Chandler Bass Thursday Night Open - May 15th - Saguaro Lake

A friend of mine and I decided to do this tournament last minute. The tournament was the first night tourney of the season and went from 6pm-10pm, so an easy one to start with. There were 40 boats, not bad for a Thursday night, and the fishing is still in transition.
We decided to run a few patterns from last year that worked later in the season but after an hour the firs spot wasn't working too well so we made a move. We were hoping to get a deep crankbait bite going on a deep drop but that didn't work either. As it was getting dark we made a few more stops but still nothing. We hit a cover on the way back that worked in the past and had out first bite of the night, but failed to get it to hookup well and into the boat. A few minutes later we finally has out first fish, 2.5lbs. We fished down the bank without any more bites. With 30 minutes to go we went back to where we started to finish out the night. Within a few minutes my partner hooked up with a good fish, and after good battle we finally got it in the boat. After a long night the fish looked bigger than it was for the first few minutes. We finished out the night but couldn't get our third limit fish. When we pulled out the fish, what we thought was 6-7 we knew was smaller but it still weighed in at 4.98lbs and we had 7.58, which surprisingly enough was good for 7th place, was a tougher night than we thought. Even though we didn't take a check, it was a good start to the night season.