4th: Luke Clausen

> Day 1: 5, 13-15
> Day 2: 5, 11-12
> Day 3: 5, 16-03
> Day 4: 3, 6-12
> Total = 18, 48-10

Like runner-up Randall Tharp, Clausen went to Ouachita with the idea of making things happen on the surface.

"I knew I wanted to fish shallow," he said. "It was summer and the water was clear and I was pretty sure topwater would be the deal. I'm actually more comfortable doing that than anything else – if I can see them, I'm always confident that I can figure out how to catch them."

He worked several locales from the mid-lake area on up and had some of them completely to himself (although because he rarely spent more than a few minutes at each stop, he didn't know whether they were being fished during his absence).

"There were a couple places where I'd see Morgan and (10th-place finisher Jason) Christie once a day, but the rest of the time I never saw too many people."

The majority of his areas were in subtle pockets off the main lake. They featured mostly flat banks with small drains.

"I spent a lot of practice time with the trolling motor on 100, just looking for (bass). They were on bluegill beds for the most part, but there were also some wolfpacks cruising around. There are bluegill beds at that place every 100 yards."