I think the Florida guys were stuck on strictly flipping maybe bedding and that hurt them. The top finalists seemed to be more versatile in techniques. Swimming jigs, chatter baits, Buzz baits & other top water. Heck the winner was throwing a buzz bait in the middle of the afternoon, minutes b4 weigh in and wacked a 7lber! Most likely Tharp, Mcmillan, Medlock, Martin(s) etc. were flipping majority of the time.