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The 10 anglers in today’s Championship Round of the Covercraft Stage Five Presented by Abu Garcia were a great mix.

The group included a newly crowned Points Champion, three Bass Pro Tour Stage winners, and four past Bassmaster Classic Champions.

It was a solid mix of both seasoned veterans and first-time Championship Round anglers. Whoever ended up winning would have to earn it as this field was stacked from top to bottom.

Although he makes his living fishing on the front deck of his Phoenix boat, MLF pro Justin Lucas spends as much (or more!) time in between competition rounds and Bass Pro Tour events working out of a four-wheeled tackle garage that includes an A.R.E. Z Series truck cap. We caught up with Lucas in between rounds for a look at what’s under his A.R.E. truck cap.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Heavy Hitters on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in Florida demonstrated the variety of methods available to catch bass in what many anglers previously considered a one- or two-dimensional, “Florida-staples-only” time frame. The world witnessed the Bass Pro Tour pros fishing everything from extreme shallows in narrow canals, to fishing hard bottom areas by boat locks, to Skeet Reese and Adrian Avena fishing in what looked more like Disney World’s Jungle Cruise than the open waters of the Kissimmee Chain. Here’s how the Top 10 caught them