Marty Robinson of Lyman, S.C., caught 11 bass totaling 22-15 to win the Championship Round of the Summit Cup on Lake Murray, which premiered Saturday on the Outdoor Channel. It was the first MLF Cup win of Robinson’s career.
The event was shot over six days in early February and featured 30 anglers competing in different areas each round on Lake Murray. The areas were unknown to the anglers – they did not learn where they were competing until they arrived at the launch ramp each morning.
“It wasn’t pretty, but I got it done and I’ll take it however I can get it,” Robinson said in his post-game interview. “It’s still kind of a little surreal. I live about an hour and a half from here, so I’ve got a little bit of knowledge about Lake Murray. But I’ve seen it so many times before where you think you know what to do and try to fish that way and it can bite you. I really tried to fish this event open-minded and let the fish tell me what they were doing, and I think that was the biggest key in me getting it done.”
Robinson credited just two baits as being crucial to his success.
“The two baits that got it done for me this week were a homemade flat-side crankbait and a standard green-pumpkin jig with a twin-tail trailer on it,” Robinson said. “I threw the crankbait down the sloping gravel banks and wound it with a medium retrieve. Then when I would come up around the boat docks with a little bit of cover on them, I’d reach for the green-pumpkin jig and flip it in there and just work it through the cover as slow as possible.”
Here are the totals for the eight anglers who competed in the Championship Round:
1. Marty Robinson: 11, 22-15
2. Bryan Thrift: 7, 17-03
3. Mike McClelland: 5, 15-05
4. Shin Fukae: 5, 14-10
5. Bobby Lane: 7, 13-01
6. Bradley Roy: 5, 12-13
7. Justin Atkins: 2, 5-13
8. Jacob Powroznik: 1, 3-06
All six episodes of the event are available for viewing on the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) streaming app.
