope Shad in white color, spooled with 10-pounds braided line and 6-pound Seaguar Invizx fluorocarbon line.
JESSE MILLSAPS - 3RD
Like the others, a crankbait was a big player at Logan Martin, and Millsaps relied on a Berkley Frittside 5. He fished it on an Abu Garcia Zenon 7’ medium-action casting rod paired with an Abu Garcia Zenon casting reel and spooled with 12-pound Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon line.
CHAMPIONSHIP - LAKE AMISTAD | MARCH 7-9
brandon perkins - 1ST
For his shallow water swimbait approach, Champion Brandon Perkins threw a swimbait to cruising bass along bluff walls. He used a Rockohl Rods Swimbait rod and paired it with a Daiwa casting reel spooled with a 15 or 17-pound Seaguar Invizx line. The lighter line allowed the bait to run true with fewer blowouts. When a big fish would miss his swimbait, Perkins followed up with a Yamamoto Senko
In addition to the swimbait, he caught several key bass on a Bill Lewis MR-12 Mid Range crankbait with a Rockohl 7-foot, 6-inch crankbait rod He used a Daiwa casting reel with 12-pound Seaguar Invizx line.
JESSE WISE - 2ND
Jesse Wised used a one-two punch on Lake Amistad by switching between a stick bait and a shakey head. For the wacky rig setup, Wise used a JB Custom Rods medium-heavy action spinning rod spooled with a 20-pound braided line and a 10-pound Sunline Fluorocarbon leader. His stick bait was a Deep Creek Lures in Purple Haze color.
For the shakey head, Wise used a JB Custom Casting Rod with 22-pound Sunline Fluorocarbon. The ball head he preferred was a 3/8 ounce shakey head jig a Deep Creek Lures Trick Worm in Scuppernong color (light brown)
PATRICK WALTERS - 3RD
Walters used a Zoom Magnum Swamp Crawler rigged on a shakey head fished on a 7-foot, 1-inch Daiwa Tatula Elite Skipping Rod with a Daiwa Tatula SV TW 7.1:1 reel spooled with 17-pound Sufix Advance fluorocarbon
For his second approach, Walters rotated between a bladed jig and a spinnerbait. With each bait, he used a Zoom Shimmer Shad trailer and fished it on a 7-foot, 4-inch Randy Howell Daiwa Elite Spinnerbait rod with 20-pound Sufix fluorocarbon and the same Daiwa Tatula SV TW reel.
