Duncan takes the win

Randy Duncan

Randy recently won the co-angler division of the FLW series tornament on Old Hickory Lake. Despite not even being registered in the FLw series tornament on Old Hickory, co-angler Randy Duncan drove form his home in Killen Ala. to Gallatin Tenn., Tuesday afternoon with a hunch he might get into the tournament.

"I was third on the waiting list, so I figured I had a pretty good chance of getting in," Duncan recalled. "I drove to the pre tournament meeting, and sure enough,at 6 p.m. they called my name to get in to the tournamnet."

Fast forward to Friday, and Duncan found himself standing before crowds at Bull Creek Marina

holding up a winners check for $20,000.

"Unreal," Duncan said. "I just had a feeling on Tuesday that something good was going to happen, and it did."

Duncan caught weights of 5-7, 10-6 and 10-4 respectively, for a three day winning total of 26

pounds,1 ounce.

"I purposely tried to do something different from my pros everyday," Duncan said. Even when they were throwing a finesse worm on a jig head, I'd put my finesse worm on a Texas rig. I never do exactly what the pro is doing."

His biggest stringer,10-6 on day two, came on a Carolina-rigged Brush Hog.

"I've learned that you can fish a lot of cover behind the boat with a Carolina rig," he noted

"I'd drag it along feeling for any underwater cover the boat had already gone over."

Duncan also credited JJs Magic chartruese dip for giving him an added edge during the week.

"I dipped everything in it--finesse worms, Brush Hogs-- and I even got a couple of my pros using it."