Inaugural NPFL Lake Eufaula Champion John Soukup
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1h 10m
John Soukup from The Bass Tank won the very first NPFL tournament on Lake Eufaula last week. In this winner's circle interview, John shares why he targeted certain areas, what cover he was marking in practice, the baits he used to catch his tournament-winning fish and how he used forward-facing sonar to size up bass in the cover, and decide if they would help him that day, or if he should save those fish for the next day.
0:12 Pete welcomes the winner of the first National Professional Fishing League bass fishing tournament at Lake Eufaula, John Soukup
3:00 John Soukup's approach to the NPFL tournament season and the first event at Lake Eufaula
7:41 Areas where John focused when fishing Lake Eufaula, abundant brush piles, grass and cold front
18:18 More on brush piles in Lake Aufaula
22:05 Baits that John Soukup used to win the first NFPL tournament on Lake Eufaula
25:10 The primary and backup tecchniques to catch winning bass
33:22 What is The Bass Tank?
38:18 Getting started with forward facing sonar like Humminbird Mega Live Imaging, Lowrance ActiveTarget & Garmin Panoptix LiveScope & some advanced settings
52:02 Overcoming adversity to close out the tournament win
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