MBC Summer Nights - Aug. 20th - Bartlett Lake

Well it looks like this was the last night tournament of the season for me. After the failure during the championship for JML I was looking for a little redemption. Mother Nature had a different idea! Pulled into the lake and the skies opened up, a serious downpour with some intense lightning mixed in. Thankfully I had great rain gear and after it seemed to "lighten up" a little we launched the boat and prepped ourselves for a rain filled and windy night. We decided to abandon our normally starting point and after a quick fish we were happy we did. My partner threw a crankbait while I made a change to texas rig and that was the one-two punch. We got our limit fairly quickly and should have had more, had to learn how they were eating the t-rig. We knew how tough the night bite had been and were happy to have our fish early. To our surprise the fish kept eating the texas rig for us all night and we caught 25-30 on it. We culled nearly every fish but never had the one kicker fish we needed. We weighed a limit for 8.34lbs and finished the night in 12th and had a blast doing it. The weather even kept it cool during the evening and the rain mostly subsided.
With night tournaments done and over, the new season starts here in a few weeks and it'll be a completely different ball game, can't wait!

MBC Summer Nights - July 23rd - Bartlett Lake

With Bartlett being the main focus of the nights series this year we decided to fish the Monterrey Bass Company Summer Nights at Bartlett to prefish for the upcoming championship. Unfortunately not much had changed. The bite was great to start, we had a limit and culled within the first hour, the once it got dark the bite severely slowed. Unfortunately for us we just couldn't find any size early or late. We managed a small limit of 7.84lb which placed us in 16th for the night. At least it solidified a few ideas for the championship.

JML Outdoors - Jet Renu North Valley Nights Championship - Aug. 6th - Bartlett Lake

Well, with my partner out of town for the championship, it was on me to get through the tough night time bite. I started in an area that has produced well the last few times out but started with only 2 fish before I had to abandon it. After that I made a decision to switch up our run pattern. I hit our third stop second and it paid off quickly with my 3rd fish and two other bites that were missed opportunities. After hotting those spots again I finally for number 4 in the boat and was my biggest fish on a deep crankbait. Moving to spot 3 I missed two other fish that really cost me. I fished the rest of our run and moved around the lake every 15-20 minutes if fish weren't biting. I never did catch the 5th keeper due to missed bites and they were the difference in a top 4, money spots, and the top 10 that I finished in. I learned a few things from the mistakes and hopefully I can capitalize on the next opportunities.