Top 10 Baits from the Potomac River

The best baits for right now

1. Clark Wendlandt earned the win with a 1/2-ounce green pumpkin-colored 4×4 flipping jig and a white Z-Man ChatterBait with a Lake Fork Tackle Live Magic Shad as the trailer.

2. Andy Morgan always seems to catch ‘em. This week, he relied on a black and pumpkin-colored 3/8-ounce Z-Man ChatterBait, a green pumpkin Zoom Z-Craw on a ¼-ounce Texas rig for the majority of his bites.

3. Adrian Avena picked up the highest FLW Tour finish of his career with a bevy of Potomac staples including a hematoma-colored Reaction Innovations Pocket Rocket worm, black and blue 3/8-ounce Zorro Baits Booza Bug jig, vibrating jig, buzzbait and frog.

4. Darrel Robertson took advantage of quality bites to earn a top 10 in the final event of the year. His baits of choice included a 5-inch green pumpkin Yamamoto Senko with a nail in the tail and a Mann’s Baby 1-Minus crankbait.

5. John Voyles picked up the second FLW Tour top 10 of his career with a black-and-blue homemade vibrating jig fitted with a Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper and a green pumpkin and blue 1/2-ounce Secret Lures MVP Swim Jig.

6. Earning the AOY and a top 10 was Scott Martin. He tossed a variety of baits including a Tightlines UV Hog in junebug on a Lazer Trokar TK130 flipping hook, a 3/8-ounce vibrating jig with a Bruiser Baits Crazy Craw trailer, a 3/8-ounce M-Pack Lures swim jig and some topwater baits.

7. Randy Haynes probably tried to throw a big plug, but he ended up banking his top 10 with a Profound Outdoors KJ Craw in green pumpkin and grapevine, a Yamamoto Senko with a Profound Outdoors MJ Rig (a screw-in blade) and a green and blue Z-Man ChatterBait.

8. Bryan Schmitt employed a craw-colored Z-Man ChatterBait with a Zoom Speed Craw trailer and Yamamoto Senkos for the majority of his weight.

9. Making back-to-back tops 10s, The General is truly on a roll. Larry Nixon caught just about all of his fish on a weightless green pumpkin Yamamoto Senko.

10. Jim Moynagh cracked the top 10 with a 3/16-ounce black and purple All-Terrain Tackle Swim Jig with a grub trailer and a variety of topwater baits.