Here's The champs winning way, in his own words:
“I was bed fishing, throwing 5” dark color senkos, black and red flakes to be exact. Peak spawn, site fishing beds in the shallows. They were biting just about everything, but I always go weightless n let it fall near the nest, make them come after it. If not then drop it in the nest, wait 30 sec and give it a shake or two and let it sit. Eventually the bass will get annoyed and pick it up and move it off the nest. From there just hope that where the bass pick it up is where your hook is. But the biggest factor was place/location. You have to find that golden spawning ground. There was 3 golden grounds I found. One was muddied up by a small inlet so I skipped that one. The other was too obvious and everyone went there (The cemetery island), so I avoid that spot all day. The other was where I was fishing. Had it all to myself. By the time everyone showed up, I’ve already cleaned the place."