Courtesy of Vexus Boats

 Vexus® anglers Jacob Wall and Keith Carson are two of just 35 pros with a shot to win $300,000 this weekend on Table Rock Lake at MLF’s REDCREST Championship. Wall is fired up to sling his signature “Wall Hanger” glide bait around, and Carson is hoping his 39^th birthday present will be a check for $300K!

 

Q:  After three days of practice, what excites you most about this event?

 

Wall: The fact that only 35 of us are on a 43,000-acre lake with plenty of room to not crowd each other.

 

Carson: I feel good about the bedding bass I found, as well as the forward-facing sonar fish I can catch.

 

Q:  What’s going to be the biggest challenge for you in this tournament?

 

Wall: Knowing when to stay on a spot, and when to leave it.

 

Carson: Keeping pace to catch enough scoreable fish to make Sunday’s Top 10.

 

Q: It’s a birthday weekend for Keith Carson, what’s the coolest birthday gift each of you have ever received?

 

Wall: Some awesome new rain bibs when I was about age 14, so I could fish in the rain and not get cold and soaked.

 

Carson: A red Huffy bicycle when I was 8. That bike provided me some serious new-found freedom!

 

Q: What two lures will you use the most this weekend?

 

Wall: Wacky rigged 5” Senko and a 7” Duckett Wall Hanger glide bait I designed.

 

Carson: Wacky rigged 5” Berkley General and a Berkley Lab Series Minnow.

 

Q: Vexus owner and MLF color analyst, JT Kenney wants to know when was the last time you encountered a situation on the water that made you glad you were in a Vexus.

 

Wall: Saginaw Bay last year. The waves were huge and my AirWave™ seats totally saved my spine.

 

Carson: Lake Erie. I was 27 miles from the shoreline, had to run through 6-foot waves, and I got back safely in a Vexus AVX 2080 without spearing a single wave.