JML Weekend Warriors - Central Arizona Teams - March 19th - Apache Lake

My friend and I decided to fish the JML tournament at Apache Lake since the fish were in all stages of the spawn, and that lake has some great largemouth and smallmouth fishing year round. Wow was it a fun day. We decided to run up river to see if a reaction bite was there or if the fish were still positioned in the channel. We found both but nothing of size and the channel fish just wouldn't eat. It was a great day. We were blind casting to dark spots which most seemed to hold quality smallmouth and also fan casting the deeper drops at same time, using dropshots. That 1-2 punch produced 40 fish or more and a mixed bag or largemouth and smallmouth. We never had a monster bite but we did weigh our 5 fish limit for 17.12lbs and a big fish of 3.88lbs. We took 9th place and a decent check, not bad for a last minute decision. I learned a ton from that trip from my friend and has an absolute blast while doing so.

Wild West Bass Trail Teams - Feb. 13th - Roosevelt Lake

Wild West Bass Trail is a new circuit this year and the production and backing is something the anglers have been looking for for years. My partner and I decided at the last minute to give it a shot since there is an off-limits of a weak prior to the tournament and we went through some major weather changes during the week and everyone will have to adjust on the day of.
First thing in the morning is was bone chilling, temps were in the 30's and ice was forming on the guides at times but the day would warm up to the 60's. We started close to the ramp on the Cholla side and through crankbaits and small swimbaits. The swimbait produced our first two keepers of the day. We decided to make a move and switch it up a little. We threw dropshots and carolina-rigged brush hogs. They produced our next two fish and we proceeded to throw them the rest of the day.
It was a tough day on the water but we missed the squarebill bite that people found in practice in the salt end, but we managed to figure a few things out and weighed 4 fish for 6.39lbs and finished 52nd out of 91.

MBC Super Teams - Feb. 6th - Bartlett Lake

Well I don't even want to relive this tournament. Bartlett is normally just a rat fest but can always catch a few fish but for some reason my partner and I left the lake wondering what went wrong.
The weather wasn't all that great to start, blowing 30-40+, and cold muddy rising water made the lake a little tougher but shouldn't have deterred us from a few fish. We fished all day with just about everything we owned in spots that have always produced and we only got one bite all day, which I proceeded to lose on way to the boat. I learned a very valuable lesson that day, never have anyone bring anything with banana as an ingredient, partner brought some awesome banana bread and it must have done us in that day! Never again!

MBC Seniors - January 16th - Saguaro Lake

My partner and I decided to go for broke in this one, and we ended up broke. We threw swimbaits all day hoping for the big bites we knew it would take to win. We had a few followers but none committed. We placed 24th out of 30 and are looking for a little redemption at the next one.