Day One: 13-14
Day Two: 16-8
Day Three: 21-11

A huge final day helped McClelland to the best Classic finish of his career.

He was fishing in Pool 5 in an area known as White House and focused on isolated stumps. The individual, bigger stumps along ridges in 3 to 4 feet of water were the most productive for McClelland. He kept his boat in 8 to 10 feet of water and the key was to be along the edge of the break, casting to the targets.

Three lures were the most productive for McClelland: a spinnerbait and two types of jigs.

His most productive lure was a 3/8-ounce green gourd Jewel Finesse Jig with a Zoom Super Chunk trailer. He also threw a 3/8-ounce Jewel Football Jig also in green gourd with an Ultravibe Speed Craw.

He fished the jigs on a new Quantum PT series reel on a Falcon 7-foot, 4-inch Mike McClelland signature series rod and 20-pound Seaguar Invisx fluorocarbon.

The spinnerbait he used was a 3/8-ounce sexy shad War Eagle Finesse Spinnerbait. Read More