deps Sakamata Shad featured on MLF’s recent post “Top 10 baits from the Invitationals event on Lake Champlain“
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 5 Presented by 7 Brew ended up being a two-day event due to weather, but it was still an important addition to Lake Champlain lore. Historically, June events on Champlain are won with spawning smallmouth, or at least a game plan heavily featuring spawners. This week, that was not the case – the top three anglers all ‘Scoped hard for offshore fish, and there were probably more largemouth weighed by the Top 10 than spawners.
Considering the event was only two days, Jacob Walker dominated the tournament. The only person to catch 21 pounds or better two days in a row, Walker exploited a group of fish in the Alburg Passage that nobody else found.
For his jig and minnow, the Alabama pro used a 5- or 6-inch Deps Sakamata Shad, mostly in the silver shiner color. He rigged it on a 3/16-ounce Owner Range Roller head and used 16-pound mainline and a 10-pound fluoro leader with a G. Loomis GLX 863.
Part of text and image from “Top 10 baits from the Invitationals event on Lake Champlain – MLF”
