Hi, and Welcome to ChrisBrewtonBass.com, some of you may know me as Triton Chris from various forums like BassBoatCentral.com, TexasFishingForum and Lonestarbass.com. I am a Texas Regional tournament Bass Fisherman who fishes several different tournament trails including Bassmasters Central Open, Bassmaster Weekend Series and the American Bass Anglers #51, #52 here in South and Central Texas. I am currently serving our country as a Master Sergeant in the US Army, and have for over 18 years. Next to my beloved family the sport of bass fishing is one of my biggest passions and I have been fishing for Large and Smallmouth Bass since I was about 5 years old. I am married to my wife Camelia and we have two sons Davon and Devyn. I also fish the Bass Champs South and CentralTournament Trail with my son Devyn.
Product of the week!!
Chris’ Cane Toad
Not to be outdone by his Gambler teammate, Chris Lane also employed a small-lure flipping presentation early in the event. He used a Bowen’s Silver Shadow BB Cricket with a 1-1/2 ounce Gambler tungsten screw-in weight and KO hook.
Chris testifies, “I just have a ton of confidence in that rig. I love the new tungsten screw-in weight. And now Gambler has the KO hook that makes the entire rig the perfect setup.”
The BB Cricket put Chris in position to win going into the afternoon of Day 3. With just two hours left to go in the tournament, Chris decided to abandon his flipping pattern and pick up a Gambler Cane Toad in an effort to pursue heavier largemouth that he theorized had moved shallower with the high sun and warming water.
“I knew the fish wanted to go shallow; I just didn’t know when it would be. I didn’t think that it would happen during the tournament, but when I saw that the water temperature finally reached 60 degrees, I said, ‘It’s time to go!’ At that point I had somewhere around 10 pounds in the well – an average limit. So, I pulled out my Gambler Cane Toad and went to work. Sure enough, on my first cast, I got a 4-pounder. Then, a little while later, I caught two more chunks. And, the rest is history.”
Chris relied on his namesake “Lane Toad” color pattern, specifically designed to mimic the Florida Shiner, screwed onto a Double Trouble toad hook. He used 50-pound test braided line and a 7-foot, 2-inch heavy action rod to assemble the heaviest limit weighed by any competitor on Day 3. And he did so just in the nick of time.
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