The 3rd tournament of the night season was back at Bartlett Lake where the water has risen over 20ft in last few weeks because of water released from the upper dam. Partner and I decided to stick to what we had been doing, Carolina-rigs during the day light mixed in with crankbaits at night.
We struggled early but found an area holding fish near a mountain dropoff. It produced two fish very quickly to start our evening but only a few missed bites after. We made a move to a spot that has held a few fish the last few tournaments for us. The spot produced some quality fish but also keyed us into a new bite. They stopped hitting the Carolina-rigged brush hog and instead were inhaling Texas-rigged worms. We mixed it up with the crankbait as well in that area and our next and filled a limit and culled along with a few other missed bites. We knew we had some quality but needed a few more culls and a kicker or two and a moved produced the culls but never the big big bite we needed. We fished the rest of the night and culled up to a limit for 9.84lbs which put us in 7th place for the tournament. We are still trying to figure out where and what the bigger ones eat but we are figuring out more patterns and areas along the way. With a few more tournaments and trips to Bartlett before the championship we are hoping to lock in and figure it out.
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