Earlier this year, I visited Steve Kennedy for a project about baits. When we wrapped he retrieved from his man cave a box that I will call the Treasure Chest.
Inside were several thousand dollars (or more) of specialized hard plastic swimbaits the likes of which he used to win in 2007 at Clear Lake, California.
BassTrakk shows Kennedy in 2nd place with 18 pounds, 3 ounces, and there is a chance some of those fish got caught on a bait from the Treasure Chest. Or at least located with it.
Andy Crawford just sent in this picture with the evidence. Kennedy is rotating between a swim bait and a flipping rig.
“It’s almost like he is using the swim bait as a locator bait, and then drilling down on them with the flipping rig,” Crawford reported.
Whatever he is doing, keep it up. It’s working.