After the awesome time my partner and I had the week before during the day, we decided to do the first night tournament of the year. The results were just as amazing as the day. The carolina-rig bite once again was on fire all 8 hours of the tournament and it was just a matter of finding the right size fish.
We started in the same place we left off and the bites were instantaneous, unfortunately not the right size. We made a move and had out limit in a few minutes. We moved a few times before dark and upgraded every place we went. We proceeded to cull all night but only a few ounces at a time. It wasn't until we found a crankbait bite to make it a one-two punch. We caught a few key fish on the crankbait and kept culling with them as well as more coming off the brush hog. We caught fish until the very last cast which happened to be the difference as we caught out last cull of the night, which pushed us to our 10.1lb limit and a solid 3rd place finish. With the bite this good, 60-80 fish again, we are looking forward to more tournaments at Bartlett Lake this summer, especially once they raise the water.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Total Bass Addicts - Butch Nessline Memorial - May 7th - Bartlett Lake
Partner and I decided to fish the memorial tournament for a friend of ours that passed away few years ago. This tournament was an absolute blast. I do not remember the last time caught so many fish. We easily caught over 80 fish and we didn't want to come in. The carolina- rig was on fire!
We had no idea what to throw or where to go. We started in a summer time area and the fish just weren't having it. It took about 45 minutes to figure out that the fish were closer to the bottom and the Carolina-rigged baby brush hog was like candy to those fish. We proceeded to catch fish everywhere we went, and had to set the hook as early as possible because the fish were trying to swallow the bait. We caught them off the flats, the steep drop-offs, the ledges, rock piles etc.
We finished the tournament with 10.07lbs and finished 6th with 2nd place big fish. We couldn't wait to get back out and fish Bartlett some more.
We had no idea what to throw or where to go. We started in a summer time area and the fish just weren't having it. It took about 45 minutes to figure out that the fish were closer to the bottom and the Carolina-rigged baby brush hog was like candy to those fish. We proceeded to catch fish everywhere we went, and had to set the hook as early as possible because the fish were trying to swallow the bait. We caught them off the flats, the steep drop-offs, the ledges, rock piles etc.
We finished the tournament with 10.07lbs and finished 6th with 2nd place big fish. We couldn't wait to get back out and fish Bartlett some more.
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