TBA Saguaro Summer Nights Series - June 27th - Saguaro Lake

With the number of fish we caught two weeks prior during the full moon, we were looking forward to this tournament. We figured our game plan would stay the same, but with temps in the 108 degree range and water temps up 6-8 degrees from two weeks prior it turned out to be much different.
We fished our same areas as the tournament prior but the results were not the same. Our first spot we shared with two other boats, none of us caught anything in the area. Our next move produced a keeper but was the only bite we got there. Next we made a move to the main lake to an area that didn't produce last time, but thankfully produced a good bite. My partner caught one that weighed just over 5lbs. Unfortunately I continued to struggle and could only get one keeper in the boat along with a few shorts. We had our lowest fish of the season so far and made us rethink some options.

MBC Summer Nights - June 21st - Bartlett Lake

With the lake rising over 20ft in the days prior to the tournament, my partner and I, knew the fishing was going to be tough and the weights close. The tournament ran 6pm-1am and it was going to be a moonless warm night. At launch the wind was blowing 15-20mph and it was 108 degrees. Bartlett is notorious for smaller fish and with the rising water and heat we decided to throw deep crankbaits on the first drops and near any point or boulders.
The first hour was slow only producing a 12lb flathead catfish. We decided to make a run to a spot that holds fish year round. It turned out to be the right decision, but took 20 minutes to find the pattern and placement of the fish. We found them on the drop from 10-16ft, and the deep diving crankbait was the ticket. Over the next two hours we proceeded to catch well over 60 fish, all cookie cutter look-alikes. Once the bite slowed we milked the spot with Carolina-rigged plastics for a few extra fish. We made a run to try to find some kicker fish. We kept catching fish throughout the night but couldn't seem to find the fish we needed. We weighed 7.93lbs and finished in 8th place - 34 boat field - 6th place taking the last check weighed 8.13lbs.
Most guys were reporting it being hard to get a bite and the winners only had 7 bites all night, but the right ones. We had the right pattern but not the right size. We are already looking forward to the next one and what it might bring.

Total Bass Addicts Saguaro Summer Night Series - June 13th - Saguaro Lake

My partner and I missed the first tournament of the series, due to it being on the same weekend as our championship, so we were looking forward to going out and having fun and hopefully sticking some good sized fish. With no prefish, we just decided to wing it and enjoy it.
We hit our first spot and wasn't long before we had a fish in the boat. A few minutes later, another and within the hour we had 3 to start but nothing major in size. We made a run to another spot that produced late summer last year. We fished up and down the area without a bite and moved again. This move finally paid off with two keepers, so we had our limit. The best pattern we had was back in the grass so we headed back to where we started, that happened to be the area for the night. We proceeded to upgrade for the rest of the night, but never getting that big bite we needed. We finished with 13.18lbs, and in 13th place - 42 boat field. Hopefully the crankbait and night time wall bite will get better as the season goes along.